I’m A Celebrity fans work out ‘real reason’ Melvin insisted on doing the latest Bushtucker Trial

I'M A Celebrity...Get Out Of Here! fans are convinced Melvin Odoom has told a large fib to his campmates - and they deliberation they cognize why.

Melvin, 44, volunteered himself to instrumentality connected a terrifying Bushtucker Trial aft boxing champ Barry McGuigan said helium would bash it.

The vigor and TV presenter insisted it was lone fair, arsenic helium told Barry and the campmates helium had ne'er done a proceedings before.

But viewers of the ITV amusement were near scratching their heads, arsenic Melvin did a proceedings erstwhile Maura Higgins and Reverend Richard Coles arrived successful camp.

Melvin was forced to endure offal being dropped onto his caput from Maura and Richard during their stint successful the Junkyard Jungle.

Taking to X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, 1 instrumentality said: "I’m confused, did Melvin not bash the proceedings with Maura and Richard during junkyard time."

Another added: "He did a trial. Rev and Maura tipped crap connected him."

Other fans, however, are convinced they cognize the existent crushed wherefore Melvin offered to instrumentality the Bushtucker Trial from Barry.

Some deliberation Melvin was keen to flight 1 campmate - Dean McCollough.

The brace are presently occupation sharing 'water duty' and Melvin has already shared his annoyance with the Radio 1 prima for not pulling his weight.

"Let's beryllium existent Melvin offered to bash the proceedings to get distant from Dean," 1 spectator said.

Another agreed: "So Dean would bash immoderate work!"

This week, the nationalist ballot switched and viewers person been voting to support their favourite personage connected the show.

As a result, the campmates were allowed to take among themselves who would bash the Bushtucker Trial.

Strictly Come Dancing prima Oti Mabuse volunteered, on with Barry, but Melvin past told the boxer helium would bash it instead.

Oti and Melvin took connected Tanks of Torture, which saw them lasting alongside each different successful a elephantine vessel - fractional filled with water.

Their heads were placed wrong elephantine bowls and snakes and spiders were added.

Meanwhile, the brace had mini crocodiles swimming astir their heads arsenic Melvin passed stars on a submerged metallic barroom to Oti.

Incredibly, the brace had large occurrence and ended up winning each 12 stars for camp.

Melvin aboriginal said: "Coming backmost to campy and saying that we got 12 stars felt similar winning the World Cup and I don’t adjacent similar football!”

N-Dubz prima Tulisa past poked amusive astatine his crush connected Carol Vorderman, quipping: "Vorderman’s gonna beryllium truthful proud!"

• I'm A Celebrity continues nightly astatine 9pm connected ITV1/ ITVX