I’m A Celeb viewers stunned by Ant's savage response to Dean suggesting he'll follow him on Instagram

Viewers on I’m A Celeb have been stunned after Ant’s brutal response to Dean McCullough suggesting that the presenter follow him on Instagram.

The exchange happened at the end of Dean’s latest Bushtucker Trials, as the Radio 1 DJ won ten stars for camp.

This marked a massive change from Dean’s previous solo attempts to win stars, in which the most he had achieved was four.

While McCullough has done better in attempts done alongside Coleen Rooney and Danny Jones, he has received a lot of criticism for his poor performances in trials.

This has led to the DJ being voted for the last six trials in a row.

Dean McCullough took part in his sixth straight voted trial (ITV)

Competing in today’s challenge Jack and the Scream Stalk, Dean got ten of twelve stars, leading to praise from the presenters Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.

Previously, Ant said that his behaviour towards Dean was ‘unprofessional’ after telling him to ‘try harder’ when ending a trial early and angrily stating he felt it was ‘not good’ when he was congratulated for getting four stars.

He later said on I'm A Celebrity: Unpacked: “My annoyance came across on screen and I was quite unprofessional. You get to the point where you’re like: ‘What are you doing?’”

He said he would be 'kinder' towards Dean in future trials.

In the latest exchange between the pair, Ant and Dec joked with Dean that he’d ‘even got a round of applause’ from them, before the DJ responded by saying: “Next thing you’ll be following me on Instagram.”

There was a tense exchange between the pair

To which McPartlin curtly responded, saying: “No, no, that’s not going to happen”.

This got a big reaction online, with many feeling it was a brutal response.

One tweet read: "Dean asking for an Instagram follow off Ant and getting burnt ‘that ain’t gonna happen’," with a large amount of laughing emojis.

While several tweets said 'Ant can’t stand Dean' in response to the exchange.

Another posted a laughing gif, saying: "Ant made it crystal clear—he won’t be hitting that follow button for Dean on Instagram."

One fan said: "'You’ll be following me on Instagram next', 'no don’t think so' PLEASEEEEEE THEY ARE SO DONE WITH DEAN".

The 2024 I'm A Celeb cast (ITV)

Dean has been a deeply controversial campmate so far.

The DJ, as well as being voted for the last six successive trials, also got involved in a heated exchanged with fellow campmate Alan Halsall yesterday.

After being asked to wake up and help with a task, he angrily suggested Alan should've 'given him a minute' to adjust.

This exchange led to criticism, with former runner-up of the show Andrew Whyment slamming him and saying it was 'disrespectful'.