I'm A Celebrity fans demand to know why David Haye was allowed on ITV show as shocking clip of sick 'joke' emerges
It makes us sick to the stomachI’m A Celebrity South Africa fans have been left asking how David Haye was ever allowed on the show after an incredibly shocking clip emerged online.
The footage shows David being grilled by Sky News presenter Kay Burley in 2010 after he’d made a sick remark publicly.
David, who was still boxing professionally at the time, had compared an upcoming fight to a “gang rape”.
Kay is seen asking David if he is sorry about making the comment, but he refuses to apologise.
He acknowledges people “were upset”, but said: “I’m not embarrassed by it. I want people to tune in [to the fight].”
Two years later, David was signed for I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!.
He was then asked back this year for the I’m A Celebrity South Africa series.
Horrified fans are now demanding to know why ITV ever allowed him on the show.
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I’m A Celebrity fans horrified by unearthed David Haye clip
The shocking clip of David discussing his sick comment on Sky News has resurfaced on social media in recent days.
One account to repost it is Gemma Reacts on Instagram. This is a Gemma Collins parody account, which she fully supports.
Holding his World Champion boxing belt around his waist, David tells Kay: “I said some things that upset a few people. I said this fight’s going to be as one-sided as a gang rape.
“That upset a lot of people but it’s going to be so one-sided, it couldn’t be anymore one-sided than a boxing match can be.
“He’s not going to land any of his shots. I’m going to land all of mine and he’s going to be left unconscious on the floor.”
Kay replies: “You’re sorry you said that though, aren’t you?” David continues: “Listen, wait until you see the fight. See the fight.”
Interrupting, Kay says: “I mean about the comments you made. You’re embarrassed aren’t you?”
David tells her: “Nah, I’m not embarrassed about it, no. I want people to tune in.”
David had made the original comment while trash talking upcoming opponant, Audley Harrison, at a press conference in September 2010.
The pair were due to battle it out in the ring two months later.
Fury over David Haye’s sick comment
David enraged fury at the time, with the charity Rape Crisis left “appalled”.
Chief executive Yvonne Traynor told Sky News at the time: “Gang rape is a serious and violent crime against humanity leaving the survivor severely traumatised, terrified and violated.”
But David refused to apologise. Taking to X, back then called Twitter, David said: “If I apologised for every stupid/ignorant thing i said, I wouldn’t have time for anything else during the day!”
Fans are now questioning ITV’s decision to ever let David on the show. It comes after he was branded a “bully”, which he denies, and sparked controversy for his arguably misogynistic views in this year’s I’m A Celebrity South Africa.
Commenting on the video on Gemma Reacts’ Instagram, one viewer wrote: “@itv sort this out.”
Another added: “How does @itv allow him on their programmes? Sick!” And a third said: “Oh my god, how was he allowed to get away with this and then accepted onto other programmes?”
Someone else even tagged I’m A Celebrity hosts Ant and Dec, asking: “wtf @antanddec.”
TVGuide has contacted ITV for comment.
