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Victoria Johns

I'm A Celeb prankster says breaking into castle was as easy as nipping to Tesco

A prankster who broke into the I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! castle claims it was as easy as popping into Tesco.

Darryl "Taffy" Tipton, 33, said he was able to wander around the camp for an hour and half before he was stopped.

The incident is said to have happened while the camp was empty, with the celebrities understood to have been in another part of the castle - as they waited to be moved back into isolation amid Storm Arwen.

Darryl, knowing the celebs weren't there because of the weather, said he just wanted to have a nose around and couldn't believe how easy it was to get in.

He told The Sun : “ ITV need to beef up their security.

"We were able to wander around for about 90 minutes before we were apprehended.

“There were a few guards around but we waited until they had gone. Once we got in we were able to find our way around quite easily."

In a statement at the time, a spokesperson for ITV said: "A security breach was identified during Storm Arwen and intruders were removed from the location with immediate effect."

They added: "The safety of both our celebrities and our production crew remains our primary concern."

Before being carted off the premises Darryl also claims he couldn't believe how warm the castle was.

The celebs weren't in the camp at the time of the intsrusion (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Reporting he saw heated mats near the fire place, he quipped the campmates were living like "kings and queens".

Two intruders broke into the castle last month, taking pictures around the entire camp, showing sleeping bags on beds, the courtyard and the dunny.

One of the intruders, who wished to remain anonymous, said they were removed from the set after managing to get past the programme’s six-tier security system, which included police-approved bulletproof detection Armadillo robots.

Speaking to North Wales Live, one of the intruders said: "Myself and a friend managed to get into the set after a two hour hike over the mountain tops of the castle estate.

Apparently they 'lived like kings' (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

"I'm slightly glad the celebs were not on set as I believe If we had managed to come into contact it could have forced the whole show off air as it would have breached the programme’s Covid bubble.

"Despite this, we remained on site for at least 90 minutes before actually getting spotted by any security but this was after we had explored the entirety of the campmates' quarters."

The Mirror has contacted ITV for comment.

I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Here! finished last night as Emmerdale actor Danny Miller was crowned King of the Castle pipping Corrie star Simon Gregson to the post.

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