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Jungle cakewalk ends in celebrity ‘kidnapping’

CELEBRITIES, ex-Dollar singer David Van Day and TV presenter Timmy Mallett were “kidnapped” on their way into the jungle.

Jungle cakewalk ends in celebrity ‘kidnapping’

Thu, 20 Nov, 2008 - 00:00

Mallett spied a cake on the jungle floor — and after bending over to pick it up he was swept up into the trees in a giant net.

Screaming and shouting, Mallett was caught in the net and unable to escape.

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