Jimmy Bullard
Jimmy Bullard has remained adamant that he was being "tongue in cheek" when ridiculing Jake Quickenden during his time on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!.
The retired footballer was the first celebrity evicted from the jungle in a shocking result, and it's thought his popularity nosedived when he called the former X Factor star a "lanky piece of s**t" and questioned his celebrity credentials.
Appreciating that it looks bad on television he insists it was all just "banter", and he's sure "great friend" Jake will set the record straight when he comes out of the jungle.
During a Good Morning Britain interview, Jimmy explained: "It was totally tongue in cheek, the way that came across on TV was totally not how it was in camp but saying that, I can be a bit of a nightmare and the best one to ask is Jake about this... We're great friends, we are going to be for a long time, it's total banter... He gave as good as he took as well!"
Insisting he loved every moment in the jungle he's pleased how close he became to not only Jake, but Carl Fogarty who broke down in tears when his friend left.
"What an experience, I'm so glad I came and did this. It was mad, a great bunch I was in camp with, that's what you wish for when you go in... I loved everything about it."
Of Carl's reaction, he said: "I nearly went myself, when he went and broke down and I was like, 'Fog don't do this to me on TV!' I just totally went... He's a great friend, I think I've got two friends there for life definitely and even the other seven, I was very close to them all and I couldn't have wished for a better bunch."
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