Scarlette: I was not voted out by racists

SCARLETTE Douglas has played down the I’m A Celebrity race row – by saying her “underdog” status was behind her eviction.

The 35-year-old was the second contestant to leave camp, following Loose Women star Charlene White who went at the weekend.

People took to social media to speak of their embarrassment that the two black females on the show were the first to go, suggesting racism as a motive.

Asked directly about the race row comments and why she thinks the pair went first, Scarlette said: “All I can do in the

■ jungle is just be me. And I think when Charlene went obviously we were all so shocked because she was a big personality of the jungle.

“And then I can’t remember who it was, I think it was Boy George, he said people aren’t voting for who they want to leave, they’re voting for their favourite.

“So I’ve always come in here as an underdog.

“I’ve got the least profile of anybody else, you know, not everybody knows who I am. Hopefully they do now!”

A Place In The Sun host Scarlette was tearful when she left the show.

After a long bath and feasting on Pringles, cheese and crackers, and a Nutella-filled croissant, she admitted she was still shocked to be out.

Turning to discuss Matt “Coco” Hancock, she said she took the initiative to speak to him one-to-one away from camp to try to stop a potential “toxic” atmosphere being created.

She said: “He is a person and people make mistakes, every human being makes mistakes.

“He made a very big one and he knows that, he is apologetic.”