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JULIE Goodyear has revealed she turned down I'm A Celebrity because she couldn't face the 23-hour flight to Australia without a cigarette.

The soap legend, who smokes 100 cigarettes a day, wanted to travel to Oz by boat but producers wouldn't allow it.

Julie, 75, who is famous for playing Bet Lynch on Coronation Street, wanted to star on the reality show but producers refused to allow her to travel by cargo ship.

The trip takes 40 days and tickets can cost up to £4,000 each way.

If she had agreed to fly over to the jungle, the actress would have had to pack 4,000 cigarettes.

Julie's request was revealed in former I'm A Celeb producer Lisa Mary London's new book.

Called Reality Rehab, the book "lifts the lid on reality TV and the cult of modern celebrity," according the Daily Star Sunday.

Lisa said: "Soap legend Julie Goodyear frustrated me when she rang in person to say she'd love to do the show if we could get her to Australia by boat.


"A 23-hour flight without frequent cigarette breaks was out of the question for the chain-smoking soap diva."

Back in 2007 Julie claimed to have kicked her 46-year smoking habit.

Thinking of starting a GoFundMe to get Nana Julie on a boat!