Burnley’s Radio DJ, Jordan North, has faced his fear of heights in his brand new ITV show.
In last night’s episode (20 October) of Beverley and Jordan: Destination Wedding, the duo went paragliding in Spain.
Jordan, whose fear of heights was shown during his ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here’ appearance in 2020, wasn’t happy with the news.
The Burnley lad added that he “nearly walked away” and had a “wobble” about paragliding until producers talked him around.
On the show’s episode, after Beverley Callard told him they were going to paraglide off a 2000ft high cliff, he said: “Are you joking? Beverley I’m scared of heights.”
31-year-old Jordan took to the sky first and in the show he could be heard screaming as he took off.
He screamed: “I don’t know if I’m scared or excited".
He could also be heard chanting “happy place, happy place, happy place,” in reference to one of his favourite places – Burnley’s Turf Moor.
However, as he landed Jordan explained that he found the experience more enjoyable than he thought – but 64-year-old Callard didn’t feel the same.
Jordan said: “We’ve role reversed here because I enjoyed that and you hated it.
“You’re a grandma and you’ve paraglided – and I’m a wuss and I’ve paraglided."
On his social media page, Jordan also shared some behind the scenes clips and information about the episode.
I BLOODY PARAGLIDED.@imacelebrity was the best thing that ever happened to me, if you’d have said to me a year ago you’ll be paragliding I would never have believed you.
— Jordan North (@jordannorth1) October 20, 2021
Also, this lady tho, @Beverleycallard had hip operation just over a year ago and did this! 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/OmpLvibNes
Jordan wrote: “I bloody paraglided. @imacelebrity was the best thing that ever happened to me.
“If you’d have said to me a year ago you’ll be paragliding I would never have believed you.
“Also, @Beverleycallard had hip operation just over a year ago and did this!”
However, he added that paragliding didn’t come easy.
He explained: I had a bit of a wobble and nearly walked away but the series producer, and the director guaranteed me that I wouldn’t die
“That night back at the hotel I was so buzzing I couldn’t sleep so I had to nip out at 2am for a walk!”
You can catch up with the full episode of Beverley and Jordan: Destination Wedding on ITV player.
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