I’m A Celebrity slammed with Ofcom complaints as furious viewers hit out at Ant and Dec’s jokes

I’M a Celebrity.. Get Me Out of Here has been besieged with ofcom complaints this bid implicit Ant and Dec’s disconnected colour jokes.

The ITV amusement is present mired successful controversy, aft hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, made a bid of humorous comments astir the book and Christianity.

Now the ITV amusement has been near fielding a cavalcade of complaints, aft the Geordie duo appeared to marque airy of superior taxable matter.

It each began erstwhile Reverand Richard Coles, a salient Church of England fig and erstwhile Strictly contestant, entered the jungle alongside Love Island prima Maura Higgins.

During an eating situation featuring Coles, 62 and Higgins, 34, Dec joshed: “More beverage vicar,” arsenic a notation to Cole’s clerical role.

Host Dec, 49 aboriginal described the trials arsenic “unholy," aft which Ant added, “Bum holey.”

The micky-taking mirth past escalated during an occurrence erstwhile Ant, 49, delivered a mock sermon astir the Reverend Coles waking up successful camp.

As Dec narrated, "It's the commencement of a caller time now, and the archetypal to aftermath up was Reverend Richard."

Ant past chopped in, saying: "Though the nighttime earlier determination had been acheronian and a plague of insects had been visited upon him but helium had received a tiny bounty that did sensation of food and praise be... helium did emergence again."

Then Dec retorted with, “'So fundamentally you are saying Richard had a fright, got immoderate crisps, past had a slumber and got retired of bed?, to which Ant replied: "Yes my child."

The cheeky duo besides made prayers poses to choral music, portion cracking up for the cameras.

While galore intelligibly recovered the sketch amusing, others recovered it damning to the Church of England, which has led to immoderate ceremonial complaints to Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator.

Neither Ant and Dec nor ITV person issued a statement.

An Ofcom spokesperson said: 'We are assessing the complaints, but are yet to determine whether oregon not to investigate.'

Indeed Newcastle-born Dec, whose parents are from Northern Ireland, was raised successful the Catholic church.

His precocious member Dermott, with whom helium was 1 of 7 siblings, was a clergyman based with the remainder of the household successful the northbound east.

He tragically died astatine the property of 55 successful 2022, aft a abbreviated but superior illness.

Father Dermott was a regular visitant to his brother's London based shows.

Meanwhile the presenter travelled to the north-east often to be Mass and enactment his brother’s younker projects for the deprived children of the city, connected which he'd worked connected tirelessly since the 90s.