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Susan Knox

I'm A Celeb's Joe Swash slammed by fans over 'utterly disgusting' morning habit

Joe Swash hasn't been shy about passing wind in his I'm A Celebrity comeback.

The former EastEnders actor, 41, has been experiencing some trouble with gas due to the restricted jungle diet of rice and beans.

During Friday's hilarious instalment of the ITV competition, the former Mickey Miller actor was left red-faced when he awoke from his slumber by passing wind.

Silence in the camp broke when the campmates all woke up to the sound of Joe's bowel movements - with some even having been kept awake all night with his stomach issues.

In a hilarious form of payback, Joe's campmate Fatima Whitbread gave Joe a taste of his own medicine when she approached a sleepy Joe and passed wind right in his face.

Joe's disgusting habit sparked debate among viewers (ITV)

The hysterical morning scenario had I'm A Celebrity viewers in stitches as they took to Twitter to share their reactions.

"Joe needs to win I'm A Celeb again. Him and his farts keep me young," one ITV viewer quipped.

"OMG Joe and Fatima having fart wars hahahaha. I love this cast so much," another echoed.

Someone else tweeted: "Honestly, this series would be sooooo boring if it wasn't for Joe Swash."

Joe's habit has divided fans (ITV)

While another telly fan shared: "I feel a bit sick watching all that farting to be honest. But love Joe and Fatima all the same."

"What is it with all the farting on I'm A Celeb. DISGUSTING," someone else complained.

It comes after Joe teased a potential return to EastEnders - despite having the 'worst exit ever' from the BBC soap.

The actor and TV personality played the role of Mickey Miller on the BBC One soap, making his debut in 2003, but he admits he was less than impressed with his exit from the programme. Joe said he's never been asked to return but would be open to it.

Joe said in all the time he was on the soap, he never got to take part in one of the show's iconic 'doof doof' moments, not even when his character departed the programme to become a bell boy in Norwich.

Joe would be up for an EastEnders comeback (BBC)

Speaking in the jungle about a possible return to the BBC soap, he said: "I wouldn’t mind it. You know exactly what you’re doing, when you’re doing it, how you’re doing it. But they’ve never asked me, mate, not once."

"I had the worst outro ever! I didn’t even leave at the end of the episode. So usually you leave at the end of the episode and you get the 'doof doof'. Mine, I went to Norwich to be a bell boy at a hotel," he said.

"Mid-scene I just walked into the Vic and went, ‘Right, see you later’. They turned back to Phil, turned back to me and I’d gone. I was like, 'What, that’s it?' I was there five years and not one doof doof!"

Joe said EastEnders, alongside I'm A Celebrity, has always been a huge part of his life.

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