Adam Thomas had to get used to hammocks and camp beds while on I'm A Celebrity South Africa, but his real home is far more luxurious. The Waterloo Road star had a tough time in the Bush, locking horns with Jimmy Bullard and struggling to get along with former boxer David Haye. It would be understandable for anyone to feel homesick in that environment, but Adam might have more reason than most.
A Grand Cheshire Mansion
From a bright Orangery to a polished kitchen, his Cheshire mansion is where he lives with wife Caroline Daly and their two children. The pair purchased it in 2017 after scrolling through houses on Rightmove idly one evening, not even planning to move. 'Does anyone else go on Rightmove, flicking through houses you can't afford … thinking one day!!' he wrote on social media at the time. 'Well that's what me and @carolinethomas23 do but one day we decided to go and view one, with no intentions of actually buying it haha but we fell in love!!!!'
Renovations and Luxury Features
Caroline runs an Instagram account documenting their renovations, with plenty of big open spaces, contrasting cosy candlelit corners. Over the years, they've slowly transformed the home, with Adam previously showing off his driveway-laying skills online. Some luxury features include his and hers sinks, floor-to-ceiling bay windows, twin Juliet balconies, and even a piano. Two years ago, Caroline showed off a cosy cinema room, with a U-shaped cream sofa (complete with olive green cushions) surrounding a drop-down projector screen. Even the lobby is grand with a black and white chess board style flooring, below a huge gold chandelier, which was later relocated to another room. The drama doesn't stop there, with a massive fountain taking up the centre of the garden, on a path leading to the orangery.
Minimalist Decor and Private Gym
Throughout most of the home the decor is minimalist with white, cream, brown, and beige as the chosen colour palette. They also have, as any celebrity home should, a private gym complete with his and hers exercise machines facing a sign that reads 'and they ran happily ever after'. In an Instagram post in 2021, Caroline wrote: 'Adam, Teddy, Bella and I have lived in our house since 22nd April 2017, we moved in the day before my birthday, in the middle of planning our wedding! We got married in August 2017, then weeks later found out we were pregnant with Elsie-Rose. 2017 was a chaotic year. It's only now we're really starting to finish our home and make it perfect for us, and after living here for 4 years I'm finding my (OUR sorry adam?) taste has already changed. We are wanting to freshen up each room and thought you might like to come along on our home journey. Please don't expect 'Instagram' home perfection, we have washing, mess and kids toys all over, our home isn't perfect but it is perfect to us!'
Marriage and Family Life
The couple tied the knot on August 27, 2017, two years after he proposed in Dubai, with his Emmerdale pals amongst the guests. Adam previously told OK!: 'Nothing will ever change between us, we know that we are going to be together forever now, so it does feel more special.'
Struggles on I'm A Celebrity
He opened up about struggling on I'm A Celeb, saying he feels like a different person now. Speaking on At Home With The Thomas Bro's podcast, he continued: 'It was an amazing experience, don't get me wrong and I don't regret any of it but again, there are moments in there where I just have a bit of a tough time in there with one of the campmates. I know for a fact that I'm not the same person as I was when I went into the jungle to when I came out. It's changed me and that's no exaggeration.' He clashed repeatedly with David Haye, who even Ant and Dec criticised for being too brutal with other contestants. Addressing spats, he said: 'I said to my therapist, "Why didn't I stick up for myself?" and it was because I was always putting other people's feelings first before mine because I didn't want to bring any attention to this. If I say anything now, I'm gonna cause drama in camp, I'm gonna dampen everyone's spirits, I'm gonna cause tension, so I just took it. I just took it and took it and took it until eventually it got to a point where I'm literally at breaking point.' Adam said David did indeed later apologise when the two had a heart-to-heart, saying it 'meant so much to me'.
