He moved from Mogadishu, Somali to Hounslow to join his father at the age of eight.
And Sir Mo Farah, 37, got into character as EastEnders’ bad boy Phil Mitchell on I’m A Celebrity on Tuesday night for a reenactment with Shane Richie aka Alfie Moon.
Shane, 56, taught Mo how to speak and walk like hardman Phil, before playing out a drama-filled scene.
Sir Mo Farah, 37, got into character as EastEnders’ bad boy Phil Mitchell on I’m A Celebrity on Tuesday night for a reenactment with Shane Richie aka Alfie Moon
Mo followed the soap star around the campfire as he perfected his walk and accent, yelling lines like, ‘Alfie, this is my manor!’
Shane said: ‘He’s moving along nicely with the East End accent. I reckon if we’re here for another couple of days, he could be a new reg in the Queen Vic.’
Mo later said in the telegraph: ‘I learned some more cockney from Alfie. I just remember Phil Mitchell telling someone off or him not being happy with someone.’
Getting into character :Shane taught Mo how to speak and walk like hardman Phil, before playing out a drama-filled scene
Confrontation: Mo did his best impersonation of Phil (Steve McFadden)
Soap opera: Mo followed the soap star around the campfire as he perfected his walk and accent, yelling lines like, ‘Alfie, this is my manor!’
Drama: Mo said: ‘I learned some more cockney from Alfie. I just remember Phil Mitchell telling someone off or him not being happy with someone’
Elsewhere in the episode, Mo and AJ Pritchard attempted to win meals for camp in the Game Of Groans trial.
As Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly outlined the rules of the game, Sir Mo looked terrified as stray bugs fell from above – prompting hysterical laughter from the two presenters.
‘I have to say, a nervous Mo is a very funny Mo,’ Ant told him by way of apology as the athlete squirmed in the seat of his specially designed throne.
Funny: Shane said: ‘He’s moving along nicely with the East End accent. I reckon if we’re here for another couple of days, he could be a new reg in the Queen Vic’
Dec introduced the trial: ‘This is Game of Groans. On the board are 16 shields, they each have a number on the front and one the reverse is a painted symbol.
‘Your job is to memorise the symbols and their position on the board. You’ll be seated on these thrones behind you here and spun around for 60 seconds. While you spin the symbols will be revealed for you to memorise.
‘When you stop, they’ll be hidden and you’ll be tested on which symbol is where. There are 3 rounds, 2 stars to win in each round, so a total of 6 stars. Each star is worth a meal for camp.
Bring it on: Elsewhere in the episode, Mo and AJ Pritchard attempted to win meals for camp in the Game Of Groans trial
Scary: As Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly outlined the rules of the game, Sir Mo looked terrified as stray bugs fell from above – prompting hysterical laughter from the two presenters
Ant continued. ‘However it gets trickier because the position of the shields will change each round and it’s a Trial so there will be a few surprises along the way.’
The dias started spinning and as the two tried to memorise the positions of the shields, they were covered in cockroaches, crickets, mealworms and maggots.
They were tested on the positioning of the shields but failed to win any points as on their first question AJ was correct and Mo wrong, and the reverse happened on the second.
In the second round, they had to find matching pairs. More critters rained down on them as they tried to memorise the positions.
They both got the questions correct meaning two stars for camp.
The shields moved around again and they prepared for the third round. Mo got his question incorrect but AJ got his right meaning one more star, a total of 3 out of 6.
I’m A Celebrity continues weekdays at 9pm on ITV.
Challenge: The shields moved around again and they prepared for the third round. Mo got his question incorrect but AJ got his right meaning one more star, a total of 3 out of 6