I’m A Celebrity’s most controversial signings – after comedian Seann Walsh is revealed for 2023 show
IT’S almost time for another batch of famous faces to battle it out on I’m a Celebrity.
This year the stars will be going Down Under again as the ITV show returns to Australia for the first time in two years.
Since the first series in 2002 I’m a Celeb hasn’t been without its controversial signings.
After The Sun exclusively revealed Strictly love rat Seann Walsh has signed for the upcoming series, we take a look at some of the names who’ve raised eyebrows over the years.
Danniella Westbrook
The second series of I’m a Celebrity in 2003 saw EastEnders star Danniella Westbrook enter the jungle.
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It came just a year after she was photographed with a collapsed sternum following years of cocaine abuse.
Actress Danniella struggled during her time on the show and ended up quitting nine days into the competition.
Katie Price
Former glamour model Katie Price made history in 2009 when she became the first celebrity to take part for a second time.
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But it couldn’t have been a bigger contrast to her first go in the jungle in 2004, when she met and fell in love with Peter Andre – with the public becoming obsessed with their romance.
Katie went back on the show just after she and Pete split – and it became clear the public had turned on her when she was voted for five Bushtuker Trials in a row. She quit after nine days in the jungle.
Paul Burrell
Princess Diana‘s ex-butler Paul Burrell has often been called out by fans for appearing to make a career off the back of his work with the late royal.
So when he took part in the 2004 series not everyone was sold.
However his bizarre facial expressions during Bushtucker Trials have gone down in the jungle history books – and he’s been revealed as part of the I’m a Celeb All Stars line up.
Nadine Dorries
It’s always divisive when a politician turns up on reality TV and it was no different when Tory MP Nadine Dorries entered the jungle in 2012.
But perhaps even more controversial was Nadine being forced to apologise to MPs a year later after failing to declare her fee for the ITV show.
Brian Harvey
Pop bad boy Brian Harvey was not a hit with some of his fellow campmates during the fourth series in 2004.
He and Loose Women star Janet Street-Porter famously clashed over his smoking and when he farted by the campfire.
Brian quit just a week into the show.
Jack Maynard
YouTuber Jack Maynard was forced to quit the show after just three days rocked by headlines that he had posted racist and homophobic slurs on Twitter.
It was later reported he had also begged a 14-year-old fan to send him nude pictures.
A statement from Jack’s team at the time said: “In the last few days Jack has been the subject of a succession of media stories which, given his position as a contestant on ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here’ – filmed in the Australian jungle, with no contact with the outside world, he has been unable to respond to.
“Since it is only fair that everyone should be aware of any allegations made against them and should also have the right to defend themselves, it was agreed that it would be better to bring him out of the show.”
Spencer Matthews
Former Made in Chelsea star Spencer Matthews was a late entrant into the jungle in 2015.
Spencer joined the line-up on day three but by day five he was gone, after it was revealed he’d been taking steroids.
When asked why he left, Spencer said: “The simple answer is that I screwed up, and have some explaining to do.
“Shortly after I arrived in Australia I told the production team that I was taking a steroid-based medication that had begun some weeks ago.”