I’m A Celebrity... South Africa star Sinitta has accused David Haye and Jimmy Bullard of “bullying” Adam Thomas in the live final.
Thomas, 35, was voted the winner by public vote during the chaotic final on Friday, during which he was accused of being “abusive, aggressive and intimidating” by Bullard, 47
Haye joined in the conversation to accuse the show of editing footage to make Thomas look like a “victim” and, after defending the actor, Sinitta and Gemma Collins walked off set.
Reflecting on the fallout on Good Morning Britain on Monday, Sinitta said she left the stage because she felt Bullard and Haye “blew” their moment to share their side of the argument.
“It’s like, you had a point. Yes, Jimmy didn’t deserve to be treated that way,” she said.
“I know that David got loud on Friday night, he wanted to make his point, he’s trying to defend himself.”
She added: “Yes, there was banter, but it actually felt like bullying to me. So, it’s like, now what? You’ve lost, we’ve all lost why we are here now.
“Because you’re all shouting and you’re trying to get your things in, and now it does look like you’re bullies, because you’re kind of goading and you’re saying stuff.”
Sinitta also discussed Thomas’ dynamic with Haye in the jungle, which was filmed several months ago.
She said that there were a few times she stepped in and “told him to stop”, but then claimed that the soap star “goaded” the boxer “behind her back”.
“He’s getting him in trouble by acting sad,” she claimed, explaining that she stepped back once she saw that she wasn’t “needed”.
Detailing his row with Bullard after the footballer quit a Bushtucker trial, she said their reunion could have been handled better, but insisted Adam was “aggressive” in that moment.
“Yes it was over the top, Adam was aggressive but they couldn’t show the whole thing,” she recounted.
“When you’re angry and using the really bad swear words angrily and aggressively, that’s when I think there will be a fight.”
Thomas was named the winner on Friday night but appeared visibly distressed as the show ended and reportedly threw his crown and sceptre on the ground at one point.
Sinitta supported his win in an Instagram post on Saturday, writing: “It is a shame last night was such a poor representation of the overall time in the jungle.
“I am sorry you had a bad experience. To me there were no bad people, doing bad things in Camp, although one incident was disturbing to me.
“I hope you remember the good times more than the bad and how loved you are.”
Thomas hit the headlines for his feud with Haye, who he said “broke” him and pushed him to his limits, and for his row with Bullard for almost compromising his time on the show.
Bullard discussed their explosive row on the show, claiming Thomas dropped “c-bombs” which were not aired, and asked Ant McPartlin and co-host Declan Donnelly for their opinion as they had “front row seats”.
McPartlin disagreed that the exchange was aggressive and said: “No it wasn’t, I was there.”
Thomas responded by saying he took “full responsibility” for his actions and has “nothing but love for Jimmy”, but Haye interrupted the exchange to say: “You’ve got a funny way of showing it.”
He then claimed a lot of footage surrounding Thomas’ behaviour was cut, stating: “We all had banter back and forth, and a lot of it was cut out from their side.”
Haye and Bullard asked their fellow campmates to agree that Thomas had been “abusive, intimidating and aggressive” in his argument with Bullard.
Sinitta and Collins defended the actor but eventually walked off set, with Collins branding Haye “disgusting”.
