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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Michael Segalov

Sunday with TV’s Charlene White: ‘We plan the week to make sure no ball is dropped’

Charlene White
‘In isolation before the jungle, I had time to read like I hadn’t in decades. I fell back in love with books.’ Photograph: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images

When does Sunday start? The kids are up by 6.30am, so [my partner] Andy and I buy time with cartoons on the tablet. Then it’s a rush to get them off to swimming. Pre-kids it was different: slow breakfasts, lying about and pottering to the pub… but no longer.

And while in the ‘jungle’? Waking up without the family [Charlene was a contestant in this year’s I’m a Celebrity…] has been strange. I’ve felt a little lost, not in their presence. Instead, I focused on food: dreaming of bacon sandwiches and fried eggs, instead of eating rice and beans, with leftover fruit skin boiled to make ‘tea’.

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