Dame Arlene Phillips has faced a backlash from I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here! viewers over a comment she made about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
The 78-year-old choreographer and former Strictly Come Dancing judge jokingly said she had OCD because she likes things to be clean and tidy.
Her remark led fans to call out Arlene on Twitter for stigmatising mental health.
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Arlene, from Prestwich, was telling viewers at home what she wasn't looking forward to about her stay of up to three weeks in Gwrych Castle in north Wales on the ITV reality show.
She said: "I cannot live with dirt. I am completely OCD about everything in my life being organised, clean, neat and tidy."
OCD is a mental health condition where a person has obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours.
@HollieAnneB tweeted: "No, Arlene, you are not 'OCD' about cleaning. OCD is a terrifying, life-changing illness and we need people to stop throwing the term around #ImACeleb."
@NicholleB said: "If you’re watching #ImACeleb and heard Arlene say she’s “so OCD”, this is a reminder that OCD is not an adjective."
glitterballsuki commented: "Say it with me! OCD is a mental illness, not shorthand for not liking mess."
@ScouseBec said: "How many times, OCD isn’t a cute little quirk about liking things tidy. It’s a debilitating mental health disorder.
"Do better ITV, you didn’t have to show Arlene saying that."
And@erindrinkstea said: "Arlene already stigmatising a debilitating mental health condition by saying 'I’m so ocd I like things clean' as if we needed more people to think OCD is just about being tidy."
