I’m A Celebrity’s Fred Sirieix has revealed the real reason for his feud with This Morning presenter, Josie Gibson.
The First Date’s star became the third celebrity to be eliminated from the Australian jungle.
The 51-year-old and the popular host clashed clashed over the cooking in camp, after Josie and boxer Tony Bellew were appointed as the new camp chefs, taking over the role from Fred.
Fred has now defended his actions towards the star in his exit interview, upon being voted off the show and claimed that Josie’s culinary skills was the reason behind their fallout.
He explained to Ant and Dec on Tuesday night’s show: “She’s just making it up as she goes along. So I think there’s a lot at stake with the food.”
“And it’s not just what you’re cooking at the moment which of course is going to be good, because the produce is incredible, it is what you can do the next day with the leftovers of the bones.”
Fred continued: “You really need the calories, and you’ve got to find them whenever you can. I think we missed out on quite a few meals [by not recycling ingredients].”
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When asked by the Geordie duo why he didn’t get involved as much with Sam Thompson and Nick Pickard’s cooking, he said they were a “dream” and there was “no need” for him to do so.
On Saturday night’s show, Fred called out Josie on her cooking and exclaimed: “Josie, is the rice cooked? How far are we from…”
Josie answered: “It’s boiling up. It’s still a bit hard.”
In the Bush Telegraph, Josie then admitted: “Me and Tony are the chefs. He’s a pot wash now. He’s got to give the reins over to me. It’s only me and Tony can fit on that horse. No Fred.”
Josie confided in camp leader Nella, and said: “He’s really getting involved all the time.”
Nella replied: “My whole thing is, we came to the jungle to have fun and do new experiences and everybody should be able to try new things. If you want to cook…”
Josie said: “He’s not cooking anymore and I don’t think he’ll grasp it.”
Tensions rose in camp, as Tony later exclaimed: “Fred’s going to do what Fred’s going to do. He’s a chef and he’s hovering over us while we’re cooking.”
“I know it’s slightly annoying Josie and I’m telling you, it’ll get a reaction soon enough. Just sit back and enjoy your popcorn and wait for the… [mimics fireworks].”
Later in the episode Fred exclaimed that cooking was not Josie’s “forte.”
