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I’m A Celeb viewers furiously branded Dean McCullough ‘pathetic’ after he stole treats from his fellow campmates on Friday – branding it ‘crumpet gate’.

The Radio 1 DJ, 32, swiped and hid two crumpets from the rival blue team, which consistes of Tulisa, Alan Halsall and Barry Mcguigan, after they purchased them with jungle dollars. 

Despite Dean finding the prank hysterical, the N-Dubz star was left seething with fans at home declaring she was ‘ready to start a war’ over the delicious dish. 

After the theft was uncovered suspicion immediately fell on Dean, with Tulisa fuming: ‘Just know you’ve got smoke with me if you got done that because I’d never do that to anyone’ 

‘If the crumpets get replaced and it’s he he ha ha, that’s fine. If they don’t get replaced there will be a problem there.’ 

Taking to X viewers fumed:  ‘Dean actually thinks he’s funny hiding a crumpet? He is pathetic’: ‘Does Dean actually think he’s funny hiding a crumpet? What an actual attention seeker’: ‘Dean is a p****. Yes it’s only a crumpet but you don’t steal off your campmates’: ‘Dean gets more and more annoying everyday. No need to hide those crumpets like a child’.

I’m A Celeb viewers furiously branded Dean McCullough ‘pathetic’ after he stole treats from his fellow campmates on Friday – branding it ‘crumpet gate’

The Radio 1 DJ, 32, swiped and hid two crumpets from the rival blue team, which consistes of Tulisa, Alan Halsall and Barry Mcguigan, after they purchased them with jungle dollars

Despite Dean finding the prank hysterical, the N-Dubz star was left seething with fans at home declaring she was ‘ready to start a war’ over the delicious dish

Later in the episode Jane Moore became the first contestant to be voted off and took a swipe at her fellow campmates upon her exit, saying: ‘hard work does not get rewarded’.

The 63-year-old had been living in the Australian jungle for two weeks and despite having the support from her fellow Loose Women panelists, was unable to win the public’s vote.

Jane has been embroiled in a row over ‘ageism’ and ‘Sєxism’ in the jungle after she was tasked with the chore of doing the camp’s washing up and accused former boxing champion, Barry McGuigan, and the McFly frontman, Danny Jones, of being ageist and Sєxist for giving her the role because she was an older woman.

Upon her exit she told hosts Ant and Dec: ‘I had three jobs before then, I worked like a dog and then they gave me the washing up so I wasn’t pleased about that. I did a lot down there but hard work doesn’t pay off as I’m the first one out, people don’t notice hard work’.

In a warning to the remaining campmates, she said: ‘The more people get voted off, it will get apparent who isn’t doing that much. 

‘I would like to see the quiet hard workers win, there’s a lot of showmen in there. I want Coleen [Rooney] or Melvin [Odoom] to win, they’re not flamboyant.’

Speaking about her time in the jungle she said: ‘I have lived it and it’s just such a weird and magical experience. People always say it’s the best experience of your life, wouldn’t say that with the rain. Never been so soaked in my life, constantly’. 

‘At least there’s no more washing up, I’m never washing up again. I enjoyed getting to know the other and ask them questions. We’ve all got each other’s back. Them getting to know me was great too, because I’m a journalist they were initially like, “hang on what’s this going to be like?”‘.

After the theft was uncovered suspicion immediately fell on Dean, with Tulisa fuming: ‘Just know you’ve got smoke with me if you got done that because I’d never do that to anyone’

She said: ‘If the crumpets get replaced and it’s he he ha ha, that’s fine. If they don’t get replaced there will be a problem there.’

Taking to X viewers fumed: ‘Dean actually thinks he’s funny hiding a crumpet? He is pathetic’: ‘Does Dean actually think he’s funny hiding a crumpet? What an actual attention seeker’

‘A lot of them said they talked about things with me they haven’t for years and they felt better for it’.

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She was greeted off the I’m A Celebrity bridge by her daughters Ellie, 32, and Grace, 22, whom she shares with her ex-husband of 22 years, Gary Farrow. 

She later Sam Thompson spin-off show Unpacked: ‘I’m not going to sugar coat it I’m really disappointed to be first out because I hoped that people would see how hard I worked and how integral I was to the camp’.

‘I would have liked to have been second or third, I knew I wasn’t going to make it the whole way. But I can’t say that anyone deserved to be out before me. My camp bestie was Danny’

Jane continued: ‘we discussed at one point that maybe we were all getting on too well because viewers like it when there’s drama, but we couldn’t do it.

‘I think you need to ask Melvin if Dean was pulling his weight. There are the show people in the camp, that are providing the entertainment, maybe people that are providing good TV. There are hard workers that allow them to be flamboyant.’

In camp Barry, 63, tried to justify his and Jones’ decision, explaining that since Jane was 62 and a year younger than him, she might want something less strenuous but before he could finish Jane retorted: ‘So ageist and Sєxist’. 

Later in the episode J ane Moore became the first contestant to be voted off and took a swipe at her fellow campmates upon her exit, saying: ‘hard work does not get rewarded’. 

The 63-year-old had been living in the Australian jungle for two weeks and despite having the support from her fellow Loose Women panelists, was unable to win the public’s vote 

She said: ‘I’m not upset, I’m just saying it’s women doing the washing up again.’

But Jane continued to complain throughout the week about her role, which frustrated the public, despite her fellow Loose Women panellists speaking out in support on the ITV chat show.

Janet Street-Porter, 77, said: ‘I said to you earlier Coleen, I was a bit unhappy about how they edited about Jane and washing up. When you’re in I’m A Celebrity, everything you say is being recorded and you have no control of what people at home are seeing about you.

Before appearing on the show, Jane told the Mail she was ‘flying the flag for the over sixties’ and went on to start the series skydiving from a helicopter onto the Gold Coast’s Byron Bay.

I’M A CELEBRITY 2024: MEET THE ALL STAR LINE UP

OTI MABUSE  

Oti Mabuse has already two Strictly glitterballs under her belt

AGE: 34

OCCUPATION: Professional dancer

FAMOUS FOR: Oti is best known for being a professional dancer on the British television series Strictly Come Dancing, which she won in 2019 and 2020. 

DANNY JONES 

Danny Jones is one of the bookies’ favourites to win this year’s I’m A Celeb

AGE: 38

OCCUPATION: McFly singer

FAMOUS FOR:  Danny is one of the lead vocalists and the lead guitarist for pop-rock band McFly. 

He is also a coach on The Voice UK. 

BARRY MCGUIGAN 

Former boxer Barry McGuigan is heading into the jungle

AGE: 63

OCCUPATION: Retired professional boxer

FAMOUS FOR:  Barry was nicknamed The Clones Cyclone and held the WBA and lineal featherweight тιтles from 1985 to 1986. 

GK BARRY

GK Barry is a TikTok star who recently joined the ITV family on Loose Women

AGE: 25

OCCUPATION: TikTok star 

FAMOUS FOR: Grace is known for her comedic commentary on culture, lifestyle, and fashion. She has over 3.6 million followers and recently joined the Loose Women panel. 

DEAN MCCULLOUGH 

ITV bosses are hoping Dean McCullough will ruffle feathers in the camp

AGE: 32

OCCUPATION:  Radio 1 DJ 

FAMOUS FOR:  Radio 1 DJ Dean has been signed by I’m A Celeb bosses, in the hope that he will ruffle feathers with his outspoken views. 

Earlier this year it was announced Dean would be taking over the BBC Radio 1 Early Breakfast Show, after previously fronting the afternoon slot.  

JANE MOORE  

Jane is best known as a panellist and anchor of Loose Women

AGE: 62

OCCUPATION: Journalist

 FAMOUS FOR:  Jane is best known as a panellist and anchor of Loose Women between 1999 and 2002. 

She returned as a regular panellist from 2013 onwards.

Jane takes on the challenge following her high-profile split from husband of 20 years, Showbiz agent, Gary Farrow. 

MELVIN ODOOM  

Melvin was previously courted by I’m A Celeb bosses back in 2021

AGE: 44

OCCUPATION: DJ and TV presenter

FAMOUS FOR: His work on radio. Melvin was previously courted by I’m A Celeb bosses back in 2021, but turned down the offer at the last minute.

He also had a primetime stint on Strictly back in 2016.

COLEEN ROONEY 

Reports claim that she has been offered the biggest deal in the show’s history

AGE: 38

OCCUPATION: WAG

FAMOUS FOR: Wagatha Christie case against arch rival Rebekah Vardy.

Reports claim that she has been offered the biggest deal in the show’s history, exceeding Nigel Farage’s £1.5million from last year.

ALAN HALSALL  

Alan Halsall is best known for his role as Tyrone Dobbs on Coronation Street

AGE: 42

OCCUPATION: Actor 

FAMOUS FOR: Coronation Street actor Alan Halsall was forced to withdraw from I’m A Celeb last year, after undergoing ACL Reconstruction surgery.

Bosses have now convinced the actor to sign up again, and no doubt he will draw in a huge fanbase thanks to his long-running role as Tyrone Dobbs on the soap. 

TULISA  

Tulisa is making her career comeback after reuniting with N-Dubz last year

AGE: 36

OCCUPATION: Singer and former X Factor judge 

FAMOUS FOR: Tulisa reunited with N-Dubz last year for a tour after first finding fame with the band in 2007.

In 2011, she became a judge on The X Factor and went on to launch her debut solo album, The Female Boss. 

She released her fourth album with N-Dubz last year.  

REVEREND RICHARD COLES

Richard is an English writer, radio presenter and Church of England priest

AGE: 62

OCCUPATION: Writer, broadcaster and priest

FAMOUS FOR: Richard is an English writer, radio presenter and Church of England priest. 

He first came to prominence as the multi-instrumentalist who partnered Jimmy Somerville in the 1980s band the Communards.

 MAURA HIGGINS

Maura is best known for her stint on Love Island UK in 2019

 AGE: 33

OCCUPATION: TV Personality

FAMOUS FOR: Maura is an Irish television personality, television presenter and model. 

She rose to prominence in 2019, when she was a finalist on the fifth series of ITV2 reality series Love Island.