Nan was a diamond I'll leave the jungle to be at her funeral

Boxer Tony on grief as he signs up for m a Celeb

- MARK JEFFERIES

TONY Bellew's jungle adventure is tinged with sadness as his grandma died last week just 24 hours after he signed an I'm a Celebrity contract.

The 40-year-old former boxing champ, who will go into camp as one of two late entries, paid tribute to his "second mum" Rose.

She was 97 and looking forward to watching her grandson's antics.

Tony said he only committed to flying out to Australia he once confirmed he could be back for her funeral said: "I signed the day before she passed away, there was no going back. But I am going back to bury her. I was going to renege if I couldn't move the burial date."

Paying tribute to Rose, who he described as "the boss of the house", he added: "She was in a home. She told my mum, 'I'll be able to watch every night'.