Mum would be Riley proud

LISA: SHE'D JUST TELL ME TO GO & KNOCK 'EM DEAD

- by TOM BRYANT

LISA Riley can't stop thinking about her late mum ahead of her I'm A Celebrity stint.

Assigned a 24-hour chaperone to look after her since she landed earlier this week, Lisa says Cath is constantly on her mind.

"It's been lovely just talking about my mum and how proud she would be," she admitted.

"I can't help feel that maybe it is my mum in heaven giving me a message to do the show. She would be saying, 'Go on, knock them dead and just have a laugh."

The pair were incredibly close and spoke at least 10 times a day on the phone before Cath died from breast cancer that spread to her pelvis, ovaries and pancreas in 2012.

She was just 57 and the loss remains raw for Lisa.

"While my mum would be gleaming at the prospect of me doing the jungle, I can also imagine her sat there at nine o'clock in front of the TV, being worried about me."