I’m A Celeb star Tulisa’s well-known tattoo explained as viewers spot her doing ‘iconic pose’

Ever since this year's I'm A Celeb stars entered the jungle, all eyes have been on Tulisa’s tattoo after she was caught doing her infamous pose.

The singer, who was part of the three-person UK group N-Dubz, has been thrown into the camp, and viewers have loved her reference to her time before The X Factor.

It was a pose like no other and seemingly had its own trademark.

If anyone else did it, you just knew they were impersonating Tulisa.

After taking a hiatus from TV, fans have spotted the 36-year-old bringing it back into style.

Of course, ‘The Female Boss’ was going to open up about her career in the I'm A Celeb camp, and it’s the nostalgia we all needed.

On Sunday’s episode (17 November), the N-Dubz star was asked to show off her signature pose - which displayed her iconic tattoo - and she didn’t disappoint.

Tulisa has been doing the pose since her N-Dubz days (Samir Hussein/WireImage)

Her I’m A Celeb campmates loved every second of her showing off 'The Female Boss' written along her forearm, as did viewers at home.

Not only did she do it in the episode, but also for the show’s opening credits, leading to an absolute meltdown on social media.

“NAH TULISA DOING HER POSE,” someone cheered on X.

When she was asked to do it on the show, she obliged, albeit in a joking way.

However, there’s some lore about the tattoo on her arm.

In 2011 Tulisa did the iconic pose on The X Factor, and was hit with claims that she was illegally promoting her perfume 'TFB' on the show.

However, she said that 'The Female Boss' had been her nickname for years, explaining to The Mirror at the time: “The perfume’s not actually called The Female Boss - it’s just TFB. So, someone wouldn’t go into a shop and buy my perfume just because they’d seen my tattoo.”

If you listen back to some of her music, you’ll also hear her referring to herself as 'The Female Boss', such as in 'Playing With Fire'.

It was also the name of her debut solo album in 2012, which had absolute bangers on it like 'Young and Live It Up'.

So, it’s fair to say that she’s quite attached to the phrase.

Her tattoo is a nod to herself (ITV)

Another fan wrote of her tattoo and gesture: “The gasp I let out seeing Tulisa do her signature arm gesture during the opening credits.”

Someone else added: “Tulisa bringing back the female boss. only the 2011 real ones know.”

Finally, one user commented: “Good to see Tulisa is still rocking the female boss stance.”

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