I’m A Celeb fans ‘work out’ out the ‘real reason’ Nick Pickard was axed – insisting ‘it’s just not fair’
I’M A Celebrity viewers claim they’ve sussed why Nick Pickard was voted out of the jungle last night.
The Hollyoaks star became the fourth campmate to be eliminated by the public and the sixth to leave overall after Grace Dent and Jamie Lynn Spears left on medical grounds.
Many found the popular actor’s exit “unfair” and claimed he wasn’t given as much screen time as his co-stars.
One person complained on X: “Maybe if you gave Nick some of the airtime you gave Josie tonight he would still be in it.”
Another vented: “Absolutely fuming Nick has gone! He didn’t get hardly any air time and that won’t have helped but he is such a lovely guy.”
A third said: “I don’t know why people are surprised that Nick is evicted I expected him to leave after Frankie as I felt like him Frankie and Grace had the least airtime this season. He seems like such a nice guy though.”
Another shared: “Nick didn’t get enough airtime unfair, why is Nigel still there.”
In his first televised interview since his exit, Nick admitted he was “glad to be out”.
The 48-year-old, who is best known for playing Tony Hutchinson in the Channel 4 soap, was in high spirits as he appeared on Thursday’s Good Morning Britain.
Nick chatted to entertainment anchor Richard Arnold as the pair perched by a table with two colourful cocktails.
He said: “It’s a great experience and very overwhelming.
“I am glad to be out.
“Half of you wishes you could make it and get to the final because you’re honoured to be asked but the other half is thinking counting down the days, and if I come out now I have six days in a lovely place.
“Then I’ve just got to go to a party and go home.”
Talking of his return to the real world he said: “It’s amazing.
“It’s a little bit overwhelming when you come out because I’ve gone from being in the jungle to being in paradise.”
Nick then backed I’m A Celebrity alumni Sam Thompson to win.
Meanwhile, speaking to Ant and Dec after his exit last night, he reflected on his final bushtucker trial, Critter Mixer, which he tackled with Tony Bellew and Marvin Humes.
He said: “That was definitely the worst one.
“It’s all the bites and I’m not good in cars.
“It was terrible. I was numb by the end of it.
“It was without doubt the worse one.”