ITV I'm A Celebrity Ant McPartlin's fresh dig at Dean McCullough as fans say 'savage'

Ant McPartlin dealt a fresh dig towards Dean McCullough during Tuesday's episode (Nov 26) of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here.

The ITV show co-host hasn't shied away from expressing his frustration towards the Radio 1 presenter, who has taken on almost every trial so far since the series began on November 17.

Amongst the 12 celebrities currently in camp, Dean has been a regular face at the trial clearing area - but has appeared to visibly annoy Ant after failing to give the trials a good go.

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His previous struggles in the trials saw him say the famous eight words - I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! - not once but twice. During one trial, Ant looked frustrated by Dean's decision to quit and told him if he had let them tell him that it was just fish guts in the box with him, he may have stuck with the trial longer.

Ant then revealed his true feelings on the spin-off show Unpacked with presenters Joel Dommett, Sam Thompson and Kemi Rodgers. Ant jokingly said to Sam he had requested that they don't speak about the fish guts incident.

Addressing his frustration, Ant held his hands up and admitted: "My annoyance came across on screen. I was quite unprofessional. I'm not happy about it." Giving him the side-eye, Dec chipped in: "I think you hid it quite well Ant."

Dean's unsuccessful trials all changed when he was partnered with Coleen Rooney which saw the pair bag nine out of a possible 12 stars before running out of time.

Then, on Monday night (November 25), when Dean took on his sixth trial solo named Jack and the Scream Stalk, he earnt an impressive ten out of 12 stars for his fellow campmates, as well as a round of applause from Ant and Dec.

He told Ant and Dec: "You two shouting ... I wanted to make yous proud for a wee second. I did try." Dean cheekily replied: "Next you'll be following me on Instagram," to which Ant was quick to disagree.

Later on Unpacked, Ant then added: "And I’m never going to follow him on Instagram. Never. That’s not going to happen. Never going to happen."

In Tuesday's show, it was revealed that Dean wasn't taking on ‘Fright At The End of The Tunnel’, and instead it was Maura and Jane who had received the most votes.

As Dean looked elated and the camp cheered, Ant then slipped in yet another 'savage' dig as he said: "We're as thrilled as you are Dean."

And fans soon picked up on his fresh swipe at the radio host, as viewers of the show took to X. @ImdIrx wrote: "‘We’re as thrilled as you are Dean’ ANT HAS HAD ENOUGH OF THIS MAN #ImACeleb #ImACelebrity."

@LisaDan24031629 said: "Ant ‘we are as thrilled as you are dean’ ant is a savage this year #ImACeleb," as @mclrnesque echoed: "“we’re as relieved as you are dean” ant stays hating on dean #ImACeleb."

@kaydontlie said: "I know ant was relieved when it wasn’t dean #ImACeleb," as @BritofaReality wrote: "Love how Ant isn't making any effort to hide his genuine contempt for Dean #ImACeleb #ImACelebrity."

@lee_o_85 said: "We’re as thrilled as you are Dean” ant hide it a bit better #imaceleb," as @naseem028 added: ""We're as glad as you are Dean" Ant really had enough of Dean #ImACeleb."