Scarlett Moffatt has clearly been through a life-changing experience recently. The former Gogglebox star and I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! winner is one of eight celebs to have spent eight days living in a pitch-black warehouse for Danny Dyer’s new Channel 4 series Scared Of The Dark.
“I feel like a different human being. I feel like I can conquer the world now,” she reveals. “I’ve never actually sat down and thought about how privileged I am to have sight. I have so much respect for anybody who has lost sight or is partially sighted because you don’t realise how much you rely on it.”
Scarlett, 32, joins boxers Chris Eubank and Nicola Adams, ex-Love Island star Chloe Burrows, footballing legend Paul Gascoigne, The Wanted’s Max George, actress Donna Preston and comedian Chris McCausland on the show, which challenges them to live in a Big Brother-style house while taking on terrifying challenges in the dark to win meals and treats.
The group relied heavily on Chris McCausland, who is blind, to get used to their circumstances, and Scarlett admits she was surprised by how close they all became.
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“We weren’t expecting to get as much out of it as we did in the friendships that we’ve made,” she says. “I’m not saying that it was all easy or plain sailing, but we all had each other.”
For chatty Scarlett, keeping the conversation going was key. She adds, “What was the scariest is if there was ever a moment of silence.
“That’s why we all got on so much because we just did not stop speaking because it feels extra lonely when you’re in the dark, when there’s nothing to see.”
But despite constantly bumping into things and plenty of jump-outof-your-skin frights, she didn’t consider dropping out early.
“If you sign yourself up for something that crazy, you have to accept responsibility that you signed up for something that is a bit bonkers,” she says, adding, “Even though it was the weirdest holiday I’ve ever had, it sort of was like a holiday friendship.”
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Scarlett has an extra-special role in Scared Of The Dark, as she comes in later than her co-stars and under cover of darkness to put them on edge with pranks before they realise another housemate has joined them.
Joking that she is “like a spy… Jane Bond”, Scarlett admits that the toughest part of the challenge was keeping quiet when she realised fellow north-east star Gazza was there.
“Everyone up north, if you support Newcastle United, you’ve got a story about Gazza or you’d know someone who has a story about Gazza,” she says. “So that was actually the hardest part of that challenge – not going, ‘Gazza, it’s Scarlett!’”
Hearing series host Danny Dyer’s familiar East End tones was comforting for Scarlett, too.
“He actually makes you feel calmer – you feel safe when he enters the room...
“I feel like a different human being. I feel like I can conquer the world now,” she reveals. “I’ve never actually sat down and thought about how privileged I am to have sight. I have so much respect for anybody who has lost sight or is partially sighted because you don’t realise how much you rely on it.”
Scarlett, 32, joins boxers Chris Eubank and Nicola Adams, ex-Love Island star Chloe Burrows, footballing legend Paul Gascoigne, The Wanted’s Max George, actress Donna Preston and comedian Chris McCausland on the show, which challenges them to live in a Big Brother-style house while taking on terrifying challenges in the dark to win meals and treats.
The group relied heavily on Chris McCausland, who is blind, to get used to their circumstances, and Scarlett admits she was surprised by how close they all became.
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“We weren’t expecting to get as much out of it as we did in the friendships that we’ve made,” she says. “I’m not saying that it was all easy or plain sailing, but we all had each other.”
For chatty Scarlett, keeping the conversation going was key. She adds, “What was the scariest is if there was ever a moment of silence.
“That’s why we all got on so much because we just did not stop speaking because it feels extra lonely when you’re in the dark, when there’s nothing to see.”
But despite constantly bumping into things and plenty of jump-outof-your-skin frights, she didn’t consider dropping out early.
“If you sign yourself up for something that crazy, you have to accept responsibility that you signed up for something that is a bit bonkers,” she says, adding, “Even though it was the weirdest holiday I’ve ever had, it sort of was like a holiday friendship.”
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Scarlett has an extra-special role in Scared Of The Dark, as she comes in later than her co-stars and under cover of darkness to put them on edge with pranks before they realise another housemate has joined them.
Joking that she is “like a spy… Jane Bond”, Scarlett admits that the toughest part of the challenge was keeping quiet when she realised fellow north-east star Gazza was there.
“Everyone up north, if you support Newcastle United, you’ve got a story about Gazza or you’d know someone who has a story about Gazza,” she says. “So that was actually the hardest part of that challenge – not going, ‘Gazza, it’s Scarlett!’”
Hearing series host Danny Dyer’s familiar East End tones was comforting for Scarlett, too.
“He actually makes you feel calmer – you feel safe when he enters the room...
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