Im A Celebs Frankie Dettori admits being embarrassed by tribute to jockey
I’m A Celeb: Frankie Dettori and Tony Bellew arrive in the jungle
I’m A Celebrity’s Frank Dettori has revealed his embarrassment over a statue of him that was recently unveiled at Ascot Racecourse.
The jockey, 52, joined the Australian jungle as a latecomer alongside former boxer Tony Bellew as the two entered different camps as part of a challenge.
However, during Saturday’s episode of the ITV reality show (November 25), all of the celebrities merged back together in the main camp.
Josie Gibson, 38, took the opportunity to start getting to know Frankie a little better as they had been living in opposing camps.
The This Morning star asked: “How did you feel when you got your statue?”
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Frankie replied: “Embarrassing!”, as Josie asked: “Are you joking?”
He said: “Yeah, I feel embarrassed actually.”
Last month, a specially commissioned statue of Frankie was unveiled at Ascot Racecourse by Queen Camilla.
The bronze statue depicts the world-famous Italian jockey mounted on a horse and is located by the Grandstand Lawn.
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According to the official Ascot website, the statue was designed by artist and sculptor Tristram Lewis and “acts as a permanent reminder of Frankieโs unparalleled contribution to racing at Ascot”.
Frankie’s feelings about the statue come only hours after the jockey admitted he “cried for three months” after leaving his home in Italy to pursue his career as a jockey.
He told Fred Sirieix and Danielle Harold that he came to the UK by himself at the age of 14 after telling his dad that he was going to become a jockey.
The Milan native was told by his father that he would be sent to England for six months and then to France for another six months, in order to take his dream seriously.
He told his campmates: “I stayed in a bed and breakfast. It was hard. I was homesick, cry every night.
“About three months [I cried]. Not always. I learned the phrase, ‘What is this?’ Then I watched TV. Your thing [Danielle], Eastenders…”
I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! currently airs every day at 9pm on ITV.
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