- ‘I’m A Celebrity’ is known for dramatic feuds among its campmates over the years
- The show has showcased some memorable arguments, from intense rows to personal jabs
- Tensions often arise due to hunger, heat, and strong personalities in the jungle
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I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! has brought us plenty of unexpected friendships and even relationships over the years – but campmates famously don’t always get on.
Following the return of the latest series in Australia, things are already starting to heat up after viewers predicted the ‘first big row’ involving Kelly Brook and Jack Osbourne.
Jack’s sister Kelly then threw further petrol on the fire after saying she ‘wants to attack’ Brook for bullying her brother.
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Meagre portion sizes along with intense heat and large personalities can certainly add up to friction.
Over the show’s two decade history we’ve seen everything from catty arguments, right up to full blown rows and even threats of violence on the programme.
From alpha posturing to constant clashes in the jungle, these are the biggest feuds in the show’s history.
Lady C and Tony Hadley
Perhaps the most iconic feud in I’m A Celebrity history has to be when Lady Colin Campbell launched a tirade of abuse at singer Tony Hadley in 2015.
Lady C enjoyed quite a few arguments during her time in the jungle, but none were as ferocious as when Tony criticised her for putting a ‘beautiful’ beetle on the fire.
She told the Spandau Ballet singer: ‘I don’t need any input from you. You are a hypocritical pretentious arsehole. I’ve had enough of you. It’s none of your f*****g business, a***hole.
‘You’re a chippy oik with a mouth of diarrhoea. My opinion of you is that you are the lowest of the low, a bore.
‘Let me tell you something, boy, you are of no significance to me. You’re so used to creeps and dollybirds, tarts.’
She finished by saying: ‘You don’t even have a good voice.’
Before she could continue any further, Ferne McCann managed to step in and break the pair up.
Footballer Kieron Dyer, who grew close to Lady C in the jungle, even said: ‘I’m her biggest fan, but I know what’s right and what’s wrong, and that was bang out of order. I can’t keep defending her.’
Andrew Maxwell and Ian Wright
There were some big personalities in the 2019 series, and things got uncomfortable when Andrew confronted Ian during one particularly feisty evening while preparing dinner.
After the camp erupted in a sexism row, Andrew said the former footballer was ‘singling him out’.
Standing up to Ian, he said: ‘You keep shouting at me Ian.’
‘Who is shouting, when did I shout?’ Ian hit back. ‘I wasn’t even talking to you, what did I say?’
Things carried on later when Ian said: ‘What are you talking about, I didn’t shout at you.’
After the pair rowed, Andrew said: ‘I’m sorry, I’m really tired, I don’t know, I’m really tired… I’m not going to cry, I’m sorry.’
They both hugged each other and agreed that the tiredness and hunger had got the better of them both.
‘You’re my pal and I’m just really sensitive,’ said Andrew, during one of the more tense moments from recent years.
Edwina Currie and Kendra Wilkinson
There was no love lost in 2014, after Edwina Currie and Kendra Wilkinson clashed constantly on the programme. While there was no big moment that saw the feud spark, resentment built up over time and things even spilled over after the programme aired.
Speaking after leaving the jungle on eviction show I’m A Celebrity: Coming Out, former Playboy bunny Kendra said: ‘My god. I have no sympathy towards her.’
Asked about a comment Edwina made about her, Kendra said: ‘She’s a coward because she can’t say that to my face. She might want to grow a heart and learn how to learn about others. I don’t come from luxury like her.’
Not holding back, she added: ‘I mean she’s gross, she’s a gross person. To be honest with you I won’t even be able to look at Edwina again. I thought we’d got over it, I thought things were better but I guess they aren’t.’
Edwina had a few things to say about Kendra too, saying: ‘For a start, she’s not a proper celebrity, I’m sorry but she isn’t.
‘She has her own programme on her own channel and she has an audience of about a million, and in America you’re a star if you’ve got an audience of 30 million.’
Oof.
Kim Woodburn and Katie Price
Kim doesn’t suffer fools gladly at the best of times – never mind after weeks with little food in the Australian rainforest.
She snapped back in 2009 after campmate Katie Price said she was in the jungle for ‘some peace’ – calling her a ‘publicity seeker’ during an argument.
‘You live and die for publicity and you do it well. As Shakespeare once said, “We fear you protesteth too much”.
Kim went on to say: ‘Look at her little face, “I’ve come in here because I want some peace”. You know full well you’ve got 10 to 12 million people watching every night and you know, madam, you’ll be all over the papers every day. Now stop it. Stop your nonsense.’
Janice Dickinson and Lynne Franks
Two huge characters went up against each back in 2007, after Janice Dickinson and Lynne Franks ruffled feathers with their arguments in the jungle.
Lynne, eventually, had enough and broke down in tears. She hit out at Janice by saying: ‘You’re one of the most horrible people I’ve ever encountered.’
Janice then called her a ‘witch’ before taking the very unexpected step of threatening to fry up her ‘big old boobs’ and serving them to the campmates.
Erm, ok…
David Van Day and Nicola McLean
Dollar and singer David Van Day and model Nicola McLean were at each other’s throats from day one on the ITV programme back in 2008.
The pair managed to argue about anything and everything, and their time together was littered with clashes.
Things reached a head after Nicola was voted out, warning the other campmates: ‘Watch out everyone, there’s a snake in the camp.’
Rhona Cameron and Nigel Benn
The show nearly had a full on scrap on its hands in 2002, after Nigel Benn got so wound up that he nearly threatened fellow celeb Rhona Cameron.
An argument broke out between the boxer and the Scottish comedian after he criticised her ‘constant moaning’ and she in turn accused him of being homophobic.
She then hit out by saying: ‘Why don’t you go and read your Bible? Actually why don’t you f*** off and leave?’
Nigel replied: ‘You’re lucky you’re not a man or I’d knock you, sparko.’
This article was originally published on November 18, 2021.
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