Ant and Dec issue 'watch this space' warning as I'm A Celeb star admits to breaking the rules

Ant and Dec issued a ‘watch this space’ warning as one of the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! stars admitted to breaking the rules.

Fans have been calling for the presenters to take action after Dean McCullough made the confession during last night's (20 November) episode.

The BBC Radio 1 DJ had already hinted to some of his campmates that he had sneaked in some contraband into the jungle but while chatting to Jane Moore, he made things pretty clear.

The Loose Women star had said she’d quite like a cuppa when she gets up, with McCullough saying: “By the way, I have tea bags. So if I pour you a cup of tea just... would you prefer it tonight or tomorrow?

Caught on the cameras, the star could be in hot water for sneaking in the banned items to camp – even if it is just a few harmless tea bags.

But it doesn’t seem like he’s going to get away with it. As the camera cut back to Ant and Dec in the studio, they explained: “Tea?!” and slammed it as ‘contraband’.

Dec then gave a straight look down the lens as he shot: “Watch this space!”

Later appearing on the spin-off show, I’m A Celebrity… Unpacked, the presenter warned there will be repercussions for McCullough smuggling in the tea bags.

He explained the team are getting some clarification on the comments and checking it out after hearing what he said – so that suggests they possibly haven’t yet spotted him actually drinking tea.

Dean McCullough's got some 'contraband' (ITV)

And when it comes to punishment, that’s a little trickier due to McCullough and GK Barry failing to pick up any stars in their Bushtucker Trial.

“We’d normally take a star away but they haven’t won any!” Dec said.

ITV viewers pointed out the big mistake McCullough made in the first place as they wrote on X: “Not Dean whispering about tea bags like he hasn’t got a mic and 10 cameras on him.”

Another was baffled by the show bosses: “Why haven’t they taken Dean’s teabags away yet? He’s admitted twice now that he has them.”

“Why is Dean going round telling everyone he has teabags?? I'd be keeping that to myself and secretly going to the dunny with a cup of hot water making myself a tea?” one asked.

Dean has told several of his campmates about the teabags (ITV)

Others wondered whether the show's producers were waiting and 'seeing how many people he tells' before taking the tea bags away, and admitted that Dean was starting to get on their nerves as he 'doesn't play by the rules by smuggling in tea'.

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! continues nightly on ITV 1 at 9pm.

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