I'm A Celebrity has already been hit with Ofcom complaints as viewers were unimpressed with Ant and Dec's jokes.
The popular ITV show returned to screens just over a week ago and has already received 70 complaints from viewers.
Some fans of the show were left unimpressed by a joke from hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly as they referenced the Bible and the Christian faith.
Their jokes came after Reverend Richard Coles entered the Australian jungle alongside Love Island's Maura Higgins.
Ant and Dec have been seen making prayer hands as orchestral music plays in the background while talking about Richard during the live shows.
During Maura and Richard's eating trial, Dec was heard asking him "More tea vicar?" Then in the studio following the trial, Dec described the trial as 'unholy' with Ant adding 'Bum-holey'.
On Tuesday night's episode, Ant gave a mock sermon during the live episode. Richard was ordained in 2005, eight years after he and Jimmy Somerville split up their band - synth pop duo The Communards up.
In 1991, he became a Roman Catholic before returning to the Church of England in 2001. Ahead of his jungle entrance, Ant made a savage five-word comment about Richard while appearing on spin-off show, I'm A Celebrity...Unpacked, reports the Mirror.
The presenter said he thought Maura would bring fun and energy into camp, while Richard would act as a stable and calm figure. Ant added: "More people might know her," in reference to Maura and how the public will receive her entrance.
Richard has been causing quite the stir in the camp, making a risqué joke about a royal encounter.
Grace Keeling, better known as GK Barry, probed Richard with the question: "Who's the most interesting person you've ever met? " Despite his initial diplomatic response that he finds everyone interesting, she pressed on about meeting any royals.
His cheeky retort was: "Great in bed..." which left him chuckling and viewers gobsmacked. Social media lit up with comments, one bewildered fan asking: "Who has Richard bedded from the Royal family? Have I missed something? ! " Another echoed the sentiment: "Reverend Richard said a Royal was good in bed."
Curiosity continued to brim as another fan expressed: "I love Richard so much and I need to know which royal he was talking about."
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GK also touched on the topic of Richard's sexuality in relation to his religious vocation, asking: "Did you find it quite difficult being gay and doing that job? "
Richard's reply was candid: "No, not at all. I've never given it a moment's twinge of anxiety over whether God thought it was alright or not. Whether other people thought it was alright or not, well I'm happy to have that argument.."
He also spoke candidly about his sexuality, saying: "Also, I was not the first. Sometimes I look at documents from the early church, or the church of the middle ages and I just think - so gay."
Meanwhile, in the Bush Telegraph, GK confessed: "I came into this jungle, maybe not knowing who I would gel with or who I would be close with in here and never in a million years if you told me that I would be getting on best with a reverend would I have believed you."
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