Former Coronation Street actor Claire Sweeney has revealed how her ex-co-star Alan Halsall played a key role in her leaping at the chance to be on this season of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!.Sweeney is known to Corrie fans for playing Cassie Plummer, the mother of Halsall's character Tyrone Dobbs. She explained how her on-screen son had encouraged her to enter the jungle after he appeared on I'm a Celeb... in 2024.