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Sara-Aisha Kent

I'm A Celebrity's Mo Farah has fans in stitches with hilarious 'Bat Putcher' blunder

Mo Farah made I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! fans laugh out loud on Thursday's episode.

The Olympic athlete, 37, teamed up with EastEnders star Shane Richie - who have both now been booted off the series in the last two evictions - to improvise a scene from the famous soap.

During the hilarious segment, Mo put his acting skills to the test as he grabbed Shane by the throat and attempted to play a threatening character.

Instructing Shane to steal some gold medals, Mo said: "We’re going to melt them down and make some new earrings for Bat Putcher!"

Shane then asked: "Bat or Pat?"

Mo Farah and Shane Richie acted out scenes from EastEnders on I'm A Celeb (ITV)

Mo then realised his blunder, as he replied: "Pat Butcher," then the pair fell about laughing.

Shane later reflected on the funny sketch, as he told the camera in the Telegraph: "My LOL moment is Mo Farah being Phil Mitchell."

Shouting out a joke warning to his EastEnders co-star, he added: "If Steve McFadden is watching, Steve, you’ve got someone on your tails here mate. He could be a new Mitchell brother coming in…watch out."

Mo's attempy at acting left fans in stitches (ITV)

Taking to Twitter to share at how funny the moment was, one viewer typed: "I’m sorry but Mo Farah and Shane Richie doing Phil Mitchel on Eastenders is hilarious!"

A second and third added: "Mo Farah needs to go on Eastenders @Mo_Farah & @realshanerichie doing an eastenders sketch was hilarious Shame on you voting @Mo_Farah out he’s so funny" and "Mo Farah going round as Characters from eastenders has absolutely killed me tonight."

During the sketch he muddled up character Pat Butchers name (BBC)

Another echoed: " @Mo_Farah pretending to be #philmitchell has to be the funniest thing I have seen all yea r #ImACelebrity #EastEnders please give him a job."

Tonight will see Radio 1 DJ Jordan North, TV personality Vernon Kay and author and podcaster Giovanna Fletcher battle it out to be crowned the winner of the 2020 series of I'm A Celeb.

*The final of I'm A Celeb 2020 will air tonight on ITV1 from 9pm.

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