Published November 23, 2024 10:54pm Updated November 23, 2024 10:54pm
A erstwhile I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! star has taken purpose aft being ‘bullied’ by Rebekah Vardy.
In 2017 stand-up comedian turned broadcaster Iain Lee appeared connected the long-running ITV world series.
However his clip connected the amusement was marred by run-ins with Vardy, who near him successful tears and whom he’s since called a ‘liar and manipulator’.
His comments travel arsenic Vardy reignited her feud with Coleen Rooney, who is appearing connected the existent season, pursuing their infamous Wagatha Christie defamation proceedings two years ago.
Reflecting connected his acquisition successful the jungle, Iain said helium suffered a intelligence breakdown pursuing his clip connected the series, successful which Vardy made him ‘miserable’.
‘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,’ helium told MailOnline this week.
‘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.”.
Iain, who admits helium nary longer watches the show, claimed the archetypal words Vardy told him erstwhile helium arrived successful campy was however she thought helium was a ‘f***ing t**t’.
She aboriginal allegedly ‘pointed and swore’ astatine him, which helium said near him feeling ‘intimidated and unwelcome’.
Speaking astir a clip erstwhile helium failed a situation and burst into tears, Iain said she told him that ‘real men don’t cry’.
After leaving the show, Iain said helium had to undertake extended therapy aft being sent ‘into a spiral of slump and anxiety’.
He yet decided to discontinue his broadcasting vocation and retrain arsenic a counsellor.
Despite his alleged shocking attraction astatine the hands of Vardy, Iain said helium had present ‘made bid with it’.
Slamming the claims, Rebekah shared the nonfiction connected societal media and responded with a foul-mouth statement.
‘Na I’m done with this bulls***. I’ve fto this descent excessively galore times now! 2017, 2022 but f*** this I’ve got receipts this antheral keeps perpetually coming for me,’ she posted connected Instagram.
She antecedently claimed she was ‘the astir supportive’ of Iain connected the amusement and she’d ‘never been a bully successful my full full life’.
However, helium said she had a ‘sense of entitlement’ and ‘doesn’t similar it erstwhile radical basal up to her’.
While Vardy was eliminated from the amusement third, Iain made it done to the extremity and was yet named successful 3rd place.
Ahead of this play of I’m A Celebrity starting, Rebekah didn’t miss her accidental to instrumentality a bid of swipes astatine Coleen, to whom she mislaid the infamous defamation trial.
When asked by The Sun what she would similar to spot Coleen chomp connected during the ITV show, Rebekah responded: ‘A penis. Or humble pie.’
When asked whether that was the worst happening Coleen had ever had successful her mouth, Rebekah replied: ‘I don’t know. You person to look astatine her hubby really, don’t you?’
Vardy went connected truthful accidental Coleen ‘likes to beryllium the victim’ and ‘think she ever wanted my life’ adding she ‘didn’t accidental this to beryllium nasty’.
Metro.co.uk has contacted Iain Lee and representatives for Rebekah Vardy for comment.
I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! continues time astatine 9pm connected ITV1.
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