Fans of I'm A Celebrity have teased this week that host Ant McPartlin appears to dislike one of the campmates.
Sunday's episode saw Ant, 49, and co-host Dec Donnelly, 49, come face-to-face with campmate Dean McCullough, 32, once again at a bushtucker trial. It marked the radio host's fifth trial on the new series of the ITV show so far.
BBC Radio 1 presenter Dean poked fun at having been voted to do several trials when he arrived at the trial area with Coleen Rooney, who was doing the trial with him. He told the hosts upon seeing them again: "We need to stop meeting like this." Dec laughed, whilst Ant appeared to sport a smile. Dean added: "I told ya I didn't want another date." Ant did appear to laugh briefly before returning to a similar expression as before, as Dec commented: "Our fifth date now at the bushtucker trial clearing."
Following the scenes and amid the trial, fans took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their thoughts. Several viewers teased that host Ant appears to dislike Dean, with one writing: "Ant literally looks like he hates Dean."
Another commented: "Ant hates Dean so much omg. His face says it all." A third tweeted: "Ant can't stand Dean you can tell." Whilst someone else wrote on Sunday night: "You can tell straight away Ant doesn't like Dean at all."
Sharing their thoughts, another viewer wrote: "Ant's expression when looking at Dean is 'barely concealed disdain'." Alongside a laughing emoji, one fan said: "He f***ing loathes him." Another teased: "Ant's face when Dean said I told you I didn't want [another date]." Whilst someone else said: "Ant going over and above to try and be nice to Dean because we've caught on that he doesn't like him is TV GOLD."
Following the episode, Ant encouraged viewers to stop voting for Dean to give other celebrities a chance to take part in future trials. Dean has taken part in the majority of trials so far and has at times struggled to win stars. It was announced on Sunday night that Dean - who won nine stars with Coleen - will do the next trial too.
During the latest episode of the companion show I'm A Celebrity ... Unpacked, host Joel Dommett asked Ant: "What do you think about Dean doing the trial again tomorrow?" Ant replied with a message for viewers at home: "Right. Let's all have a serious talk. I'm going to look directly into the camera here. I think it's good to see other faces down there."
Ant continued: "This is not a personal thing. It's not about Dean, it's about us just seeing different people down there. And I think we want to see different people on the show being featured. Some people unfortunately aren't getting [screen time]." The presenter went on to name Barry McGuigan, Melvin Odoom and Oti Mabuse as examples of other campmates he would want to see take part in a future trial.
It comes after Ant admitted earlier this week that his "annoyance came across onscreen" during a previous trial that Dean quit after winning four stars. Speaking on Unpacked, Ant teased: "My annoyance came across onscreen. I was unprofessional. I'm not happy about it." The comments followed speculation among viewers on social media that Ant had been frustrated by Dean in the trial.
I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! airs every night at 9pm on ITV1, STV and ITVX. Companion show I'm A Celebrity…Unpacked airs live on ITV2 directly afterwards.
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