I'm A Celebrity star Craig Charles in tears as he reveals truth behind Adam Thomas' 'unbroadcastable' Jimmy Bullard bust-up
Craig grew emotionalI’m A Celebrity star Craig Charles fought back tears on This Morning as he slammed Adam Thomas.
Adam has opened up this week about the “bullying” he endured at the hands of David Haye during his South Africa stint. The Waterloo Road star also furiously lashed out at Jimmy Bullard in a foul-mouthed tirade during a trial.
Craig Charles hits out at Adam Thomas on I’m A Celebrity
During today’s edition of This Morning, three of the four finalists appeared to chat with Dermot O’Leary and Alison Hammond.
Mo Farah, Harry Redknapp, and Charles were on the show. However, their campmate, Adam, was nowhere to be seen.
Craig immediately got down to business, addressing what everyone’s been talking about this week – Adam’s bullying allegations and his bust-up with Jimmy.
Craig was quick to explain that he and his fellow campmates didn’t realise how much David’s “banter” was affecting Adam. He said that because ITV, who have a “duty of care”, hadn’t stepped in, they didn’t understand how much it had affected the star.
“We didn’t know. ITV have a duty of care. They didn’t think he was getting bullied enough to step in because they’ve got a duty of care,” he said.
Craig also revealed that the row between Jimmy and Adam had been “watered down”, as it was “unbroadcastable”.
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Craig reveals truth behind Adam and Jimmy’s clash
“They couldn’t broadcast it, I get that, I’m not blaming ITV, they edited it out. So mine and Harry’s response to that was because of what we’d really seen,” he said, addressing fan criticism over his and Harry’s less-than-impressed behaviour towards Adam.
“Adam was so wound up, he was so aggressive, it looked like he was going to attack Jimmy, he was dropping F bombs and C bombs,” he said.
“They had to water down what we’d really seen but they didn’t water down our responses. People are thinking, ‘Oh, it wasn’t that bad’, but we weren’t picking on Adam at all, it was just that what he did, and we saved him again,” he said.
“I thought Adam was my friend, so we saved him again,” he said, referring to the fact that he saved Adam earlier in the week when David went home.
Growing emotional, Craig then said: “We laughed so much in that jungle, Adam laughed so much in that jungle and then to come back and see it all reduced to a grudge match.”
Alison Hammond comforts I’m A Celebrity star Craig Charles
Alison then got up and hugged Craig, saying, “I’m gonna get up and give you a hug because that was a big thing for you to do.”
Fighting back tears, Craig continued, saying, “It’s just that these guys have suffered, their reputations damaged.
“With this social media campaign, they’ve given this 80-year-old man dog abuse on social media,” he said, pointing at Harry. “Just because he said, ‘I don’t like the way that Adam reacted’. We didn’t like the way Jimmy reacted, we didn’t like the way Adam reacted.”
The I’m A Celebrity final airs tonight (Friday, April 24) from 7.30pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
