It has been a decade since the little-known Gogglebox star, Scarlett Moffat, won over the nation with her easy-going nature and penchant for a joke on ITV’s I’m A Celebrity, saw her crowned Queen of the Jungle.
But Scarlett Moffatt has revealed her second time in the Jungle, in the upcoming All Stars series, was far from harmonious because there was much non-consensual ‘lad banter’ which fuelled rifts in the camp.
Speaking ahead of the new pre-recorded spin-off series, which starts on Monday, the 35-year-old said: ‘It wasn’t as harmonious as the first time I went in, only because I think we were all such big characters.
‘I think a lot of it is this thing with like – and I’m going to put it in quotes here – like “lad banter,” but banter is only banter if it’s with like consenting adults if everyone participating wants to participate in the banter.’
The mother-of-one added: ‘I think sometimes some people didn’t want to be involved but were even though they didn’t want to be.’
Ahead of the upcoming series, there have been reports of an explosive row between the soap star, Adam Thomas, and the former footballer, Jimmy Bullard.
Scarlett Moffatt has revealed her second time in the Jungle, in the upcoming All Stars series, was far from harmonious
The Waterloo Road actor, 36, ‘totally lost it’ at the sportsman, 47, during one of the show’s Bushtucker Trials and again in the camp which, ‘deeply shocked the other campmates’, it was previously reported.
Producers are now said to be trying to persuade the pair to return for the live final, now that they are back in the UK.
Speaking at the launch day, which Bullard notably did not attend, Thomas admitted: ‘It was completely different compared to the last series that I did, it was so much tougher.’
‘So it was tough, there’s no denying that. And I feel like I had my moments in there, like we all did. But I’m glad that I did it.’
Fractures in the upcoming series extend beyond the pair, with former boxer David Haye, 45, revealed to be the admin of a WhatsApp group titled ‘I’m A Celeb Legends 2026’ – from which Sir Mo Farah had been left out.
Speaking ahead of Monday’s first episode, Sir Mo, 43, said he’d been ‘left out of the group,’ while Pussycat Doll Ashley Roberts, 44, said: ‘Mo’s not in the WhatsApp group and we’re trying to figure out how that happened.’
Meanwhile, earlier this week Scarlett left This Morning viewers stunned as she appeared to drop a huge spoiler about the series.
Despite the final having not aired or even be filmed yet, Scarlett seemingly hinted at who has made it to the final stage.
Asked by Alison who she thought would win, the former Gogglebox star first joked: ‘Is it bigheaded if I say me?’
She continued: ‘To be honest with you, I hope Harry Redknapp wins. He’s just so wonderful.
Ahead of the upcoming series, there have been reports of an explosive row between the soap star, Adam Thomas, and the former footballer, Jimmy Bullard
‘And Sir Mo Farah as well. We’d still be trying to get the fire lit if it wasn’t for Sir Mo.
‘He just looked after us all.’
When contacted by the Daily Mail, an ITV spokesman said: ‘Dermot & Alison asked Scarlett who she’d like to win and she said Harry and Mo from the campmates.
‘She chose those two because, as she said on air, they were good at camp duties, especially the cooking.’
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