CRAIG Charles has had one final parting blow as he slammed the I’m A Celebrity edit and said the show bosses focused on all the controversy instead of the laughs.
The latest series of the ITV reality show was marred with drama, which culminated in an explosive live final which saw the cast clash with hosts Ant and Dec and each other.
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Craig Charles hit out at ITV”s editing of I’m A Celebrity Credit: ITV
The TV star said ITV cut out sweet moments where the campmates were ‘laughing’ Credit: ITV
The show was marred by drama including Adam and Jimmy getting into a huge bust up Credit: ITV
The series mainly focused on controversy surrounding David Haye’s behaviour, his feud with Adam Thomas, 37, and Jimmy Bullard, 47, and Adam’s almighty bust up.
After last night’s tense final, former Coronation Street actor Craig, 61, headed onto the spin-off show I’m A Celeb Unpacked, and revealed how he thought it was a shame the show was marred by “controversy”.
The TV star said: “I’ll always remember it for tears of laughter, rather than tears of pain.
“We laughed so much in that camp.
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“’m talking proper belly laughs, I mean my stomach was aching with the laughter.”
Criticising ITV for their edit, Craig added: “But they didn’t really show much of that.
“It kind of got sidetracked by the controversy
“But I’ll always take away that we laughed so much.
“We bonded so well and I’m gonna take away friends for life from this experience.”
It comes after Craig fought back tears on This Morning yesterday as he talked about the impact that Adam and Jimmy’s row had on him.
Yesterday, Craig got emotional on This Morning when talking about Adam and Jimmy’s fight Credit: ITV
Jimmy and Adam got into a heated clash on the ITV show, after the former footy star put the actor’s place on I’m A Celebrity at risk.
The Jattvibe then revealed the true extent of the argument, and how ITV edited out Adam’s c-word rant at his nemesis – our claim was later backed up by fellow campmate Sinitta, 62.
Craig then revealed how he thought the Waterloo Road star’s outburst had been “aggressive”.
Addressing the argument, he said: “Adam was so wound up, so aggressive, like a coiled spring.
“It looked like he was going to attack Jimmy, he was dropping f-bombs and c-bombs.”
Speaking to host Dermot O’Leary, he continued: “If Alison (Hammond) said she didn’t want to do an interview and you reacted like that, you would be escorted off the premises, it really was traumatic.
“They had to water down what we’d really seen but they didn’t water down our responses.”
“They couldn’t broadcast it, I get that, I’m not blaming ITV, they edited it out. So mine and Harry’s response to that was because of what we’d really seen.
It all kicked off on last night’s I’m A Celeb final Credit: Eroteme
Ant and Dec locked horns with Jimmy during the tense final Credit: Eroteme
Winner Adam Thomas looked sad when he was crowned champ Credit: Eroteme
Becoming overcome with emotion, Craig said: “We laughed so much in that jungle, Adam laughed so much in that jungle and then to come back and see it all reduced to a grudge match.”
Meanwhile, last night’s I’m A Celebrity final descended into chaos to say the least.
Viewers watched Jimmy get wound up when Ant insisted Adam wasn’t intimidating in scenes that weren’t aired on TV due to the C-word being thrown around.
The angry fall out amongst the cast even saw Gemma Collins, 45, and Sinitta walking out.
Adam was eventually crowned winner, but looked downcast after it was revealed by Ant and Dec.
I’m A Celeb All Stars 2026 cast line-up
I’m A Celebrity South Africa is back for another series.
Having already braved the Aussie outback on minimal food and been covered with creepy critters, 14 famous faces have thrown caution to the wind and signed up for a second dose of torture this time in South Africa.
The Jattvibe was first to confirm the line-up of famous faces and they are:
David Haye
Gemma Collins
Seann Walsh
Harry Redknapp
Scarlett Moffatt
Adam Thomas
Sir Mo Farah
Ashley Roberts
Sinitta
Craig Charles
Jimmy Bullard
Beverley Callard
