Aitch has addressed the Shona McGarty romance rumours for the first time since leaving the jungle.
The Manchester rapper - whose real name is Harrison James Armstrong - became the ninth celeb to be eliminated from I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! on Saturday night (6 December).
This means that the last three for this year's final are Celebs Go Dating receptionist Tom Read Wilson, social media star Angry Ginge, and former EastEnders actress Shona.
“I’m not going to lie to you, I’m absolutely over the moon, over the moon,” Aitch admitted to Ant and Dec during his exit interview.
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“And I’m not just saying it being cheesy, them three in there are just mega. And this morning I woke up and I didn’t care whether I was winning, Ginge was winning, Shona was winning, Tom was winning.”
The 25-year-old had many memorable moments on the show, but without a doubt, it was hard to ignore how close the musician was getting to Shona.
In November, The Sun reported that the 34-year-old split from her musician fiancé, David Bracken, who is yet to address the situation.
Aitch, however, has revealed in an interview with The Sun that Shona was nothing more than a good friend.
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“No, Shona’s just a cool person. I feel like me and Shona are just cut from the same cloth in a way. We just have the same sense of humour,” he said.
“Obviously I’ve not watched the show, so I don’t know what’s been put out there in any way – but it was nothing like that.”
Aitch reckons the pair bonded over music, as Shona is attempting to pursue a career away from acting.
“It was just more like there’s only really me and Martin (Kemp) she can speak to about certain things,” he added.
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“I think just because of my age… no one’s going to say that she had a romance with Martin, because Martin’s married.
“So, unfortunately I’m the next option.”
He repeated that Shona is 'just a good friend of mine' and that he doesn't expect it to lead to anything more than that.
A lot was also made of his friendship with fellow northerner Angry Ginge and whether it was fair to have a mate with him in the jungle.
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Clearing things up, Aitch said: “We’ve got a mutual friend. We weren’t actually supposed to know each other was going on there, but my friend didn’t know I was going on there because I didn’t tell anyone.
“But he knew Ginge was, so he just said, ‘You’ll never guess what Ginge is going on – I’m A Celebrity’.
“And I’ve gone, ‘Nah, no way, so am I’.
“So me and Ginge, we spoke a couple of days beforehand. Not too much. Just, ‘Are you ready for this? Yeah, let’s go, let’s go’.”
The I’m A Celeb final airs at 9pm on Sunday on ITV1, STV, ITVX and STV Player.
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Anish Vij