As well as the initial camp line-up<\/a>, the series has seen the likes of Georgia \u2018Toff\u2019 Toffolo<\/a>, Gillian McKeith<\/a>, Myleene Klass<\/a> and Andy Whyment<\/a> make unexpected late appearances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Another new recruit is Dean Gaffney, who is returning for a second stab at the show following his appearance 17 years ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n So, who is Gaffney and what can we expect from his arrival on I\u2019m a Celebrity South Africa<\/a>? Read on for everything you need to know.<\/span><\/p>\n Age:<\/strong> 45<\/p>\n Job:<\/strong> Actor<\/p>\n Previous season:<\/strong> 2006<\/p>\n Gaffney is an actor who rose to fame thanks to his role as Robbie Jackson in EastEnders<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The star first joined the BBC soap back in 1993 and was embroiled in many dramatic storylines before his character left the Square with his girlfriend Nita in 2003.<\/span><\/p>\n Gaffney has since returned to the show as Robbie on multiple occasions, and last appeared on the programme in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n In addition, Gaffney regularly appears in pantomimes across the country. <\/span>He appeared on I\u2019m a Celebrity during the show\u2019s sixth season in 2006, finishing in fifth place.<\/span><\/p>\n Ahead of his re-entry to camp life, Gaffney admitted: \u201cI think I am worse now than when I was younger when it comes to fears. Everything scares me.\u201d<\/p>\n He added that doing I\u2019m a Celebrity is like \u201cgetting on a rollercoaster\u201d, saying: \u201cWhen you are waiting in the queue, you are fine.\u201d<\/p>\n Talking about what it would mean to win the series, the actor added: \u201cIt would be a massive trajectory to go from \u2018screamer of the year in 2006\u2019 to go and win the thing. That would be unbelievable. But the camp will be fierce because everyone wants to be the first I\u2019m a Celebrity Legend.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n I\u2019m a Celebrity South Africa started on Monday 24th April and airs at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX. Check out our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a>, or visit our dedicated Entertainment<\/a> hub for the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013 <\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to <\/strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n The former EastEnders actor finished in fifth place on the 2006 series. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":32648,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/who-is-dean-gaffney-meet-im-a-celebrity-south-africa-contestant-scaled.jpg",2560,1706,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/who-is-dean-gaffney-meet-im-a-celebrity-south-africa-contestant-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/who-is-dean-gaffney-meet-im-a-celebrity-south-africa-contestant-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/who-is-dean-gaffney-meet-im-a-celebrity-south-africa-contestant-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/who-is-dean-gaffney-meet-im-a-celebrity-south-africa-contestant-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/who-is-dean-gaffney-meet-im-a-celebrity-south-africa-contestant-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/who-is-dean-gaffney-meet-im-a-celebrity-south-africa-contestant-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The former EastEnders actor finished in fifth place on the 2006 series.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/32647"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Who is Dean Gaffney?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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