I’m a Celebrity live: Dean smashes sixth trial as Richard Coles opens up about his sexuality
Dean set a personal best after competiting in yet another trial
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Your support makes all the difference.Dean McCullough earned 10 stars in his sixth Bushtucker Trial on Monday night’s I’m a Celebrity, a personal best for the Radio 1 DJ.
McCullough had again been voted to face Monday’s trial “Jack and the Screamstalk”, much to the frustrations of Ant and Dec. However, the Northern Irish radio star exceeded expectations, earning 10 stars and even a round of applause from the hosts, who have been critical of his past efforts.
Elsewhere, Maura Higgins has been celebrating her birthday but wasn’t impressed by Danny Jones and Alan Halsall’s “dad jokes”.
Reverend Richard Coles also opened up about his sexuality and his faith in a very frank and risqué chat with GK Barry, as the two form an unlikely friendship.
In a twist, the campmates were given their food early with many assuming that they were being given a treat because of Maura’s birthday. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a treat at all as they were all invited to go on board “The Fright Bus” for a late night challenge.
They were told: “Tonight, you will all have the chance to win treats. However, to be in with a chance of winning, you will all need to take a trip on The Fright Bus!”
Each celebrity could win a piece of luggage from the rack, described to contain holiday essentials and even a tasty treat. However, what happened in the challenge was left as a mystery as we’ll have to wait for tomorrow’s episode to see what transpired on the bus.
Finally, there wasn’t a celebrity picked for Tuesday’s challenge on the show but two celebs will compete in the trial, which has been confirmed as “The Fright at the End of the Tunnel”.
Follow along with our live coverage of tonight’s episode, below.
I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! continues every night at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
I’m a Celebrity fans dumbstruck by GK Barry and Richard Coles’s risqué chat
I’m a Celebrity fans were left shocked by a risqué chat between content creator GK Barry and Reverend Richard Coles on Monday night’s show (25 November).
After a heart-to-heart about Coles’s experience of being a gay vicar, Barry – who earlier in the series opened up about her sexuality and coming out – talked about how she used to be religious. She recalled going to a religious camp when she was younger, where there were men telling her not to have sex before she was married.
She said that even at 13, she thought: “Well, that’s not gonna happen. I see my future and it involves scissoring.”
Coles, 62, then asked Barry, 25, what scissoring is. She chose not to explain it to him in detail, but did tell him it was something that lesbians do. He then started making jokes about the “sizzling scissoring sisterhood”, and the pair collapsed into giggles.
Viewers were taken aback, to say the least. “Talking about scissoring with a reverend. I’m a Celeb is not real,” wrote one fan on X.
I’m a Celebrity fans dumbstruck by GK Barry and Richard Coles’s risqué chat
‘Not what I expected on a Monday evening,’ said one viewer
Next trial confirmed as “Fright at the end of the Tunnel"
Two celebrities will compete in tomorrow’s trial, which has been confirmed as “Fright at the end of the Tunnel”.
Not gonna lie, this doesn’t look fun at all...
Two Celebs are headed to ‘Fright at the End of the Tunnel’ tomorrow! 😱 Who descends into the darkness is down to you! 👉 Head to the app now to vote! https://t.co/TMt83mmxFF pic.twitter.com/915N5SepoE
— I'm A Celebrity... (@imacelebrity) November 25, 2024
“The Fright Bus” explained
The challenge was simple: the campmates had to endure the bus and work within their rows of three to escape it, passing four stops on its journey. To do this, each row would wait until their stop to manoeuvre three tokens across the bar to the stop button as fast as they could. Every token won, would equate to one piece of luggage.
Sadly, we’ll have to wait until Tuesday’s show to see what happened on the bus.
All aboard “The Fright Bus”
In a major twist all the campmates have to a late night challenge called “The Fright Bus”.
Each celebrity could win a piece of luggage each from the luggage rack, described to contain holiday essentials and even a tasty treat.
Let’s see what this is all about...
Who was Richard talking about?
During Richard and GK Barry’s chat he was asked “Have you ever met a Royal?” to which he confirmed he had.
Barry then asked “What are they like?” to which he joked “Great in bed”.
Let the speculation commence...
I wonder which royal he’s talking about 😏 #ImACeleb pic.twitter.com/ucTgVqZd6P
— I'm A Celebrity... (@imacelebrity) November 25, 2024
Ant and Dec troll Dean for following them on Instagram
Dean McCullough follows Ant and Dec on Instagram but they didn’t follow him back.
Will they soon? It’s not looking likely.
Should we? pic.twitter.com/lQPiZbhPx7
— antanddec (@antanddec) November 25, 2024
“Meals of Wheels” challenge earns campmates two Pringles each
From Richard’s enlightening conversation about the relationship between his faith and his sexuality to Melvin and Tulisa solving maths problems using rubber ducks in the “Meals on Wheels” challenge...you never know what you’re going to get on I’m a Celebrity.
A determined Tulisa and Melvin both waded into the cold water to begin counting ducks. As they began counting, Melvin said: “Carol Vorderman would be proud of us!”
When it came to the equation, Melvin revealed maths wasn’t his strong point, and it was up to Tulisa to work out their final answer. Calculating 222 - “a very lucky powerful number” - Tulisa and Melvin celebrated when they learned they had got it right and therefore won the dingo dollars.
When they went to see Kiosk Kev, main camp were asked the following question:
How many UK top 10 singles does the entire camp have?
A) 25
B) 26
C) 27
Correctly answering C) 27, the camp were treated to 2 pringles each.
Reverend Richard Coles opens up about his sexuality in refreshing chat with GK Barry
I’m a Celebrity contestant Reverend Richard Coles has said that being gay and in the church never caused him “a twinge of anxiety”.
On Monday night’s episode (25 November) of the ITV show, Coles, 62, was chatting to content creator GK Barry about juggling his sexuality and religion.
Barry, who earlier in the series opened up about her sexuality and coming out, asked Coles: “Did you find it quite difficult being gay and doing that job?”
Coles then confessed: “No, not at all. I’ve never given it a moment’s twinge of anxiety over whether God thought it was alright or not. Whether other people thought it was alright or not, well I’m happy to have that argument…”
He added of his sexuality: “Also, I was not the first. Sometimes I look at documents from the early church, or the church of the middle ages and I just think – so gay.”
Richard Coles opens up about being a gay reverend on I’m a Celebrity
Coles and content creator GK Barry had a heart-to-heart
Maura not impressed with Danny and Alan’s “Dad jokes"
It might be Maura’s birthday but she wasn’t in a laughing mood as she told Danny and Alan that their constant “Dad jokes” weren’t funny.
The viewers at home disagreed.
I’m sorry did Maura Higgins just say that Danny Jones and his dad jokes aren’t funny…because I beg to differ #ImACeleb #imacelebrity pic.twitter.com/MLkjRVGDf8
— claire 🌹 (@_LawsonClaire) November 25, 2024
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