I’M A Celeb fans have put forward the idea of ‘complaining to Ofcom’ after claiming that an under-fire campmate ‘should be exempt from trials’.
Last night saw viewers saw Radio 1 DJ Dean McCullough take part in The Sinister Sarcophagus bush tucker trial.
The 32-year-old had to answer Eygpt themed questions asked by Ant and Dec while in a mummy figurine.
Dean appeared to be doing well, answering two questions right and managing to put the two stars through the slot with his mouth.
However he dramatically quit just minutes in after he realised that sand was filling up inside – which left him not being able to feel his legs.
One fan thought that the trial was unfair, saying on Reddit: “Why isn’t Dean exempt from trials in closed spaces?”
They added: “Does anyone else think it’s wrong that Dean isn’t exempt from trials in closed spaces?
“He has claustrophobia, and therefore putting him in closed spaces could be detrimental to his health. He should have been exempt from last night’s and tonight’s trials on medical grounds.
“I’m starting to wonder if this would be worth complaining to Ofcom about?”
Another said: “If Dean has claustrophobia, he should have declared it and they should have made him medically exempt.”
But then others didn’t agree.
A third said: “?? The whole point of the programme is to face fears. There’s no real health risk to being scared. The worst that happens is someone has a bit of a panic and they get out of there. These people wanted to go on the programme and will have declared any medical conditions. I doubt he has claustrophobia on his NHS records…”
A fourth wrote: “Then we should exclude people with arachnophobia from any trial with spiders etc.. Basically it’s killing the show.”
The star was gutted and didn’t want to return to camp to tell the gang his news.
He said: “I feel like I’ve let you all down.”
Trying to reassure him, Jane Moore said: “I totally understood why you panicked,” and Tulisa said: “God loves a trier, mate.”
Some fans spotted the moment that ‘proves’ Dean was ‘faking tears’.
One viewer said: “Dean pretending to cry, looking for the camera. Desperately trying to get nominated for every trial.”
Another added: “How fake is Dean ?!?! Absolutely pathetic!! Needs to improve his acting skills. How quick he went from near hysteria to being completely calm!!!”
Someone else said: “Dean keeps fake crying I can’t take him seriously.”
Others were left in tears at Dean wildly wrong answer to a football question.
They asked him: “Name the footballer who is originally from Egypt and plays for Liverpool?”
And McCullough showed he’s not a football fan by answering “Jose Mourinho” instead of Mohamed Salah.
Dec shared after Tuesday’s show: “He was geniunely panicking.
“He has that fear of enclosed spaces.”
Joel asked the presenters: “Do the crew get frustrated when someone quits a trial?”
Ant replied: “Oh yeah.
“Everyone that builds a trial and comes up with a trial just wants to see a trial done properly.”
