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DAVID Gest has a new rival for jungle’s scariest creepy-crawlie — ex-EastEnder Dean Gaffney.

Skint Dean, 28, was flown out as a stand-by contestant on the ITV1 reality show. Now bosses want to introduce him to the camp within days.

They hope he will prove as much of a hit as Liza Minnelli’s weird ex Gest, who is already causing a riot.

Dean — who quit as street sweeper Robbie Jackson in the BBC1 soap three years ago — is reportedly having to sell his £925,000 home after blowing £1million on booze and clothes.

A show insider said: “Dean is just too good to have on stand-by, we had to use him.”

Footie legend Stan Bowles is also due to jet out to Australia.

The ex-England star, 58, is notorious for his gambling, drinking and womanising.

Show chiefs are still debating whether to send him in or keep him on stand-by.

The Sun