I'm A Celeb star Iain Lee has slammed Rebekah Vardy for being a "bully" and "obnoxious" claiming he had a mental breakdown after being on the show with her.
The pair were contestants on the hit reality show in 2017 and Iain has claimed that Rebekah made him "f****** miserable," and that he had to go for therapy after she left him feeling isolated. Rebekah has been back making headlines with her newspaper column dedicated to the show after Coleen Rooney entered the jungle this year.
Rebekah's scathing comments about Coleen have seen her say she hopes she is forced to "eat penis or humble pie" in the jungle. She has also slammed show hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly as "two small-minded men," and described Coleen as "the gift that keeps on giving" when her canoe capsized during the race to camp.
Former comedian Iain told MailOnline: "There are some people who love the notoriety of being outrageous and obnoxious because it keeps them in the spotlight. I think Rebekah Vardy is one of them.
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ITV)"When I was on the show, she bullied me and led a clique that picked on me. There were two occasions when I wanted to get out, it was so toxic and dark in there. I thought: 'I can’t be with these people.' I don’t watch the show now because of what I experienced."
Iain said the first words Rebekah said to him when he joined the camp as a late arrival were: "I think you’re a f**king t**t."
He then described how after he won a challenge and got to pick five other contestants to live in luxury with him he "didn’t pick her and that made her angry," recalling how "she came up to me, pointed at me and swore at me. It was very intimidating, and it didn’t make me feel very welcome."
Iain claimed the way he was treated on the show led to him needing therapy when he left and that he ultimately quit showbiz as a result to retrain as a counsellor. He now works helping victims of bullying and those who suffer from depression, anxiety and other mental health issues.
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ITV)Iain added: "My experience in the jungle led me to change career and become a counsellor. I started seeing a great therapist and work through what happened to me. When I came out of the show I was not all right. It sent me into a spiral of depression and anxiety. It really upset me.
"I made it known that she [Rebekah] made me f**king miserable and isolated when I was in the jungle and was a bully, liar and manipulator. But all that’s in the past now. I’ve been able to make peace with it all and put into perspective that the behaviour directed towards me was not my fault.
"I just never fitted in with what Rebekah Vardy ’s idea of a man is. I had to go through this process otherwise it would have eaten me up." Rebekah previously denied bullying Iain and after they left the show she said: "You know what, I was the one that was being the most supportive of him. A bully? I’ve never been a bully in my whole entire life."
Mirror Online has reached out to Rebekah's reps for comment.
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