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Who is Nella Rose? The social media sensation turned divisive I’m a Celebrity star

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Some people know me because they’ve seen a meme,” the influencer Nella Rose told Capital Xtra earlier this year.  “[Some] don’t know anything about me.” Since the 26-year-old social media star entered the I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! camp last week, that’s all changed. After just a few days in the jungle, Rose has inadvertently become the show’s main character – and has provoked the disproportionate levels of online vitriol that come with that dubious honour.

It all started with a . When his age came up in conversation, the Channel 4 show’s resident cupid noted that, at 51, he “could be [Rose’s] dad”. The apparently throwaway remark didn’t sit well with Rose, who lost both of her parents

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