Rebekah Vardy hits back at Iain Lee 'bullying claims' with screenshots of private texts

Former I'm A Celebrity contestant Iain Lee has claimed helium was truthful severely bullied connected the amusement that helium discontinue showbiz and became a intelligence wellness counsellor

Rebekah Vardy has shared a fig of screenshots from her texts with erstwhile I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here campmate, Iain Lee.

Taking to her Instagram relationship connected Saturday evening, the WAG asked Iain to 'leave her alone' arsenic shared a fig of substance threads from the pair. Alongside the screenshots, she wrote: "Wish this antheral would conscionable permission maine alone. There is lone 1 bully present and it's not me."

It comes aft Iain, 51, slammed Rebekah, 42, for being a "bully" and "obnoxious" claiming helium had a intelligence breakdown aft being connected the amusement with her. The brace were contestants connected the deed world amusement successful 2017 and Iain has claimed that Rebekah made him "f****** miserable," and that helium had to spell for therapy aft she near him feeling isolated.

Rebekah has been backmost making headlines with her paper file dedicated to the amusement aft Coleen Rooney entered the jungle this year.

In 1 substance speech from the WAG's substance screenshots, Rebekah reached retired to Iain aft their stint successful the jungle backmost successful 2017. Just days aft the brace near the jungle, Rebekah sent Iain a substance saying: "I person nary atrocious feelings towards you astatine all. I'm truly bittersweet it's been portrayed the mode it has. It's wounded me."

In a follow-up text, she wrote: "You've been done an unthinkable woody successful life. I genuinely anticipation you negociate to benignant things with your woman and spot your boys."

In response, Iain confirmed that determination were nary hard feelings betwixt the brace - a stark opposition to what helium has said this week astir Rebekah being a 'bully'. In substance text dated connected December 17, 2017, Iain replied: "I cognize it has. I'm upset similar I accidental by what was said down my backmost those fewer times but I don't people it arsenic bullying. And I person nary hard feelings towards you. You're beauteous amazing."

Rebeak past shared an Instagram speech betwixt the brace which dated backmost to August 2022 erstwhile Iain claimed that Rebekah had bullied him successful a bid of Twitter posts. At the time, Rebekah warned the comedian that she would people their backstage substance messages wherever Iain said that helium ne'er felt similar she bullied him portion they were successful the jungle together.

Iain subsequently deleted each the posts and asked Rebekah if she would similar a nationalist apology. He insisted that helium didn't privation to spell into wherefore helium made the claims connected Twitter, but alternatively said that helium felt similar helium was miserable portion successful the I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! jungle.

Rebekah's scathing comments astir Coleen person seen her accidental she hopes she is forced to "eat penis oregon humble pie" successful the jungle. She has besides slammed amusement hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly arsenic "two small-minded men," and described Coleen arsenic "the acquisition that keeps connected giving" erstwhile her canoe capsized during the contention to camp.

Discussing his clip successful the jungle with Rebekah, erstwhile comedian Iain told MailOnline: "There are immoderate radical who emotion the notoriety of being outrageous and obnoxious due to the fact that it keeps them successful the spotlight. I deliberation Rebekah Vardy is 1 of them.

"When I was connected the show, she bullied maine and led a clique that picked connected me. There were 2 occasions erstwhile I wanted to get out, it was truthful toxic and acheronian successful there. I thought: 'I can’t beryllium with these people.' I don’t ticker the amusement present due to the fact that of what I experienced."

Iain said the archetypal words Rebekah said to him erstwhile helium joined the campy arsenic a precocious accomplishment were: "I deliberation you’re a f**king t**t."

He past described however aft helium won a situation and got to prime 5 different contestants to unrecorded successful luxury with him helium "didn’t prime her and that made her angry," recalling however "she came up to me, pointed astatine maine and swore astatine me. It was precise intimidating, and it didn’t marque maine consciousness precise welcome."

Iain claimed the mode helium was treated connected the amusement led to him needing therapy erstwhile helium near and that helium yet discontinue showbiz arsenic a effect to retrain arsenic a counsellor. He present works helping victims of bullying and those who endure from depression, anxiousness and different intelligence wellness issues.

Iain added: "My acquisition successful the jungle led maine to alteration vocation and go a counsellor. I started seeing a large therapist and enactment done what happened to me. When I came retired of the amusement I was not each right. It sent maine into a spiral of slump and anxiety. It truly upset me.

"I made it known that she [Rebekah] made maine f**king miserable and isolated erstwhile I was successful the jungle and was a bully, liar and manipulator. But each that’s successful the past now. I’ve been capable to marque bid with it each and enactment into position that the behaviour directed towards maine was not my fault.

"I conscionable ne'er fitted successful with what Rebekah Vardy ’s thought of a antheral is. I had to spell done this process different it would person eaten maine up." Rebekah antecedently denied bullying Iain and aft they near the amusement she said: "You cognize what, I was the 1 that was being the astir supportive of him. A bully? I’ve ne'er been a bully successful my full full life."

The Mirror has approached Rebekah and Iain's respective representatives for remark connected this story.

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