ITV I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here star Boy George has threatened to quit the show in a rant, it has been reported. The Culture Club singer - who is one of the favourites to be voted off next - has threatened to walk out of the jungle.
According to reports, he threatened to quit after being refused to be driven around in a golf buggy. The Sun newspaper reports the Karma Chameleon star then stole an apple then hid behind trees so he could not be filmed, Birmingham Live reports.
“Sue is allowed to be driven in a golf buggy under special conditions, but the rest of the campmates had to walk back from the trial which involved a steep hill," a source told the outlet. “George threw a massive strop and demanded to be driven in his own buggy - but ITV were having none of it as they said it would not be fair on the others.
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“He then stormed into one of the production crew tents and pinched an apple, before hiding behind trees so that he couldn’t be filmed by any of the show’s cameras. It was a proper temper tantrum, but George wasn’t backing down. He was threatening to walk out of the show, and in that moment he probably would have done."
It comes after George's apology to Matt Hancock for “hating on” during their time in the jungle. George told comedian Seann Walsh: “(I) can’t stand Matt. I have tried to like him and I’ve failed. I find him slimy, I find him slippery. I find him just … I made a joke about chocolate. He just looked at me like … I wanted to say, ‘What are you looking at? Don’t you look at me like that’.”
Hancock then joined the conversation and Boy George told him: “I was making a joke about the chocolate. For god’s sake I was like … let’s have a bit of fun. I didn’t like the way you looked at me. I made a joke and you were like…” Hancock said it was not his “intention” and he was sorry for making him feel “uncomfortable”.
Boy George then told the Bush Telegraph: “He’s probably going to be quite upset and I was kicking off a bit and I just thought, ‘you know what, just tell him to his face what you feel’.” He then told Hancock: “I just feel everyone’s trying to be too nice. It’s getting on my tits. I don’t want arguments … I’m just like come on guys, have a laugh. I’ll be honest with you, I think your presence has made everyone very compliant.”
Boy George said: “I have been hating on you, I have to be honest. I sometimes feel like you don’t say what you mean and you’re not particularly direct.” He added: “I’m trying to separate you as a human being and you as a politician, and I’m struggling with it. We don’t share the same politics. I am struggling a little bit with you. That’s not your problem, that’s my problem. I apologise because I was really slagging you off a minute ago.”
ITV I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here continues to air on ITV 1 and the ITV Hub.
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