'Real reason' I'm A Celebrity's Dean McCullough signed up for show Radio 1 co-star defends actions

Dean McCullough's Radio 1 co-star Danni Diston has opened up connected her pal's clip successful the I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here jungle and shared her thoughts connected wherefore helium entered the camp

Dean McCullough has divided opinions since joining the I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here camp, but 1 vigor co-star has jumped to his defence.

The aboriginal greeting presenter for Radio 1 has faced countless trials successful his enactment truthful acold Down Under, screaming the operation ' I'm a celebrity, get maine retired of here' connected 2 occasions. And arsenic hostility started to emergence successful camp, helium besides clashed with Coronation Street prima Alan Halsall, who tried to aftermath him to bash his chores.

However, his vigor co-star Danni Diston has defended him and joked: "I did deliberation successful my caput he's astir apt having a spot of a prevarication successful retired there," earlier saying he'll beryllium enjoying getting much remainder successful camp.

Dean is usually connected aerial from 5am to entertain the aboriginal risers. And Danni continued to archer the Sun, he's usually precise cheerful. "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."

She added that his small fallout with Alan could person been owed to tiredness oregon the information campy are starting to spell hungry. The altercation came arsenic Dean continued to slumber portion Jane Moore was near to implicit their firewood collecting task.

Camp person Alan tried to aftermath Dean and archer him helium had to assistance arsenic Jane isn't capable to spell alone. However, determination was small effect from Dean arsenic Alan called retired his sanction and tried to explicate the situation. After seemingly failing to marque him stir, Alan jibed: "Do you not fancy it? No?" With nary evident effect from Dean, Corrie prima headed down with Jane to assistance her.

Moments later, Dean decided to articulation the brace and said to Alan erstwhile helium caught them up: "You tin spell backmost now." Expressing surprise, Alan responded to Dean: "Oh you made it! I was trying to aftermath you up arsenic brushed arsenic I can."

Dean deed back: "If you're gonna aftermath maine up, you request to springiness maine a minute. Listen to me. If you're gonna aftermath maine up, you request to springiness maine a minute, alright? It takes maine a mates of minutes for my interaction lenses to get backmost moving again, alright? So you don't request to accidental to maine 'do you not fancy it?' Okay? And past don't crook astir and locomotion away."

And it's not the lone clip Dean has faced a frosty moment. On Monday night, the campy lightened up arsenic they celebrated Love Island prima Maura Higgins' birthday. However, 1 campy subordinate wasn't champion pleased with Dean's antics aft giving him a stern warning. N-Dubz vocalist Tulisa tried to slumber in, but Dean had different plans. Dean said: “Now that she’s retired of the Leaders’ Lodge, Tulisa has warned maine that determination indispensable beryllium nary philharmonic theatre aboriginal successful the morning, truthful I made it my ngo to marque definite the campy woke up this greeting with the dependable of beauteous singing!”