Ant and Dec have shared David Haye's gleeful response after the I'm A Celebrity final descended into chaos on Friday night. The former boxer and Jimmy Bullard confronted winner Adam Thomas, accusing him of not deserving the crown and demanding that unseen footage of his 'abusive' outburst be aired.
Speaking on their 'Hangin' Out' podcast, Ant described encountering Haye in the car park after the show. 'He went, 'How brilliant was that? Wasn't that great?' I went, well… It was certainly talk about TV, I wouldn't call it great but anyway we had a laugh and we were cool,' Ant said.
Dec added that Haye told him: 'What about that then? Hope you get some good ratings for that one.' Ant laughed, saying: 'See, he doesn't care. That's what he does. He's a boxer. That's his stock in trade. You know, calling out from the audience or at a boxing match you shout at your opponent.'
The presenters also dismissed reports of a confrontation with Bullard. Ant said: 'I saw Jimmy and went over to Jimmy, so there was no kind of arguments between us two in the car park. He wasn't shouting at me, I wasn't shouting at him. I wasn't flanked by two security guards as it said in the paper.'
Adam Thomas later expressed regret over his experience, telling The Thomas Bro's podcast that he felt exploited and wished the full footage had been shown. 'Granted they never showed the full clip of what happened between me and Jimmy because I was f***ing saying the c word a lot and the f bomb. That's the only thing that I'll hold my hands up and say that happened, like, I wish they did show it,' he said.
