Former football manager Harry Redknapp has volunteered for permanent toilet-cleaning duties on ITV's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! due to his inability to smell. The 71-year-old lost his sense of smell following a horrific car crash in 1990 that left him with severe injuries.
Redknapp was involved in a head-on collision near Latina, Italy, on June 30, 1990. He fractured his skull and multiple bones, and suffered a deep gash to his leg. Although he survived, he never regained his sense of smell. 'I don't think my life was ever in danger but I have never regained my sense of smell, not a complete disadvantage in some dressing rooms,' he wrote in his autobiography.
While Redknapp faces the challenges of the jungle, including starvation and bugs, his biggest concern is being away from his wife Sandra, to whom he has been married for 51 years. 'That's the biggest problem I have got. We do everything together. I have been with Sandra for 54 years and I hate being away from her,' he admitted before entering the jungle.
The couple met at a Sunday night disco in Stratford when Redknapp was 17. They married in 1967 and have two sons, Jamie and Mark Redknapp. Redknapp has often spoken of his deep dependence on Sandra, who even writes his cards for him. He claims they have never had a single argument in over five decades of marriage.
