I’m A Celebrity’s Vernon Kay showed a ‘sorry gesture’ for the live finale when he came third

Vernon Kay showed a “gesture of regret” during the concert on Friday night. I’m a celebrity … Get me out of here! final.

The 46-year-old TV host placed third on the hit ITV show, and Radio 1 DJ Jordan North narrowly lost the crown to Giovanna Fletcher.

When hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly announced Vernon’s name in third place, Vernon, who is married to Tess Daly, showed his best defeated face on camera.

But it seems that his facial expressions gave away his inner feelings a bit more than he expected.

Body language expert and author Judi James told The Mirror: “Even television veteran Vernon almost got away with his claim that he was ‘ecstatic’ by placing third.”

Judi added: “Although the way she bit her lip after saying it in a regretful gesture suggested that naturally she would have liked to crown the show with a victory.

“For a show that is primarily about screaming, suffering and cruelty, this I’m A Celeb series was a great love for the contestants and even runner-up Jordan was one of the kindest and loveliest guys to appear on our screens for a long time. weather.

“He seemed genuinely happy to come second behind Giovanna, although he could have let the more competitive nature of the show slip away when he said he was happy to ‘lose’ to her before quickly correcting himself to ‘second.’

This year’s coronation was understandably different than in previous years.

The raging coronavirus pandemic has made it difficult to crown the Queen of the Castle in the way that previous contestants were crowned, meaning the already-eliminated celebrities had called via video chat rather than being there physically.

“It would have been great to see the other contestants gathered as usual to watch the coronation and see how many masks they could have slipped on once they were removed from what was a fierce popularity contest,” Judi noted.

Judi added: “Everyone used the cliches of being ‘friends for life’, but some of the mini fights there, like AJ and Shane’s power dispute over the plates, could have come up on some signs of resentment or disgust.

“But all we got were lines of smiling faces on Skype, suggesting that the celebrities might have left home instead of waiting for the finale as is the tradition on I’m A Celeb.”

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