Things are a little awkward in jungle already as Kelly Brook made her grand entrance and was greeted by presenters Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly – and they have history!
Fans were quick to pick up on the tension between Kelly Brook and Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly as she entered I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!
Kelly and the presenting pair are said to have not got on ever since 2009, with the model reported to have held a grudge against the Geordie duo ever since. It has been claimed that Kelly thinks that Ant and Dec pushed for her to get the sack from Britain’s Got Talent – but it didn’t stop her signing up for a reunion.
Viewers were quick to notice the awkwardness as she made her entrance. Ant and Dec awkwardly failed to really acknowledge Kelly in episode one when she parachuted down to them on the beach. As she prepared to jump out of her helicopter, excited Kelly turned to the camera and shouted “Ant and Dec, I’m coming for you!”
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But ever the pros, it was a simple exchange of pleasantries after their history – and fans say they did little to put distance between the rumours. “Do people realise Kelly Brook & Ant and Dec have serious beef with each other? #ImACeleb.” one write.
“Just realised. Doesn’t Kelly Brook not like Ant and Dec after what happened at Britain’s Got Talent? #ImACeleb” said another, as a third person posted on X: “Kelly Brook, and Ant & Dec on the same show… Again! What could possibly go wrong?”
The issue all started when Kelly allegedly believed that the famous Newcastle born duo pushed her out of Britain’s Got Talent back in 2009. Kelly’s rift with the duo came about when she was part of the panel of Britain’s Got Talent, alongside Amanda Holden, Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan.
And at the time , it was explained by Simon that the judging panel was not working and Kelly was replaced by Alesha Dixon. Kelly reportedly told The Sun at the time: “The people at ITV were telling me that I had upset Ant and Dec, and that was it. I would love to have stayed on the show. I really felt it was working out. Ant and Dec had never been anything but pleasant to my face, but clearly, they didn’t want me on the show.”
A source told the Daily Mail : “Kelly might be all smiles, but underneath she is a tough, tough woman who doesn’t take well to being crossed. She doesn’t forget. It is going to make for great television. She thinks Ant and Dec sneered at her for being a Page 3 girl, they didn’t think she had any talent.
“She’s a down-to-earth working-class girl done good, and she hates snobby behaviour. Woe betide Ant and Dec. She’s already been telling journalists she can’t wait to see them again.”
Ant and Dec have tried to clear the air with Kelly in the past. In their 2010 autobiography, Dec spoke about the feud, saying he didn’t understand why Kelly was hired as a fourth judge with Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan due to it usually being three.
She was let go from the show within a week as the format of four judges was seen as too complicated. However, it then went back to four judges.
Dec wrote in the memoir, Ooh! What A Lovely Pair: “Kelly looked nervous, so I told her it was going to be great fun and to just relax. “She nodded, then looked at me and said, ‘And what do you do on the show?’ I looked at Simon, who was sat next to me, he turned to Kelly and said, ‘Kelly, you have seen the show, haven’t you?’ To which she replied, ‘Yeah… well, bits.’
“I don’t want to sound like an egomaniac, but the last person who said, ‘And what do you do?’ was the Queen.” Kelly then replied to the book as she said that the sacking had impacted her future job opportunities.
Kelly said: “There was nothing I could do in this country after Britain’s Got Talent. The people at ITV were telling me that I had upset Ant and Dec and that was it. I would love to have stayed on the show.”





