‘Real reason’ Dean McCullough signed up for I’m A Celeb revealed by Radio 1 co-star as she defends Alan Halsall clasH

DEAN McCullough's Radio One workfellow has joked helium signed up for I'm A Celebrity for a lie-in.

The aboriginal meal presenter faced backlash implicit his clash with Coronation Street prima Alan Halshall who had woken him from a nap.

Now play big Danni Diston says Dean was conscionable making the astir of getting immoderate other sleep earlier helium returns to 4am starts.

Danni exclusively told The Sun: "I person ne'er truly experienced a grumpy Dean truthful I'm fortunate successful that sense. I don't deliberation he's a precise grumpy man.

"He does aboriginal meal and you person to beryllium rather up and connected it to bash earlies.

"You know, you're starting astatine 5am each time truthful I deliberation it comes down to erstwhile you're tired, and you haven't eaten, sometimes there's going to beryllium a spot of backmost and distant betwixt 2 people."

Danni added: "Jokes speech helium is tired. He does person to get up aboriginal each morning.

"I did deliberation successful my caput he's astir apt having a spot of a prevarication successful retired there.

"He'll conscionable beryllium enjoying it because if thing he'll get much remainder than helium does now."

Loose Women panellist Jane Moore was near to cod firewood alone

Corrie histrion Alan and Radio 1 DJ Dean came to blows aft a heated bust-up implicit waking him up to assistance with the campy chores.

Alan, who plays Tyrone Dobbs successful the ITV soap, attempted to aftermath Dean, but the presenter hardly moved.

Alan asked: “You don’t fancy it? No?” earlier walking disconnected to assistance Jane himself.

Dean yet joined the brace but wasn’t pleased with Alan’s earlier approach.

He squared up to him: “Listen to me. If you’re gonna aftermath maine up, you request to springiness maine a minute, alright? It takes a mates of minutes for my interaction lenses to get backmost moving again, alright?

"So you don’t request to crook astir to maine and say, ‘Do you not fancy it, OK?’ And past crook astir and locomotion away.”

Alan responded: “I’ve listened to you. Jane was halfway down here, that’s wherefore I went.”

From January, Danni is moving to a caller slot connected BBC Radio One with her co-host Sam MacGregor.

Sam and Danni, who antecedently held the Weekend Breakfast slot, volition present big an day amusement that runs from Friday to Sunday, 1-4pm.