Former Premier League footballer Jimmy Bullard had a 'bitter falling out' with one of his campmates during the latest series of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, according to reports.
Bullard, who played for Wigan, Fulham and Hull City during his professional career, has returned to the jungle for I'm A Celeb All Stars, a spin-off series of the ITV show that has been pre-recorded in South Africa.
The 47-year-old appeared on the 2014 version and was an early favourite to win, but after an expletive-filled rant at former X Factor finalist Jake Quickenden, he was the first contestant to be voted off.
This time around, the former midfielder has been involved in another heated moment.
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A report from The Sun suggests Bullard was involved in a bust-up with actor Adam Thomas, with tempers flaring in front of presenters Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly during a tense Bushtucker Trial.
A source told the publication: "Adam totally lost it. He started screaming at Jimmy, calling him a c*** and every other name under the sun.
"It was completely unexpected and deeply shocked the other campmates, including Jimmy who didn’t see it coming. Adam is intensely competitive and was taking his jungle return very seriously."
The source added: "He was frustrated by what happened in the Bushtucker Trial and lost his temper."
Despite negotiations back in the UK between producers and the pair, Thomas and Bullard did not reunite in March. The latter was missing from the All Stars press launch in March ahead of the series return.
“Adam and Jimmy weren’t able to mend their friendship in South Africa after the massive row broke out," a source told The Sun. “It’s thrown doubt on whether both of them will be at the live final.
“As it stands, they can’t stomach being together on stage in front of an audience after everything that happened. It’s yet to be confirmed whether they will both be there.”
Thomas recently admitted that the new season is "tougher" than his first stint on the show in 2016.
“It was completely different compared to the last series that I did, it was so much tougher," he said at the launch event. "So it was tough, there’s no denying that. And I feel like I had my moments in there, like we all did. But I’m glad that I did it.”
Scarlett Moffatt said ‘lad banter’ was source of tensions in the All Stars camp
Speaking on a media roundtable, as per The Standard, former Gogglebox star Moffatt compared her time in the jungle in South Africa to the Australia-filmed version of the series, saying: “Because we’ve all done it, I was like ‘oh, this is going to be a doddle.'
“It was a lot more intense," she added. "It was hardcore. It wasn’t as harmonious as the first time I went in, only because I think we were all such big characters.”
Moffatt went on to explain, saying: “I think a lot of it is this thing with like – and I’m going to put it in quotes here like ‘lad banter’. But banter is only banter if it’s with like consenting adults, if everyone participating wants to participate in the banter.
“I think sometimes some people didn’t want to be involved but were even though they didn’t want to be.”