Patti Tells BFF How Feds “Squeeze People”

Patti thinks feds will use her to get to her husband

When things get tough on "I'm a Celebrity," it’s understandable that the castmates would turn to each other for a shoulder to lean on.

Especially if, on top of eating bugs and being swept away by a river, you suspect the U.S. Attorney is out to get you.

On last night's episode, Patti Blagojevich was no exception. It looks like the new reality TV darling has found a new BFF.

After convincing retired NBA basketball star John "Spider" Salley to stop being a big baby about not having a bed and stay on the show, Patti shed some tears of her own.

Salley, being the friend that he is, returned the favor and gave a helping hand in these trying times for Patti.

"It’s kind of hard to have a private conversation with the country looking at you,” Salley said as they sat on a small river ledge. His support left out the minor detail that there are better places to find a private conversation than on the set of a reality show.

Cameras were positioned from afar on Patty as she described how long it took her to get out from under the weight she has been feeling over her husband's impending prosecution.

"They squeeze people to say things that aren’t true. It’s a terrible thing. They get people that have done things wrong ... and they tell them, 'Would you be comfortable saying this?' That’s a lie. 'If, you know, you get to walk.'"

But the phone call from her husband over Skype on last week’s episode brought everything crashing down on her again.

"My husband looked tired, that’s what got me, you know?" Patti said. "He looked a little worn out and it makes me worry that something's going on that I don't know about."

Rod may have forgotten to let Patti know he may have launched a new career as an actor in The Second City’s "Rod Blagojevich, Superstar." Could the late nights rehearsing be why he looked so sleepy?

But the worry on Patti’s face quickly turned from her husband to herself. According to her, the U.S. attorney may be trying to get her indicted, too.

"Well, that was part of the problem, the big decision on whether to come here or not,” Patti told John. “Because the question is, are you aggravating the U.S. attorney? And then they indict me, too. You know it’s coming in about a year; it’s coming with the, 'We’re going to indict your wife unless you come plead guilty.' They’ll say it. It’s like, yeah well go ahead and do it then. You gonna take ... you gonna make our kids orphans?"

Salley tried to make Patti feel better by waxing profound.

"But look at it this way, I don’t care how much darkness you’ve got, you light a match,” he said. “You can put 10 times more darkness on top of it ... and not put out that light. So you gotta keep your eyes on the light.

"I’m trying to give some people some of the serenity that I have, that’s what a friend does," Salley said. “I was a friend to my friend Patti, and she needs me, and I need her."

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