Man who attended I’m a Celeb final shares what happened off camera

Now that the dust has settled on the I’m A Celeb showdown yesterday (24 April), an audience member has dished on what you didn’t see behind-the-scenes, and it’s exactly what you’d expect.

The live final of I'm A Celebrity... South Africa was a ‘f****** mess’.

From David Haye shouting out, to Jimmy Bullard claiming Ant and Dec had a ‘front row seat’ to his argument with Adam Thomas, and others walking off the stage... you wouldn’t be judged for wanting to be a fly on the wall for the chaotic final episode that focused heavily on the Thomas vs Bullard issue.

But now you might be able to be one...sort of.

Thanks to TikToker @lexhartop, who attended the finale – which was the first studio-filmed live show of I’m A Celeb – people at home can get a little more background on the messy broadcast.

Basically, as you saw, it all kicked off after a debate was started over Thomas being the show's winner, with Haye asking the actor: "Do you think you deserve to win this after calling Jimmy the c-word a couple of times? Do you think you deserve to win it?"

Bullard’s version of events claimed Thomas was both 'abusive and aggressive' to him, and he urged ITV to 'show it' in its entirety for all to see.

However, Ant and Dec were quick to claim the scene was 'unbroadcastable' because of the contents of the argument.

While people at home saw all that, they didn’t see what Lex alleges happened in-between.

Claiming they were sat behind Towie’s Gemma Collins, the TikToker alleged they had overheard her telling Bullard to ‘cop to it’, which ultimately means to admit guilt, which the film-er said ‘he didn’t do’ in the end.

Obviously, we now know Bullard got into a heated conversation with hosts Ant and Dec over what apparently wasn’t shown by the TV programme.

“The whole thing was insane, it was such a mess,” Lex said of the event, and even claimed that host Ant ‘came off stage’ to vape and mutter about it being a ‘f****** mess,’ too.

While this was happening, the insider claimed the ‘whole production team were scrambling to keep the show together,’ and Gogglebox’s Scarlett Moffatt was apparently ‘crying her eyes out at one point’.

As for how the crowd was finding it, he said the audience turned on Haye and began chanting ‘bully’ at him – which may have been in response to his interruptions and comments on the Thomas and Bullard issue.

As well as members of the production team and ‘runners’ literally ‘running’ to apparently ‘reassemble’ the cast who allegedly kept walking off, he said the vibe in the studio was just ‘off’ and Thomas was ‘a shell of himself’.

Saying he expected to see the ‘bubbly’ side of the Waterloo Road actor, he called the whole episode a ‘shame’ and ‘a mess’.

Obviously, I can’t verify this as being true because I wasn’t there – but LADbible Group did go to ITV for comment about the claims. So, stay tuned.

Some of the most memorable feuds of I'm a Celebrity

Janice Dickinson and Lynne Franks

Two very large personalities went head to head in 2007's I'm a Celeb with their constant arguing.

Writer Lynne eventually snapped at the former model, saying in tears: "You’re one of the most horrible people I’ve ever encountered."

And then, in the most Janice Dickinson-style ever, the America's Next Top Model judge called Lynne a 'witch' and threatened to fry up her ‘big old boobs’ and serve them to the campmates.

Kim Woodburn and Katie Price

The late Kim Woodburn was well known for her fiery personality, and in 2009 when she was on I'm a Celeb with glamour model Katie Price, this was very much showcased.

Kim was quick to show some honesty when Katie asked the camp what they thought of her, saying: "You live and die for publicity and you do it well. As Shakespeare once said, 'We fear you protesteth too much'.

"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."

Kim also said 'for some reason' the British public 'love' Katie and if she had 'her looks, she'd do it'. And as in 'do it', she meant pose in a bikini for the papers.

Edwina Currie and Kendra Wilkinson

In the 2014 stint of the reality show, former politician Edwina Currie and TV personality Kendra Wilkinson butted heads several times.

While the pair didn't ever have a dramatic bust up, resentment clearly built up during their time in the Aussie jungle, with former Playboy bunny Kendra taking a swipe at her campmate upon her eviction.

"My God. I have no sympathy towards her," she said of Edwina.

Speaking further about comments 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.

"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."

Edwina later went on to swipe back, saying that Kendra 'isn't even a proper celebrity'.

Lady Colin Campbell and Tony Hadley

I think we all remember where we were when this one kicked off in 2015.

It all started when Lady C, a socialite who's best known for being a Royal Family fanatic, threw a beetle the camp had found in the open fire - much to the dismay of Spandau Ballet singer Tony Hadley.

When he called out the TV personality for doing that to the 'beautiful beetle', she responded by saying: "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**king business, a***hole."

She went on: "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.

"You don’t even have a good voice."

Andrew Maxwell and Ian Wright

When the 2019 camp erupted in a sexism row while preparing dinner, Irish comedian Andrew Maxwell accused footballer Ian Wright of 'singling him out'.

"You keep shouting at me Ian," he said, which prompted Ian to hit back: "Who is shouting, when did I shout? I wasn’t even talking to you, what did I say?"

After arguing, the pair eventually hugged it out - a rarity for these campside feuds - with Andrew saying: "I’m sorry, I’m really tired, I don’t know, I’m really tired… I’m not going to cry, I’m sorry."