Simon Cowell 'has never been more angry' after treatment on Celebrity SAS
Last week former X Factor star Lucy, 34, was officially revealed as one of the famous faces who'd signed up to be put through their paces and undergo a course replicating the UK Special Forces selection course.
Since the show began in 2015, there has also been six celebrity spin-off series', with the line-up of the upcoming season also including Love Island's Tasha Ghouri, The Traitors' Harry Clark, S Club's Hannah Spearritt and former glamour model Rebecca Loos.
Speaking ahead of the premiere Lucy said she was determined to 'make it all the way to the end'.
However, she's also detailed how X Factor creator Simon Cowell, who walked her down the aisle during her wedding last year, was left fuming while playing a role on the show.
Despite Simon not being a recruit, he appears in the show when he calls Lucy to try and help motivate her.
'The DS [directing staff] hung up on him and he was like, 'I've never been so angry',' she shared when speaking to The Sun.
In the interview Lucy also said the 65-year-old considered appearing on the show himself, but she was worried he'd 'die'.
'He thought it was a great idea, me doing the show. He knows I love being outdoors. We do a lot of shooting air rifles and stuff together, so he knows this is my thing, testing my mental resilience,' she said.
'It was just funny because he had said, 'Oh, maybe I'll try and have a go at it'.
'I was like, 'Simon, you would literally die!'. It was funny because it really contextualised how hard it was that I just straight away said to him, 'You would have no chance'.'
However, Lucy said she thinks his wife Lauren Silverman, 48, could do it and 'should have a go'.
Last year Simon spoke about his relationship with Lucy, saying that it 'feels like we've been friends for life'.
Meanwhile Lucy said that 'everything people get from their fathers, I get from Simon', also calling Simon and his Lauren a 'constant support'.
Speaking about appearing on Celebrity SAS, Lucy has said she hopes she 'has the mental grit to get to the end of the course'.
'I have been through quite a lot in my life, and I've done a lot of work to navigate what that left behind, and I really hope that I can apply it to the course, and make it all the way to the end,' she continued. More Trending
'I've always wanted to do this course, and what I love about this course is the sheer pressure it puts on a human being, that you will just not get anywhere else in life. And I've had pressure, I've had so many forms of pressure, nothing like this, so I really just genuinely want to see how far my brain can go.'
The other stars appearing on this season include RuPaul's Drag Race UK season two star Bimini, Love Island's Chloe Burrows and Adam Collard, and rapper Lady Leshurr.
They will also be joined by footballer Troy Deeney, dancer-and-choreographer Louie Spence, author Michaella McCollum, and former footballer Adebayo Akinfenwa.
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins returns at 9pm on Sunday to Channel 4.
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