The esteemed second place runner up in this year's I'm a Celebrity... is reflective after his time in the bush. Here are some musings from the remnants of his brain:

"For somebody like me to get a record contract, you just don't take it for granted. I always cherished it. I started a band when I was 18. It took until 1988 to really take off. We then put years of work into it before we got on Top of the Pops and everyone was raving. There was a lot of work. From that point on, I never took anything for granted. I worked my f***ing arse off. I'm on a reality TV show but the reality is I should be f***ing DEAD. I did everything - crack, coke, acid, heroin, ecstasy, speed, weed, over-the-counter stuff. You name it, I've done it. A lot of my friends who I grew up with are dead. They didn't make it. Not in my wildest hallucinations did I ever think I would get to this point. Taking drugs to me in the rock 'n' roll game was a walk in the f****** park compared to real life. Drugs helped me deal with stage fright. We had the swagger and cockiness of being a cool band from Manchester but I still needed a hit. But I didn't inject it - I've never used needles. I smoked it. I was never seedy. I was always a sensible lunatic... When we went to Barbados there was no heroin. At the time I was using methadone and a lot of it got smashed at the airport and then crack was there. Out of boredom and frustration, I smoked crack, but when I flew back I went straight to a clinic. I was never addicted to it. Crack is horrible. I am not one of those geezers who boasts about how many beers he can take - if you can get pissed on one beer then that is f***ing good on your bank balance... I did eat a lot of codeine-based paracetamol. It was the strongest stuff you could get at the chemist. I did 23 in one sitting once - and that was before lunch. I just used it to steady me out. There were all sorts of things you could get back then straight over the counter that were a lot stronger than they are now. I was having the time of my life. Why would I give it up? But it happens to everyone in the end. Age catches up with you. You start to see life differently. I'm not that kid anymore. The whole thing for me is when you grow up. You can do these things when you are 18, but when you get into your mid 30s you are not a young lad doing it anymore, you are a pathetic geezer who is getting older and it is sad that you have to drink a lot or take a lot of drugs to deal with life. I did it as a kid but when you get to that age where your children are growing up and you have responsibilities, you don't want to look like a pathetic alcoholic drug addict. I'm not going all Hollywood, but I'm pushing 50. It's not like when you are a youngster. When you are my age, I can't handle the hangovers anymore. But I haven't gone all f***ing health freak, I just prefer it when I am not on the booze."

He said, while reportedly clutching a beer. The Sun also reports that Shaun wouldn't mind becoming an X Factor judge, but given his vocal prowess, that would make as much sense as having the foghorn Halliwell judging other people's singing abilities... oh.