Patti Blagojevich opened up on the two-hour episode of "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here," making the former governor out to be a political prisoner or folk hero, as opposed to the more widely held view of him: as a delusional slime with indiscreet phone habits who tried to sell the President's Senate seat.
"My husband is a great man," she explained.
"We lost everything, we're trying to keep our house and trying to keep our kids in the school back there," she said. But she's found the jungle welcoming. "This is a piece of cake compared to the nightmare I've been living through the last six months," she said. "You just do what you can do. That's all."
Patti detailed the indignities of her life: having their security pulled by the lieutenant governor "three minutes" after the impeachment vote, and driving around in a 21-year-old car. One more indignity awaited her on the show - she had to down leafcutter ants as part of a challenge, but wisely dropped out before the bull testicles were served.
Illinois' former first lady remained first in the hearts of her fellow "celebrities." "I love you Patti, I really cannot wait to go to Chicago and help you out," offered (threatened?) Spencer Pratt.
"I vote for Patti to win the whole thing," gushed Lou Diamond Phillips.
In other "I'm a Celebrity" news:
*On the heels of her best friend's departure, Frances Callier (pictured on the left) of comedy team "Frangela" opted to leave Costa Rica. "Her heart may be a little bit broken," ruminated Stephen Baldwin of the Second City vet. "You just can't break up Abbott and Costello," said Frances.
*Lou Diamond Phillips called Sanjaya Malakar "a little wood nymph."
*Spencer and Heidi Pratt continued their "look at me!" antics. They praised Jesus; read Bible passages to each other as they vomited "demons" out of their bodies; conducted a very brief, very loud religious fast; sang Heidi's new single a capella in an uncomfortably high key; and retreated to a hospital, where Heidi was treated for a gastric ulcer. "This is all God's will," Spencer assured America.
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