Following the stellar line-up of stars (Shannon Noll! Bernard Tomic! Kerry Armstrong!) announced during last night’s premiere of I”m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! Channel 10 are saving the very best til last.
And at the end of last night’s show, they revealed the world’s worst kept secret – that boxing champ and polarising figure Anthony Mundine will be dropped into the jungle.
Although 10 are really trying to drag out the suspense, it’s believed Mundine will come face-to-face with his arch rival, boxer Danny Green.
Ahead of his debut on the reality show, Anthony Mundine spoke to The Daily Telegraph about on just about everything – from politics to polyamory, nothing was off limits.
Anthony Mundine is your newest star of the jungle!
On the topic of marriage, the 42-year-old revealed his Islamic faith and his indigenous roots meant he could have more than one wife.
“You can have up to four wives done justly, and the same in Aboriginal culture, we are allowed to have more than one wife,” Anthony, who converted to Islam in 1999, told the publication.
Adding, rather mysteriously: “If I did or I didn’t, I wouldn’t tell anybody, that is my business.”
The sports star, who reportedly has seven children to four different women, also confirmed he’ll be sticking to his religious routines in the jungle and praying to Allah five times a day and eating Halal.
The professional pot stirrer also revealed he doesn’t believe in contraception, abortion or gay marriage.
“God gives life. It is a blessing, some people can’t even have kids so it is a blessing just to receive life so that is a big no-no to me.”
“For me the creator, Allah, who created us, who knows us better than we know ourselves, made it (homosexuality) forbidden. That is what the creator has set, these are his perimeters, not mine, and I follow them.”
Once his stint in the jungle is done, he may even consider running for Prime Minister.
“Well Donald Trump is President, it is very realistic. I could be the next Prime Minister and I’d do you all right too,” he told The Telegraph.
“I will start my own party. It could be called AM, it could be called The Man, I don’t know what it is going to be called.”
Anthony will come face-to-face with his arch rival Danny Green in the jungle.
As for what he’s going to bring to the small screen on I’m A Celeb, he promises we’ll see “the real Anthony Mundine.”
“I am just going to be me and let everyone know how much of a cool cat I am, basically that is it,” he vouched.
Anthony, we are so ready for this!
I’m A Celeb airs on Channel 10 tonight at 7:30pm*
