Fans of I’m A Celebrity were left baffled after Jamie Lynn Spears introduced herself as an “actress and singer.”
The 32-year-old is set to enter the jungle on Sunday night along with nine other famous faces including Nigel Farage and Josie Gibson.
In her introduction video, released by ITV this week, the star claims she is “best known” for being in the performing arts. But many pointed out online that, in reality, she is best-known for being the sister of pop megastar Britney Spears.
In the video, Spears says: “I'm best known for being an actress and a singer.
“I have been doing it since I could basically walk.”
While she played Zoey Brooks in Nickelodeon's Zoey 101 and, of course, Noreen Fitzgibbons in Netflix's Sweet Magnolias, fans of the show did not hold back from voicing their opinions.
One wrote: “Be serious Jamie Lynn, you are best known for being Britney Spears's sister.”
Another added: “Jamie Lynn spears ahaha a singer??? Give me a break.”
One fan wrote: "Jamie-Lynn Spears having the brass neck to say she’s best known as an actress and singer I don’t f***ing think so darling!!!!!"
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In a pre-show interview, Spears - who recently appeared on Dancing with the Stars, said she will challenge misconceptions about herself and “show the real me” when she enters the jungle.
She said: “There is literally every misconception you can have on a person about me, so I don’t take any of it seriously.
“But I do think going on I’m A Celebrity will be a nice way for people to see the real me.
“This is an opportunity to be myself and do something really cool and have some awesome experiences in the meantime.”
Spears added: “I think my best quality is the fact that it takes a lot to hurt my feelings.
“Unless you are my children or my immediate family, nothing is going to hurt me. I can take a lot of shit and it doesn’t get me down, so I really think it’s a good quality to have in a place where a lot of stuff is thrown at you!”
The actress, who revealed that she is afraid of snakes and rats, said: “Everything I have seen I have been afraid of. Absolutely every one of these trials I am dreading.
“I haven’t looked at any of them and thought, ‘Oh cool, I could do that one’.
“This is going to be terrifying.”
Before Spears joined the programme, she said she had to get the go-ahead from her family members.
“When they (the show) approached me, the first thing I had to do was talk it over with my family and my kids to make sure they were OK about me being gone for this amount of time,” she said.
“Once I got the all-clear from everybody, I was like, ‘Yeah, let’s go’.
“I think it is so far out of my comfort zone and this year with SAG (the actors’ union) being on strike, I have said ‘yes’ to a lot of unscripted projects.
“I am really enjoying throwing myself into these experiences.”
