‘I’m A Celebrity’ Bosses Sorry After Accidentally “Liking” Hate Speech Targeting Contestant
deadline.comITV’s annual reality TV juggernaut I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Is having a chequered 23rd season. Before celebrity campmates even arrived in Australia to experience jungle life, there was criticism over ITV’s decision to pay controversial politician Nigel Farage a reported £1.5million ($1.9m) to participate.
Once everyone was in camp, it was clear Farage intended to use the primetime platform to push his personal agenda. “Never say never,” was his response to questions about his future political plans.
Meanwhile, two miserable contestants left the camp this week “on medical grounds” – Jamie Lynn Spears, sister of Britney, departed having spent much of her time on the show in tears and missing her children, and she was preceded by British food writer Grace Dent.
Now The Sun newspaper reports that ITV has had to issue an apology after the official social media account for the show appeared to “like” a hate comment about YouTuber Nella Rose, another contestant on the show.
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