Rebekah Vardy has savaged I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! contestant Dean McCullough, branding him 'Teabag Dean' after he admitted to smuggling tea bags into the jungle. The 42-year-old WAG, who appeared on the show in 2017, wrote a scathing review in The Sun, criticising the BBC Radio 1 presenter's performance in trials and his rule-breaking.
Vardy targeted McCullough after he was caught on camera offering Loose Women star Jane Moore a cup of tea, seemingly forgetting the cameras were rolling. Hosts Ant and Dec confirmed the rule breach, and Dec noted that McCullough could expect punishment for sneaking home comforts into the camp.
In her column, Vardy wrote: 'The public have found their weak link in Dean - or teabag Dean as I'll now call him - and they are really testing him to see whether he will crack.' She also criticised his decision to partner with Coleen Rooney in the first episode, accusing him of 'cosying up' to her for airtime.
Vardy did not hold back in her assessment of McCullough's trial performance, saying: 'I know the trial with Grace was really tough, but his screaming made me wanna scream too. And not with him, but at him. Come on, just get a grip and get on with it!' She added that if he messes up the next trial, his campmates might 'put him in the pot for dinner.'
