I’m A Celebrity host Ant McPartlin has said that he was ‘not surprised’ to discover that Loose Women panelist Jane Moore had become the first campmate voted out this year
I’m a Celeb: Ant ‘unsurprised’ Jane was first to be eliminated
Host Ant McPartlin has shared why he’s “not surprised” that journalist Jane Moore has become the first campmate to be voted off the new series of I’m A Celebrity this week.
It was announced at the end of Friday night’s episode that Loose Women panelist Jane, 62, had been voted out of camp by the public. She described her time in the jungle as “such a weird and magical experience” after leaving it.
Whilst discussing her departure, Jane appeared to take a swipe at some of her co-stars, with her saying: “Hard work doesn’t get rewarded.” The former contestant, who said in relation to chores that she “worked like a dog” whilst in camp, however would not name any particular campmates.
Discussing the result of the first vote, host Ant, 49, revealed on companion show I’m A Celebrity … Unpacked that he was not surprised that Jane left first. He suggested that she had “hit the nail on the head” in her own assessment.
Ant commented: “I’m not surprised because I think she kind of hit the nail on the head.” He then explained on the spin-off show: “If you work hard down there and do loads of chores, and just get things done … not a lot of that is seen.”
Co-host Dec Donnelly, 49, responded: “Sometimes you go under the radar a little bit.” Ant added: “Yeah, you do.” He continued by saying that fans are more interested in “entertaining chats” and bushtucker trials than chore footage.
Ant commented: “We’ve had that many times where people go ‘but I’ve done everything down there’ and you go ‘yeah, but we didn’t get a chance to see it because what the viewers want to see is entertaining chats and the trials, not necessarily somebody scrubbing pots every day.”
Earlier in the series, Ant suggested that some campmates weren’t getting the same amount of screen time as others. At the time, he encouraged fans to stop voting for Dean McCullough, 32, for trials to give other celebrities a chance to take part. Dean has taken part in the majority of trials so far.
After the campmate was confirmed for his sixth trial, Ant said in a message for viewers last week: “Right. Let’s all have a serious talk. I’m going to look directly into the camera here. I think it’s good to see other faces down there.”
Ant added: “This is not a personal thing. It’s not about Dean, it’s about us just seeing different people down there. And I think we want to see different people on the show being featured. Some people unfortunately aren’t getting [screen time].”
I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! airs every night at 9pm on ITV1, STV and ITVX. Companion show I’m A Celebrity…Unpacked airs live on ITV2 directly afterwards.
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