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Ant & Dec blast I’m A Celebrity star’s efforts in trial

Wow, don't hold back, guys!

Ant & Dec don’t seem that impressed with Shappi Khorsandi’s role in last night’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! trial.

The comedian volunteered to join Becky Vardy in the girls versus boys race across the Australian bush.

But it was clear Becky didn’t think much of Shappi’s efforts.

The WAG openly snapped at Shappi during the task, leaving the comedian feeling stressed and accusing Becky of not communicating with her.

It didn’t help that the boys ended up winning, either…

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The trial led to a pretty divisive debate on Twitter over who was in the right: Becky for powering through the task with a no-nonsense attitude, or Shappi for speaking up when she was in difficulties and saying she just wanted to have fun.

Well, it seems Ant & Dec may be on Team Becky…

Appearing on last night’s Extra Camp, they were asked if they felt for Shappi during the trial.

“Nah,” replied Ant, while Dec said; “Not really.”

Scarlett Moffatt said: “I didn’t either. I just felt she can’t come out of that and say she did 100 per cent.”

Ant agreed, saying: “Like if you abseil, you don’t have to comment the whole way down. Less comment and more action. You know what I mean?”

When Joe Swash interjected to say he felt sorry for Shappi feeling nervous to talk in case Becky had a go at her, Ant replied: “She could have got on with it a bit!”

Dec said: “[The trial] was a big deal for the camp and when you put yourself forward to take part in the challenge you can’t fart about.”

Referring to Shappi’s comments at the start of the trial, Ant agreed: “You can’t say in the helicopter, ‘Let’s just have fun today’. No, let’s not just have fun today!”

Dec added: “Not when everyone was relying on you. You can’t fart about. You have to do it properly.”

He then addressed the moment Shapi said she’d had a good time in the trial.

“That would wind me up,” he said. “Because I’m slightly competitive – I’m a tiny bit competitive. If someone said, ‘I had a great time’, I would be like, ‘I’m going to smash your face in because it wasn’t about having a great time, it was about winning and we lost, so how dare you say you had a good time when we lost’.”

Er, wow Dec, why don’t you say how you really feel!

Jamie Lomas and Dennis Wise won the trial for the boys’ team – partly because of a head start won by the boys during the live trial and also because of sheer luck!

Last night, the boys and girls back at camp were given the opportunity to win a boost for their team in a counting challenge.

The girls triumphed which meant Becky and Shappi had less keys to sort through for the final part of the trial, which involved unlocking a flag.

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Unfortunately for them, Jamie and Dennis unlocked the flag on their first attempt, meaning even though they had a larger bundle of keys, it didn’t matter in the end.

The boys won a feast in Snake Rock, while it was back to rice and beans for the girls at Croc Creek.

I’m A Celebrity continues 9pm on Channel 5.


Nancy Brown
Associate Editor