I’m a Celebrity live: Dean smashes sixth trial as Richard Coles opens up about his sexuality
Dean set a personal best after competiting in yet another trial
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Your support makes all the difference.Dean McCullough earned 10 stars in his sixth Bushtucker Trial on Monday night’s I’m a Celebrity, a personal best for the Radio 1 DJ.
McCullough had again been voted to face Monday’s trial “Jack and the Screamstalk”, much to the frustrations of Ant and Dec. However, the Northern Irish radio star exceeded expectations, earning 10 stars and even a round of applause from the hosts, who have been critical of his past efforts.
Elsewhere, Maura Higgins has been celebrating her birthday but wasn’t impressed by Danny Jones and Alan Halsall’s “dad jokes”.
Reverend Richard Coles also opened up about his sexuality and his faith in a very frank and risqué chat with GK Barry, as the two form an unlikely friendship.
In a twist, the campmates were given their food early with many assuming that they were being given a treat because of Maura’s birthday. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a treat at all as they were all invited to go on board “The Fright Bus” for a late night challenge.
They were told: “Tonight, you will all have the chance to win treats. However, to be in with a chance of winning, you will all need to take a trip on The Fright Bus!”
Each celebrity could win a piece of luggage from the rack, described to contain holiday essentials and even a tasty treat. However, what happened in the challenge was left as a mystery as we’ll have to wait for tomorrow’s episode to see what transpired on the bus.
Finally, there wasn’t a celebrity picked for Tuesday’s challenge on the show but two celebs will compete in the trial, which has been confirmed as “The Fright at the End of the Tunnel”.
Follow along with our live coverage of tonight’s episode, below.
I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! continues every night at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
The challenge has begun! “Absolute Carnage” involves one celebrity having to dig through assorted meats and gross stuff in order to find tools to unfasten the bolts attaching stars to a wall.
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Coleen here discussing meeting Donald Trump with Wayne and their son.
“We walked in and we got to get the official photograph taken in front of the Christmas tree,” she tells her campmates. “So Donald Trump said to my son ‘see? Told ya, all the soccer players get the good looking girls’.”
“I told my mum, I was like ‘dirty bastard’.”
Oti has donated Richard her bed for the night, after he expressed discomfort about sleeping on a hammock. Nice lady!
Ant and Dec: “At home, Reverend Richard Coles plays the organ. In the jungle, he eats a pig’s organ. At home, he stands on a lecturn. In the jungle, he munches on a rectum.” Comedy!
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Ant McPartlin declares dish ‘worst thing I’ve ever smelt’ on show as Rev Richard Coles gags
Ant McPartlin has claimed that in all his 12 years of hosting, he’d never smelt anything quite so bad as the dish that turned up in a Bushtucker Trial last night.
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Ant McPartlin declares I’m a Celeb dish ‘worst thing I’ve ever smelt’
Maura Higgins and Rev Richard Coles were subected to a ‘Terrifying Teddy Bear’s Picnic’ as they attempted to win meals for their campmates
Dean McCullough and Alan Halsall have tense exchange
In last night’s episode, McCullough decided to take a nap just as Loose Women star Jane Moore said she needed help with the chores.
Coronation Street star Halsall then decided he would wake McCullough to get him to help Moore collect firewood.
Unfortunately, McCullough was unimpressed at being disturbed, even as Halsell asked: “You don’t fancy it? No?”
Halsall then went to help Moore before McCullough got up and told the soap star he could return to the main camp.
“I was trying to wake you up as soft as I could,” Halsall explained.
McCullough responded: “Listen to me. If you’re gonna wake me up, you need to give me a minute, alright? It takes a couple of minutes for my contact lenses to get back working again, alright, so you don’t need to turn around to me and say ‘do you not fancy it?’ ok? And then turn around and walk away.”
Halsell explained: “I’ve listened to you, Jane was halfway down here, that’s why I went…”
“Ok I get that but you need to give me a minute mate,” McCullough interjected.
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I’m a Celeb contestants Dean McCullough and Alan Halsall in tense exchange
BBC Radio 1 DJ and the ‘Coronation Street’ star traded some tense words after Halsall disturbed McCullough’s nap
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