During the early series of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! we saw Lauren Booth enter the jungle, then known for being the sister-in-law of then Prime Minister Tony Blair.
The journalist, now 56 joined the likes of Myleene Klass, Jason Donovan and Dean Gaffney on the hit ITV show in 2006. But the creepy crawlies and food rations became a bit much for Lauran and she was the fourth celeb to be voted out.
In total, she took on 15 days in the jungle but appeared to be thrilled when her name was announced as she shouted "Yes!" But 17 years on Lauren leads a completely different life as she converted her religion.
Lauren left Catholicism to become a Muslim four years after I'm A Celebrity and now wears a hijab when she leaves her home. She prays five times a day and frequently visits her local mosque.
Opening up about her conversion in 2010, she told The Sun: "Far from being nervous of Muslim groups, I started looking forward to meeting them. It was an opportunity to be with people of intelligence, wit and, above all else, kindness and generosity."
At the time Lauren also said how she had stopped drinking alcohol, eating pork and was reading the Qur'an every day. "My father was an alcoholic so if I'm going to avoid the stuff, what could be better?" she added.
The 56 year old has stayed in the spotlight and regularly keeps her 113K Instagram followers updated. She has recently been using her platform to speak out about the Israel-Palestine conflict in the Middle East.
Lauren also has two children – Alexandra Frances Darby born in 2000 and Raphaela Darby born in 2003. After her stint on I'm A Celebrity, the mum of two appeared on This Morning to talk about her experience and revealed some behind-the-scene secrets.
She said: "The waterfall, like the pool beneath it, was not part of the jungle at all, but a man-made creation.
"Unless, of course, 'real' rainforest waterfalls get turned off between three and six every afternoon."
Lauren went on to add that even some of the campmates believed some of the jungle backdrops were real. "Take the rocks around the edge of the encampment – they seemed to be hollow and made of papier mache," she explained.
"Unless, of course, 'real' rainforest waterfalls get turned off between three and six every afternoon."
Following the realisation, a source confirmed to The Sun at the time that the iconic waterfall shower was made specifically for the show.
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