Julie Goodyear's smoking addiction

She gained the nickname 'The Chimney Pot' during her stint on Celebrity Big Brother in 2012 due to her smoking 100 cigarettes a day.

And now former Corrie legend Julie Goodyear's lifelong habit seems to have stopped her from appearing on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

The 75-year-old actress, who played blonde barmaid Bette Lynch for 25 years, reportedly turned down the jungle series as she was unable to smoke on the 23-hour flight.

The revelation came in a tell-all book by former I'm A Celebrity producer Lisa Mary London, which 'lifts the lid on reality TV and the cult of modern celebrity,' according to the Daily Star Sunday.

In her book Reality Rehab, 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.'

This article was first published on dailymail.co.uk and is republished here with permission.