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Simon Duke

Ant & Dec watch Newcastle match in the jungle minutes before I'm A Celebrity goes live

Huge Newcastle United supporters & Dec have proved that not even hosting a live TV programme can get in the way of them watching their beloved team by tuning into the Magpies latest match in the jungle.

The I'm A Celebrity hosts took to Instagram and Twitter to reveal they were keeping a form eye on Newcastle v Aston Villa on Monday night, minutes before the ITV show went live on air.

The lads tweeted a picture them in front of the telly and captioned it "Cracking little show for you tonight. I promise we are not distracted by anything and are fully focussed on the show."

Unfortunately for Ant & Dec, their dedication to following the Magpies wasn't rewarded as, at the time of writing, Steve Bruce's team were 2-0 down, with Conor Hourihane and Anwar El Ghazi scoring for the hosts.

And United's lacklustre performance didn't go un-noticed by the Geordie duo's many followers, with one quipping "I would just focus on the show if I was you guys," and another having a joke at NUFC and Ant & Dec's expense by commenting "Yes villa :)"

One of their fans was also watching the game Down Under and posted "I'm watching the game here in oz not happy with the game so far."

On Monday, from many viewers and This Morning host Phillip Schofield that Sunday night's show was fixed, after the campmates being given an 'impossible' bushtucker trial to complete.

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