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Ant McPartlin jokes I'm A Celeb viewers need to 'grow up' after 'ridiculous' campmate suggestions

Things got heated after the latest episode of I'm A Celebrity as Ant and Dec responded to ideas from fans for next year's series, with Ant getting wound up in a hilarious video as he branded their suggestions "beyond a joke".

The Geordie duo appeared on Instagram Live to break down the events of Tuesday's episode of the ITV show and answer some viewer questions. But things escalated quickly when fans began to send in their suggestions for which famous faces should go into camp in the next series.

It's fair to say that many of the ideas rolling in were a tad unrealistic - and Ant was quick to tell viewers to "shut up", calling them "idiots" for their far-fetched suggestions. They got so "ridiculous" that at one point the host even jokingly threatened to walk off the show altogether.

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Things kicked off when Dec read out a question from one fan asking for Harry Styles to head into the jungle - but Ant wasn't having any of it. "Right. Right," he said, stepping in front of Dec to get up close to the camera. "Shut up. Shut up.

"Let's not go there. Get real. Get real. Grow up," he told Instagram viewers. As he stepped back, Dec couldn't help laughing as he quickly moved the conversation along.

But Ant's message didn't seem to hit home for I'm A Celeb fans, as less than a minute later someone else called for Taylor Swift to be a campmate in next year's series. Stepping in front of the camera again, Ant warned: "Right, seriously, this is getting beyond a joke now.

"You're an idiot for saying that. An idiot. That is all."

Dec then broke the news that another viewer had suggested Ed Sheeran, which really made Ant lose his cool. "Right, you're a bigger idiot!" he shouted, pointing a finger at the camera. "Because he's never going to do it.

"Taylor Swift's not going to do it, Ed Sheeran's not going to do it," he ranted - but the suggestions kept coming. "Peter Kay!" Ant read out from one viewer's comment. "He's not going to do it!

"He's just announced a tour! You idiots!" Ant laughed as he jokingly threatened to report anyone else asking for big stars to join the jungle.

But the last straw came when one viewer pleaded for Prince Harry to be on the series. "Right, you're really winding me up now!" Ant yelled down the camera.

"If this is just going to be you saying a load of famous people's names who are never going to do the jungle, then I'm walking. I'm walking. Not just off Instagram Live - off the show!"

Dec gasped in shock behind his co-star. "Off the show?" he asked. "Yeah, I won't walk off the show," Ant admitted, even as the ideas got increasingly more far-fetched from Adele and Stormzy to King Charles.

However, he did approve of some viewer suggestions for future contestants, including Brian May, Rylan Clark, Olly Murs, Paul Hollywood, and Liz Truss. Dec promised: "If you make a suggestion and we get them on next year, Ant will come round to your house and have dinner with you."

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