Neil 'Razor' Ruddock on what advice he gave his former boss Harry Redknapp for I'm a Celebrity... how the footy legend is a 'wuss' and how he hopes he will have to eat Kangaroo testicles. Former I'm a Celebrity contestant Razor Ruddock was writing exclusively in his blog for www.thesportsman.com
Harry has everything done for him at home - it will be a rude awakening
My advice to Harry was to say "it's not for you, mate". I'm gonna p*** my pants seeing Harry trying to survive in the jungle. He said to me "oh no" once I told him how brutal and horrible it is.
Knowing Harry the way he is, everything is done for him. Sandra does his cooking, washing, ironing, making him cups of tea. And in there, you're on your own, you've just got to look after yourself.
It's the survival of the fittest in there. On telly it looks good fun, but it's a 24 hour a day show not an hour's highlights. Most of the time you just worry - spiders, snakes, jungle rats everything. If you get anything wet, it doesn't dry because of the humidity. If your bed, your t-shirt, your shorts get wet, they stay wet.
It's horrible out there, the jungle comes alive at night and the sounds along will make Harry s**t himself. I can't wait to watch it. All I can say is Harry will be able to do quite a lot of betting with that fee he's getting!
He is your best mate and your worst enemy - don't cross Harry
Harry gets on with everyone, but Harry can snap. Harry as a manager is your best mate and your worst enemy. If you do something wrong, he is on you.
The way that people stand there and look at you, winding you up. What they do is they make you hungry and tired, and when you are hungry and tired it is when they become their most aggressive. You lose it and you want to argue with everyone. So I can see Harry snapping and really having a go at people, which will be hilarious for telly.
At time, anyone can rub Harry up the wrong way. I don't really know what the personalities of the other contestants are, but I can telly you Harry don't like whingers. If anyone whinges, Harry just tells you to get on with it. Likewise if anyone lets the team down - Harry is a proper team man so you have to be a team in there. If there's anyone in there who moans about other people or becomes selfish, I can see him losing the plot with them.
Harry will become the gaffer in the camp and a father figure. He's definitely the oldest in there, he's the most experienced and he is used to organising teams. In that jungle, once you get individuals, it messes everything up.
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Harry had my balls on a plate, now it'll be good to see him squirm
I bloody hope he eats Kangaroo b******s. I'd like to see him eat testicles - the thing about Harry is he's an old East End lad. All the East End lads I know like their simple foods, he's old fashioned with his nice Italian food. So it'll be hilarious when he gets a Kangaroo penis shoved in his face. And he don't eat it, he don't get fed!
Harry is a bit of a wuss. But I thought I was big and brave until I went in there and the jungle rats are the size of cats and the mosquitoes are the size of sparrows! It is scary, but you get so tired after two days if you bite me, bite me, just let me go to sleep! It'll be a big shock for him.
Over time Harry has had my b******s on a plate, he's told me off a few times. As a football manager, they rule your lives and your careers are in their hands. So it will be nice to see Harry under a bit of stress for once.
He's a great manager and I loved playing for him
I loved playing under him at West Ham, he is a great football man. We had a great team at Upton Park, a proper team spirit. We finished fifth or sixth twice. The lads were very together in terms of team bonding, he didn't mind us having a night out at the right time. But when he's serious, he is serious. If you mess up doing the right thing, that's fine. But if you don't do what he says or the wrong thing, then he will come down on you like a ton of bricks. So it'll be interesting to see how people perform for him.
I'd go back in the jungle tomorrow if I could
I loved it in the Jungle, the experience was once in a lifetime. I preferred Big Brother because you got fed well and you got loads of booze. But the jungle as an experience was unbelievable, they put your family in a seven star hotel and when you come out, you live a lovely life there. But for experiences it's one of the greatest things I've ever done and I'd do it all again tomorrow despite telling Harry it's a nightmare.
Harry Redknapp? I'd rather have seen Jamie instead!
I'd love to see Jamie Redknapp go in there, that would be funny. Because Jamie likes his nice things, his nice food, his nice clothes, his nice mens' products. You won't get any moisturiser in there Jamie, I'll tell you that. So it would have been nice to see Jamie in there instead of Harry. Of the current Premier League crop, I reckon Harry Kane would do well because he's unbelievable at everything.
I'll be sticking a few quid on him to become jungle King
Harry likes a bet, as do I and I'll be backing Harry to win. His bookie will be gutted because he won't earn any money in a few weeks while he's away, he'll lose a fortune! But seriously, I think he'll do well, you'll see the true Harry Redknapp in there. Everyone loves him anyway, he has thousands of fans. As long as he doesn't walk out, he will definitely be one of the favourites to be King of the Jungle.
