Ant McPartlin breaks silence over being in 'feud' with ITV I'm A Celebrity campmate

Ant McPartlin has broken his silence after viewers accused him of being in a ‘feud’ with an ITV I'm A Celebrity campmate. Ant has broken his silence after viewers accused him of being in a feud with Dean McCullough.

Presenters Ant and Dec appeared on ITV2 spin-off show Unpacked on Thursday as they discussed the latest Bushtucker Trial. Ant admitted he was "annoyed" at Dean for screaming 'I'm A Celeb' and quitting the task early - and being "unprofessional" in how he dealt with it.

Unpacked host Joel Dommett said: "It's going to be so nice seeing someone new do a trial tomorrow." Dec replied: "Also Danny is determined, he's enthusiastic, so there's no hiding for Dean - he's going to have to step up."

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Ant said: "You kind of hope that he's going to raise his game a little bit, I thought he was going to do that today." Ant told Sam Thompson: "I told you not to talk to me about it Sam. My annoyance came across on screen and it was quite unprofessional and I'm not happy about it."

Dec sarcastically said: "I think you hid it quite well, Ant...I think you hid it quite well." Ant went on: "You get to the point when you think 'what are you doing?'" He then admitted that he's "going to be kind to him [Dean] today...I'll be good cop today."

Maura Higgins has shortened to 4/1 with William Hill to win this year’s edition of I’m A Celebrity after her arrival on the show last night. The Irish influencer and TV personality was a 9/1 shot to become Queen of the Jungle earlier in the week but is now just 4/1 in the outright betting, while she has also been cut to 10/11 from 3/1 in the ‘Top Female’ market.

McFly guitarist Danny Jones remains the favourite at 4/5 with Tulisa Contostavlos also seeing significant backing, now trading at 6/1 having been as big as 16/1. Spokesperson for William Hill, Lee Phelps, said: “Our punters have been quick to back Maura Higgins after her arrival on I’m A Celebrity last night and the former Love Island contestant is now the second favourite to win the series.

“Maura’s price of 9/1 to sit on the jungle throne earlier this week has collapsed into 4/1 as of Friday morning, while she’s also odds-on at 10/11 to progress the furthest out of the females in camp, ahead of Tulisa (15/8).”