Jack Monroe #80 A dog is for life, not just to sadfish

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blurstoftimes said:
You're right. But Jack is exactly the right level of irrelevant washed-up former mildly famous person to suit going on I'm a Celeb in 2020.
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100% she is the sort they would want on. She's screwed up her chances with all her references to her poor MH. An own goal on her part. What a mistake to make, big, HUGE.

Unless of course all this talk of poor MH is just lies and there's no medical diagnosis. She could then go on the programme, but would be outed as a liar. What a conundrum.
 
Droosie123 said:
I think she's too risky on health and safety grounds for IACGMOOH. The reality shows have had several suicides and Jack is not exactly a stable person is she? Any glance at her Twitter would tell researchers that,
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I agree though I think that’s kind of tokenistic considering how the shows seem to be designed to duck with even healthy people’s brains. I haven’t watched IACGMOOH in over a decade but tried watching Love Island a couple years ago - couldn’t believe the level of emotional abuse inflicted on the contestants to create entertainment. I felt sickened and had to stop watching

Are the checks really stringent? I think Jack would try to play off her mental illness(es) as “I’m just wacky, me” and may get away with it judging from how poorly researched some TV is
 
Falkor said:
Shame Eamon Holmes is a bit too famous to do something like that - imagine his face if he was forced to live on Jack cooking rice and beans for weeks!
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chocolate choux said:
I agree though I think that’s kind of tokenistic considering how the shows seem to be designed to duck with even healthy people’s brains. I haven’t watched IACGMOOH in over a decade but tried watching Love Island a couple years ago - couldn’t believe the level of emotional abuse inflicted on the contestants to create entertainment. I felt sickened and had to stop watching

Are the checks really stringent? I think Jack would try to play off her mental illness(es) as “I’m just wacky, me” and may get away with it judging from how poorly researched some TV is
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She'd play whatever 'diversity' discrimination card she happened to shuffle to the front of her deck...
 
They've had quite a few contestants with mental health problems on IAC (that we *know* about - loads more probably who don't speak about it publicly). It's also probably fairly common for these kind of desperate C-listers to be on anti depressants etc. I mean, thinking about it, people could actually claim discrimination of they were excluded on mental health grounds? I think it's probably less of a problem when the people are getting paid reasonably big bucks to appear, as opposed to the people exploited on the likes of Love Island and Big Brother, who don't have a professional team to look after them
 
I'm going to be vague on the details for obvious reasons but a good while back a very obviously mentally ill relative of a friend went on a reality show with entirely predictable awful results (not suicide thankfully). The excuses given by the production company were that although they had mental health issues these were well controlled and they were not considered at risk of self harm or suicide, which rather conveniently ignores there is a whole world of lasting damage you can do before someone gets to that point.

This was a lot of years ago so things may well have tightened up since, particularly in light of suicides etc but I remain sceptical as to how thorough the mental health assessments are. At it's worst it's an exploitative format and meltdowns make good TV. There's also the other side of this in that if someone were turned down over mental health issues that appeared under control it could fall under disability discrimination so there's a balance to be struck. Mental health is tricky to assess at the best of times and if you're faced with someone who really wants an opportunity or maybe just has poor insight into their emotional state giving good answers it may be hard to turn them down on that basis.

Of course I can't prove it but I believe Jack significantly exaggerates her mental health issues and I suspect a glance at her doctors notes would present a very different picture to the one on Twitter. I think she might be just what the producers are after a dead cert to annoy her fellow contestants and maybe throw the odd tantrum but unlikely to pose a serious risk to herself.
 
Every single vote would be "Jack has been ruled out on medical grounds"...!

Why the duck is she combining that many things to sleep?! My tips would be: the best thing she can do is put her phone away at 8, have a bath, read a book, do some yoga or crafting. Basically unwind her brain without screens in whatever way is best! 9pm would be too early for me to sleep and I'd end up getting mega frustrated and unable to. I'd have a valerian tea at 1030 and then read in bed until my eyes went. And I do struggle with nodding off... this what I find works best when going through a rough patch.
 
ameliaprimrose said:
Hasn't Jack said before that she's been asked to go on I'm A Celeb and turned it down? That was probably a couple of years ago so she may well have changed her mind about it, but I'm thinking that this is going to be something else
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She did also say she turned down running as an MP many times before going for it (and quitting that lol).

I imagine it will be something else too. Either a brand partnership or perhaps a guest part in a Channel 4 poverty docco or something. But I'm a Celeb would be absolutely glorious wouldn't it 😂
 
chocolate choux said:
I agree though I think that’s kind of tokenistic considering how the shows seem to be designed to duck with even healthy people’s brains.
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Definitely. I don’t watch the show but I heard James Haskell talking about it and he said he ate less than 500 calories per day in the jungle and he’s a former rugby player! Anyone would struggle with that, never mind all the other stuff.
 
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