Scarlett Moffatt defends winner after ‘really disheartening’ I’m A Celebrity live final

Scarlett Moffatt has leapt to the defence of I’m A Celebrity… South Africa’s winner amid an ongoing feud between members of the cast.

In last night’s episode of the show, Emmerdale star Adam Thomas becamethe second winner of the ITV series’ spin-off edition.

However, Adam seemed quite subdued following a shouting match in which he was cornered by Jimmy Bullard and David Haye – still fuming over a much-discussed argument between Adam and Jimmy.

During the ensuing spat, Sinitta and Gemma Collins elected to walk off stage, leaving hosts Ant and Dec to try and defuse the row.

Waterloo Road star Adam went on to take the crown as I’m a Celebrity’s Ultimate Legend, but it was clear that the bitterness had left a bad taste in his mouth.

Unpacking the events of the final afterwards, Scarlett has weighed in on the controversy, describing the upset as ‘really disheartening’ for Adam.

Joining presenters Sam Thompson and Kemi Rodgers on I’m A Celebrity… Unpacked Live afterwards, Ashley Roberts had said: ‘I hope Adam enjoys it, I think he’s been through so much, and I just hope that he can take a second, because I feel like he doesn’t feel like he maybe deserves it because he’s won.’

This prompted Scarlett to reply: ‘He does deserve it. It was hard in there, and he was amazing, and he was a friend to us all.

She continued: ‘It is really disheartening that he didn’t get to have that moment of glory.’

The sentiment was echoed by Gemma Collins, who agreed: ‘The best man won!’

Gemma continued: ‘It was positive, like what is such a shame about tonight, I’m just going to tell it how it is. We had such an amazing experience in there. We had a ball.

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