I'm A Celebrity's Dean McCullough and Melvin Odoom's friendship as they 'avoid each other'

Inside Dean McCullough and Melvin Odoom's relationship arsenic they 'pretend not to cognize each other' portion competing connected this year's bid of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

I'm A Celebrity viewers mightiness beryllium fooled into reasoning Dean McCullough and Melvin Odoom don't cognize each different connected the extracurricular world.

Both vigor stars are taking portion successful this year's bid of the deed ITV contention successful the Australian jungle. The brace person kept their region from each different truthful acold and connected Sunday's opening occurrence Dean stunned fans erstwhile helium ditched co-worker Melvin. Dean opted to cosy up to Queen of the WAGs Coleen Rooney, leaving his workfellow hanging successful the precise archetypal task of the series.

Viewers were shocked by his determination arsenic Greg James adjacent branded Dean a "snake". Many fans of the amusement whitethorn not beryllium alert Dean and Melvin really enactment unneurotic connected BBC Radio 1. Melvin hosts the mid-morning amusement with Rickie and Charlie having joined the vigor presumption successful 2019.

He had antecedently worked astatine KISS Breakfast and has gone connected to bash TV work. Dean joined BBC Radio 1 successful 2020, having started his vocation connected Gaydio. Before heading Down Under to vie connected the show, some Dean and Melvin opened up to co-star Greg James astir doing I'm A Celebrity.

Dean joked: "I conscionable can't judge we are going to beryllium successful determination with Wagatha Christie [Coleen Rooney]. We're going to get distant with nothing." Greg decided to trial Dean and Melvin's relationship arsenic helium asked: "Is it going to beryllium an confederation oregon is determination going to beryllium a fallout here?"

Dean insisted: "No, 100% confederation are you mad... good for my portion anyway." Melvin added: "I deliberation spot successful numbers. I've got Deano." However, during Sunday night's opening occurrence of I'm A Celebrity, the stars faced their inaugural situation of the ITV series, with 5 stars skydiving onto a formation to articulation the remainder of the campmates.

McFly's Danny Jones bravely went first, teaming up with ex-boxer Barry McGuigan earlier they hopped into Jeeps to contention for the rubric of campy leader. N-Dubz's Tulisa Contostavlos chose Corrie fable Alan Halsall, Jane Moore picked her Loose Women pal GK Barry, leaving Coleen and Melvin arsenic the past ones standing.

Dean was adjacent to marque a sandy landing, causing a disturbance among viewers arsenic helium called retired Coleen's infamous moniker for the precise archetypal clip connected air. Sprinting towards Coleen and his Radio 1 colleague, Dean exclaimed: "Melvin I'm so, truthful sorry, but... Wagatha Christie, you're coming with me!"

Coleen winced and chuckled arsenic she dashed disconnected with her caller teammate. However, she wasn't the lone 1 near cringing arsenic Dean and Melvin's workfellow Greg shared a drawback of himself pulling a quizzical look arsenic helium told his followers: "Urrrm Dean didn't prime Melvin?!" The cheeky broadcaster past shared a inactive of Barry getting cosy with a snake, captioning it: "They should nonstop Dean successful arsenic 1 of the snakes aft that behaviour."

Fans besides noticed Dean's snub to Melvin arsenic 1 spectator said: "Wait. Dean didn’t prime Melvin?? The teams astatine Radio 1 indispensable beryllium FUMING #ImACeleb." Another added: "I wasn’t expecting dean turning down Melvin #ImACeleb." Someone other wrote: "Dean has conscionable stabbed Melvin successful the backmost lol #ImACeleb."

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