We're only three episodes in and already there's friction in the I'm a Celebrity camp as pop icon Boy George branded Loose Women panellist Charlene White 'controlling' and 'boss' of the camp. There was beef on I'm A Celebrity .. Get Me Out Of Here! on Tuesday night as it was dinner time in the jungle with kangaroo sausages and lady fingers for dessert.
Charlene said of the sausages: “Slice them small and stir fry them with the spring onions.” In the Bush Telegraph, A Place In The Sun star Scarlette Douglas said: “This camp, aka ‘Charlene’s kitchen’, you do what she says, when she says it, get it right.”
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me hitmaker George said in the Bush Telegraph: "It’s so weird, that [food] bag comes down and Charlene just turns into an entirely different person. It’s amazing, she issues orders and tells everyone what to do. I’m like, ‘Wow’. You know, it’s like, ‘Who are you?’"
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He added: “Charlene she just issues orders. For me as an observer of my own feelings, it’s mind blowing.” After dinner George confided in Scarlette saying: "I just feel like Charlene’s very controlling. She tells you what to do and it really rubs you up the wrong way. I’m struggling with that, but I’ll get over it.
"It’s fine, she’s very sweet as well so it’s a real contradiction. There’s this controlling side and then there’s this caring side and it confuses me.” But as he spoke Charlene walked in, and hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly gasped that it was "cringe, cringe" and "deliciously awkward."
Later as Scarlette said she was going to do the dunny cleaning, George said to Charlene: “It might be good to say to people, ‘Right you do this today.’ Otherwise I’m going to feel like I’m not doing anything. I want to win stars, that’s my main thing, I’m going to do everything I can to get stars. I want to contribute."
He added: "You’re such a beautiful contradiction because you’re like tough, and then you’ve got this beautiful side to you. But it’s challenging for me." Charlene asked: “Why?”
George replied: “Because I’m such a control freak. It’s my stuff.” He explained: “Because you are such a matriarch… and you better accept it, don’t even deny it."
Charlene in the Bush Telegraph said: “We are the democracy of the jungle. There is no leader, we haven’t told everybody what their roles are, we’ve just not done that, kind of fallen into roles.” But George warned: “Charlene, she’s the boss. I’m happy to do nothing if people want to take charge. People are taking it but I think there’s going to be some rebellions.”
Boy George added to Charlene: “So Charlene, I don’t mind if you tell me what to do but give me some jobs if you’re going to be the boss.” Charlene replied: “I’m not being the boss.” But George insisted: “You are being the boss baby.”
@Mayce_Windu tweeted: "The tension in the camp is rising!" And @TheTVGuyUK said: "This is gunna be fun lol." The tense scenes came after fans complained about a change to the show schedule which saw it move to 9.15pm instead of its usual 9pm for The Martin Lewis Money Show Live.
@molsx22 said: "Can't keep my eyes open might have to watch it on catchup tomorrow."@daniell8392 complained: "Just sat down to watch #ImACeleb then realised I’ve gotta wait another 15 minutes."
@stevieness grumbled: "15 more mins? Doh." And @Avery101__ said: "Me ready to watch I’m a celeb at 9:00 and then remembering it starts at 9:15 instead."
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