Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Jungle fury over Wise the ‘bully’
Iain Lee pal warns camp ‘bullies’ they are turning viewers against them
The ganging up is incredible. Have they forgotten they’re being filmed? KATHERINE BOYLE IAIN LEE’S FRIEND LASHES OUT AT ‘BULLIES’
I’M A Celebrity campmates are ganging up to bully Iain Lee, his best friend claims.
Talkradio colleague Katherine Boyle blasted Dennis Wise and Jamie Lomas for picking on her pal, and said they would face a backlash from viewers. Iain’s agony continued on last night’s show as Amir Khan was seen having a pop at him – which Iain said made him feel uncomfortable. It came as fans urged show bosses to kick out “bully” Dennis after he told Iain he could not do Wednesday night’s challenge. Yesterday Katherine said on Talkradio: “Flippin’ eck those lads. The ganging up was incredible. I’ve got a knot in my stomach – it was pick, pick, pick all the time.
“Iain put himself up for a task and Dennis barked him down but then said ‘don’t be weird about it’ as if it was Iain having the problem.
“Then Jamie Lomas saunters off to do the task, he does quite well but he doesn’t get the maximum and then to justify that he brings Iain into it, saying he couldn’t have done it. Why are you talking about Iain? He is on their minds for some reason. “I think those lads are getting rid of themselves. It was a serious own goal by them.
“Have they forgotten they’re being filmed? It is not a good look.”
There was more bad feeling last night as Dennis and Jamie talked about Iain behind his back when he went off to do the Deadly Departure Lounge trial with Coronation Street star Jennie Mcalpine. Show insiders said bosses have been monitoring the situation closely and may speak to Dennis if it gets worse.
A source said: “If we felt Iain was being attacked or singled out we would warn Dennis about his behaviour.”
Iain and Jennie won all six stars, allowing the camp to dine in style.
Earlier Amir accused Iain of “f***ing things up” and bossing campmates about when he arrived in the jungle.
Dennis told Iain: “He’s only joking” – but Iain said: “Yeah, I know, I’m not finding it very funny.”
Iain said later in the Bush Telegraph: “Amir was just prodding me and making all these jokes, it wasn’t funny, it made me feel uncomfortable.”