The 63-year-old from Clones arrived in Australia on Monday ahead of the new series
He arrived in Australia on Monday ahead of the new series beginning on ITV on Sunday, November 17.
“I’m 63 now. I’d like to think I’m a young 63, but that doesn’t mean it’ll make any of these challenges easy. I’d rather do it when I’m 63, than 73, put it that way.” He added: “I’m the consoler when the guys have a hard day in the gym and they haven’t sparred particularly well. I put my arm around their shoulder and say, ‘Listen, that’s just the way it is. Tomorrow will be different.’ So I go back to the ‘elder’ position. My age has taken me into that category now. I’d like to get a good experience out of it. I want to enjoy it. I’d be delighted to get to the later stages, put it that way.
While he has had some success in the kitchen, Barry joked: “I still can’t cook! My fabulous wife does all of that for me. I’d be willing to help out. If nobody else can do it, I’d be happy to chip in. But I’m pretty good at cleaning. My wife and my three sons and my seven grandchildren come around, I end up doing the cleaning up. We’ve got a good old bit of team work going. I hope that we can create a team in the jungle. I hope we can create a good working environment.
Known throughout his career as The Clones Cyclone, the thought of potentially being able to take part in the Celebrity Cyclone is a welcome one. Barry said: “I should be able to embrace it fairly well! Because of the way I fought, I fought relentlessly, I just used to track my opponents so I was called The Clones Cyclone. It’s something that’s stuck with me. I hope it helps me with this.”
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