BULLARD'S RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE

What ever you think about “I'm a celebrity...Get me out of here!”, the latest series must be worth a look. It's not the attraction of Carl Fogarty, Michael Buerk or Nadia Forde (another lingerie model to distract a famous sportsman) but Jimmy Bullard who must be regarded as one of the funniest footballers to grace our pitches and screens since Steve Claridge.

Bullard is known for his hilarious photo-shoot set up by Sky for their annual pre-match team presentations. Players in kit were asked to step towards the camera and then raise their head and shoulders to look into the lens with a neutral face. Bullard could not control his mirth and it was several takes before the production team could get him to behave.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_2wTLtHlRE
He has also won fame after scoring a goal at the Etihad in 2009, by re-enacting Hull's Phil Brown's managerial ticking off of his players on the pitch at half time, after a woeful first half performance. Bullard has written a book called “Bend it like Bullard” detailing his scrapes and japes as a professional footballer and he has recently set up a management company (Extra Time Management) to look after retiring sports' people who need a focus during their twilight years.

Bullard has been also known for trashing hotel rooms and paying for the damage, rock band style and for setting off so many fire extinguishers at Fulham, that the costs were taken directly out of his monthly salary. Having lost a pile of money recently in a “bad investment”, the £100,000 fee for humiliating himself in Australia's rain forest, will go a small way to settling the balance. Crocodile steaks, kangaroo testicles, cockroaches and witchity grubs await his cheery self. I wonder if the Ozzie's know what they are in for?