I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! launched its 2023 series on Sunday night with a slew of new stars tackling the Australian jungle.
And Lorraine Kelly has already demanded a “warning” to be added to certain scenes after she was left “traumatised” following Monday night’s episode. On Tuesday, Good Morning Britain hosts Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley went over to the Lorraine studio to hear a teaser of Lorraine’s, 63, show.
However, chat soon got onto I’m A Celebrity, and in particular, controversial former politician Nigel Farage. On Monday’s episode, Josie Gibson received quite the shock when she spotted a naked Farage in the jungle shower.
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Speaking in the Bush Telegraph, Josie said: “Freaking hell! I wasn’t expecting to see Nigel Farage ’s bottom so soon! But, I’ve seen worse. No, I haven’t. I haven’t! Fair play to him. He’s not shy, he just gets on in there. At least he’s clean.”
Talking about the moment on Tuesday, Lorraine said: “Listen, they should have issued a warning to us poor unexpecting viewers. Nigel Farage baring his bum! Who wants to see that? I’m traumatised, traumatised!”
Farage’s inclusion on this year’s I’m A Celebrity line-up left many viewers threatening to switch off ITV and it seems they followed through with their promise. The opening night’s rating dropped by millions compared to last year’s series.
The first show of the series pulled in a peak audience of 7.8million and an average of 7million – down from a peak 10 million and average 9.1 million in 2022. As Sunday night’s launch kicked off, the hashtag #BoycottImACelebrity trended on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Hitting out at Ant and Dec, one angry viewer wrote: “Sorry boys, not this year. You’ve let a lot of people down with your choice of a certain camp mate. I’m giving you no airtime at all and you should really make a stand and refuse to host. #BoycottImACelebrity.”
Another fumed: “Get Farage out of there and I’ll start watching it. First ever series I’ve not watched. #BoycottImACelebrity,” and a third added: “First year I’ve not watched, literally can’t stand to look at Farage, just can’t do it. An obscene fee paid for him too, crazy. #BoycottImACelebrity #BoycottImACeleb.”
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