The awkward moment arrived during the duo’s daily appearce on spin-off series Unpacked
Ant and Dec are back presenting I’m A Celebrity(Image: ITV)
I’m A Celebrity star Dec Donnelly asked Ant McPartlin ‘what’s your problem’ amid a reported ‘feud’ with a campmate currently taking part in the ITV series.
It’s once again a busy winter for the iconic presenting duo, returning to present I’m A Celebrity in the Australian jungles. For many fans, the countdown to Christmas doesn’t begin until Ant and Dec are on their screens.
The opening week alone has seen them sneak in a ‘67’ joke in reference to a viral meme, Ant slipping on the show’s set due to some bad weather and Dec being unable to contain himself over Celebs Go Dating’s Tom Read Wilson’s accent.
With the second week of the 2025 series officially getting underway on Sunday night (November 23), fans are already trying to establish which one of the 12 campmates will be crowned King of Queen of the Jungle. It appears harder to predict than ever just who will follow in last year winner Danny Jones’ footsteps.
Taking part on I’m A Celebrity this year is Emmerdale actress Lisa Riley, rapper Aitch and streamer Angry Ginge, all three of whom hail from Greater Manchester. Ozzy Osbourne’s son Jack Osbourne and comedian Eddie Kadi have also proven to be fan favourites.
Additionally, they day one entrants included former Lioness Alex Scott, American comedian Ruby Wax and EastEnders duo Martin Kemp and Shona McGarty. Joining Tom as a late arrival was Irish presenter and podcaster Vogue Williams.
When the line-up was originally announced several weeks ago, many were surprised to see Loose Women panelist and model Kelly Brook was heading down under to Australia. Rumours of a feud between Kelly and the presenters have been circulating for over 15 years.
Kelly Brook in the jungle on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here(Image: ITV/Shutterstock)
Back in 2009, Kelly joined the third series of Britain’s Got Talent as their first ever fourth judge. Confirmed to be appearing alongside Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan, Kelly was dropped from the line-up after just one week.
Appearing on I’m A Celebrity Unpacked on Saturday (November 23), Ant and Dec joined the spin-off series hosts oel Dommett and Kemi Rogers to discuss the latest developments from inside the jungle.
During the conversation Ant called out this year’s campmates’ attempts at cooking, saying: “What they’ve got given hasn’t been awful, has it? Even octopus, if you cook it right, it’s nice. They just cooked it badly. Every dinner they’ve made I’ve thought ‘That looks rancid’.”
With Kemi pointing out that Kelly and Martin are currently serving as the camp cooks, Dec directly asked Ant: “What’s your problem with Kelly Brook?” To which he replied: “Don’t you start! I don’t have a problem with Kelly Brook, thank you.”
While Joel managed to move the conversation away from Kelly, this was the first time since I’m A Celebrity 2025 began earlier in the month that the ‘rift’ has been mentioned.
In their Ant and Dec’s 2010 autobiography Ooh! What a Lovely Pair: Our Story, Dec lifted a lid on why he thought Kelly didn’t work out on Britain’s Got Talent. He wrote at the time: “Kelly looked nervous, so I told her it was going to be great fun and to just relax…
“The nodded, then looked at me and said, ‘And what do you do on the show?’ I looked at Simon, who was sitting next to me. He turned to Kelly and said, ‘Kelly, you have seen the show, haven’t you?’ To which she replied, ‘Yeah… well, bits’.
“I don’t want to sound like an egomaniac, but the last person who said, ‘And what do you do?’ was the Queen when I met her at the party for ITV’s fiftieth anniversary.”
Dec continued: “We had two questions: ‘Why is there a fourth judge?’ and ‘Why is it Kelly Brook?’ None of them could answer us… Obviously, as hosts of the show, we have to justify that kind of thing to the audience, and no one could give us a good reason why Kelly was on board.
“The simple answer was that Simon, without talking to anyone, had decided it was a good idea. We didn’t agree.”
Previously responding to the book, Kelly stated: “There was nothing I could do in this country after Britain’s Got Talent. The people at ITV were telling me that I had upset Ant and Dec and that was it. I would love to have stayed on the show…
“I really felt it was working out. Ant and Dec had never been anything but pleasant to my face but, clearly, they didn’t want me on the show. Their egos are such that they were saying to themselves ‘How dare she think she can come on to our show?’, and since then they’ve been very vocal about their displeasure at me being there.”
