I am not mean, insists I’m A Celeb’s Fred Sirieix as he hits back at claims he bullied Josie Gibson
FRED Sirieix hit back yesterday at claims he bullied I’m A Celeb campmate Josie Gibson, insisting: “I am not sexist and I am not mean.”
He was given a roasting on social media after repeatedly speaking to her about her cooking, joking: “It’s like a horror movie from the ’80s.”
And This Morning star Josie admitted: “I like Fred, but it’s not very nice being told what you’ve done isn’t good enough.”
Speaking from the Marriott Hotel in Queensland after being evicted, the Frenchman conceded: “I am going to get a b*llocking from my mum.
“I am not looking forward to it but there is nothing I can do.
“It wasn’t meant in an offending way or a bad way or in a sexist way — I want to emphasise that.
“I am not sexist and I am not mean.
“In hindsight, I should have just let her get on with it. I should have just sat back. I think she is a lovely girl.”
He said their budding friendship was not shown on screen.
Asked if he would apologise to Josie, First Dates star Fred said: “If she was offended, of course I will apologise.”
Fred — who had an emotional reunion with his fiancée, known as Fruitcake — also had a falling out with YouTuber Nella Rose.
He made a comment about being old enough to be her dad, which Nella said offended her because her father had died three years ago.
Fred insisted: “I saw her when I came out and we had a hug. Nella is a great girl.”