The sister of superstar Britney Spears, Jamie Lynn, is one of 10 contestants set to enter the I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! jungle.
She has said she is hoping to challenge misconceptions about herself and “show the real me” by taking part in this year’s series of the ITV reality TV programme.
The actress, 32, said she had received the "all clear" from family members to accept the invitation to join the show, adding: “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 reality TV programme involves celebrity contestants taking part in challenges where they come face-to-face with creepy crawlies and animals, typically including rats and snakes.
But what do we know about the star?
Who is Jamie Lynn Spears?
Jamie Lynn Spears was born in 1991 to Lynne Spears and Jamie Spears. She is the younger sister of pop star Britney Spears, and she also has an older brother named Bryan.
Jamie Lynn also entered a career in performing, and her first on-screen role was in her sister's film Crossroads in 2002.
She starred as Zoey Brooks in the Nickelodeon show Zoey 101 from 2005 until 2008. The show was rebooted this year as a film titled Zoey 102.
The original series ended when she fell pregnant at the age of 16 with daughter Maddie - with her ex Casey Aldridge.
In 2014, Jamie Lynn married businessman Jamie Watson, with whom she has another daughter, named Ivey, born in 2018.
What has Jamie Lynn said about her relationship with Britney?
Her relationship with her sister Britney has been strained since the singer was involuntarily placed under a conservatorship with her father Jamie Spears in charge of her everyday decision-making after concerns were raised over her mental health in 2008.
The siblings have had a complicated relationship over the last decade, with Britney previously claiming that her sister had a part to play in her conservatorship which controlled most aspects of her life for almost 13 years.
The conservatorship was finally terminated in 2021 and Britney then launched multiple attacks on family members including sister Jamie Lynn, mother Lynne and her dad Jamie.
Consequently, none of her relatives were invited to her wedding to Sam Asghari in 2022.
Jamie Lynn has in the past spoken about her sister Britney and her troubles saying how the feud has affected her.
In an emotional interview with US outlet Variety, she said: “I have nothing but love for every single one of my family members."
“If I learned anything from last year, being so open and feeling like I had to defend myself at times, I don’t feel like there’s anything else that I need to say," she said.
“I just have to leave it where it is because those conversations are meant to be personal. All I can focus on now is my girls, my husband and the work that I’m doing.”
Sources close to the pair say their relationship is still strained and they are not close.
What other reality TV shows has she been on?
Jamie Lynn is no stranger to reality TV shows, and this will be the third she has appeared in this year.
At the start of the year, she went on her first show in the US - Special Forces: World's Toughest Test, which lasted three episodes.
She then appeared on Dancing on The Stars in the US, before preparing for her upcoming stint in the jungle.
