ITV's Ant McPartlin defends Fred Sirieix in I'm A Celebrity 'chef gate'

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Ant McPartlin has jumped to the defence of Fred Sirieix following a controversial episode on Monday night as things finally came to blows between ITV This Morning presenter Josie Gibson and the First Dates star.The ITV host of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

made his opinion clear as he seemingly backed the Frenchman and blasted Josie over her cooking in the reality show as the celebs battled challenges to win food in the Australian jungle.Josie finally lost her rag with Fred on Monday's show, who had been constantly watching over her shoulder and instructing her how to cook everything as he moaned about it to fellow campmates and told cameras it was like a "kitchen nightmare."Host Ant said: "I know a lot of you are going 'Fred get off her back'.

But, can I just say something here... Josie isn't listening to what he is saying."It did take a long time to cook that (kangaroo) tail, a hell of a long time.

That was too long. And if she had listened to Fred she could have had the bone for stock tomorrow. I'm just going to stick up for Fred here a second because he knows what he is talking about."It comes as experienced chef Fred was kicked off his role as the delegated cook for the campmates following Nella Rose being made camp leader when she decided to demote him to pot washing duties to be "petty."The YouTube star laughed as she chose Josie Gibson and boxing legend Tony Bellew as the new camp chefs declaring that "karma is a b***" because Fred made her and Josie re-wash the dishes as they weren't to his standard so he could now "do it himself." Join the Daily Record's WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. Josie admitted on Monday's show: "Fred's advice is always