Adam Thomas shares ‘disturbing’ message David Haye sent after I’m A Celebrity final

Adam Thomas has revealed how I’m A Celebrity co-star David Haye’s behaviour is ‘disturbing’ to him.

The Emmerdale star, 37, was dubbed the newest I’m A Celeb legend after competing on the South Africa All Stars version, which came to a dramatic conclusion with a live final last week.

But the TV star’s journey to the top was far from smooth, and he found himself embroiled in more than one scandal – most notably entering an explosive row with Jimmy Bullard when he almost lost Adam’s place in the jungle.

Elsewhere, however, he also struggled with co-star David Haye, who viewers branded a bully for the way he spoke to Adam during the show. In one incident, the heavyweight boxer called guys like him ‘useless’.

Later, the Waterloo Road actor opened up about how his mistreatment ‘broke him’ and how he wished he had ‘spoken up for himself’.

The Sun claimed that after he won the final, things came to a head when David heckled him from the audience and joined in on a pile-on with Jimmy, causing Adam to throw his crown to the floor and leave.

Now, he has opened up about the strange state of his relationship with David, who attempted to contact him after last week’s chaotic finale.

Speaking on his podcast, At Home With The Thomas Bro’s, he shared that the ‘hardest bit to navigate’ is his switching personality.

‘Even after the camp, he told me: “You’re the nicest guy I’ve ever met and I just wanted to break you”. It’s cool, he apologised, I moved on. We’ve had voice messages back and forth, we’ve just been bantering, having a laugh, and I’ve just put it all to bed.’

However, he claimed that for stars like David, the show is just a bit of ‘entertainment and fun’ for them, whereas for himself, he said he’s ‘not here for anyone else’s agenda’ but my own, just to have you know a [ __ ] laugh and enjoy this experience’ and simply wanted to have fun.

‘That’s the most disturbing bit for me when I look at David,’ he said, pointing to a message he received from him.

He continued: ‘Even after the show and everything he did he sent me a voicenote and was like: “Oh mate, what a great show that was, I’m so happy you won, congratulations.”

‘I just sent him a message back saying: “Listen I think this is where I draw the line now. I hope you find happiness bro but I’m done now.’

He concluded by reflecting that he had felt ‘exploited’ by the whole live show experience and by the end he felt like he ‘was just in the midst of it all and it was even about me.’

Adam is far from the only contestant making clear their displeasure at how events unfolded.

Jimmy is said to be pursuing legal action against ITV, according to sources, having characterised how he was spoken to by Adam in the jungle as ‘abusive, aggressive and intimidating’.

Meanwhile, David is also reportedly gearing up to ‘sue ITV for £10,000,000 after the channel irreparably damaged his brand’.

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