The jungle heat just got a whole lot fiercer on *I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!* as fans erupt over what they believe is a brewing feud, ignited by a single snarky comment that sent tensions skyrocketing. It all kicked off when EastEnders star Shona McGarty was crowned the new camp leader on Saturday night, with Emmerdale’s Lisa Riley stepping up as her trusty deputy. But what should have been a smooth transition turned into a powder keg of drama, and eagle-eyed viewers caught every explosive moment.
Shona and Lisa are now leading the campCredit: ITV
Ginge wasn’t best pleased with his jobsCredit: ITV
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The spark? Chore assignments that left YouTuber Angry Ginge pulling double duty – and fuming like never before. “Moving on to our favorite one, dunny duty… we’ve taken a lot of s**t from this guy, and it’s time he takes ours,” Shona declared with a cheeky grin, before dropping the bomb: “Ginge!” Lisa chimed in, confirming the tough luck: “Yes, so someone had to have two jobs.” Already saddled with washing-up alongside rapper pal Aitch, Ginge didn’t hide his frustration. In a fiery Bush Telegraph confessional, he vowed, “They will not break me, they will not break me,” his voice dripping with determination – or was it rage?
But the real fireworks flew when former model Kelly Brook couldn’t resist a jab, quipping that Ginge had been “on holiday” all this time. Ouch! The shade didn’t stop there. Lisa later locked horns with the content creator in a sarcasm-laced showdown over cleaning the camp leader’s bedroom. “Come on, from one duty to the new one, there you go, because I know how it feels now,” Lisa teased. Ginge fired back with mock congratulations: “There’s no one I’d rather hand this role over to than you, Lisa. Well done.” Behind the scenes, Lisa confessed to the Bush Telegraph: “I want to help my lady as much as I can and support her in her reign by keeping my predecessor, that there Ginge, very much in check.” Burn!
Things got awkward between Ginge and LisaCredit: ITV
6They had a sarcastic face-off over the choresCredit: ITV
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Fans wasted no time storming X (formerly Twitter) to vent their fury over the camp’s “attitude” toward Ginge, turning the online jungle into a battlefield of opinions. “Ginge better than me bc I would be swinging if they was talking to me like that #ImACeleb,” one viewer raged. Another slammed, “Lisa is being very bitter and weird towards Ginge and Aitch. I’m not arsed if it’s ‘banter’ – it’s boring me already.” A third zeroed in on Kelly’s dig: “Kelly, ‘you’ve been on holiday!’ To Ginge??!! It’s a wonder she has any time to do her feckin chores, she’s always in the bush telegraph, spouting off!!!”
The backlash kept coming: “The cheek of Lisa making digs at Ginge for being ‘lazy’ when she’s not done a single challenge.” And one confused fan pointed out the hypocrisy: “I’m so confused. The camp got proper irky when Aitch and Ginge were jokingly being serious with their camp leader role, but Lisa and Shona do it and everyone’s fine with it?”
Not everyone sided against the new leaders, though. One defender jumped in: “People are really such snowflakes it’s unbelievable. Lisa is just giving it back to Ginge for how bossy his persona was as deputy leader. That camp is so united, people.”
As the drama unfolds under the Australian stars, one thing’s clear: this “careless remark” has unleashed an all-out war that’s got viewers glued to their screens. Will alliances shatter, or is this just the banter boiling over? Stay tuned – the jungle never sleeps!