Overview
- The Emmerdale actress has arrived in Australia to take part in this year's ITV series after repeatedly turning it down.
- Riley says Windsor long urged her to try the jungle and believes he would be proud of her decision.
- She cites approaching milestones — her 50th birthday, 30 years as Mandy Dingle, and a decade sober — as key motivations.
- Preparing for camp life, she has worked to confront fears of rats and darkness, practicing with pet rats and lights-out walks at home on fiancé Al’s advice.
- She says she does not plan to marry her long-term partner because she cannot face a wedding without her late mother.