I’m a Celeb is yet again facing backlash this year.
Last night (Sunday 24) saw fans in a rage after Roman Kemp and James Haskell’s joint live trial.
The first live trial of the season saw both James and Roman tasked with lying in a bed together, covered in live animals and unscrewing stars from one side of the bed before screwing them back on to the other side in 90 seconds.
Each star was placed in a box of insects, making it even harder to unscrew and fans just didn’t understand how the show thought it was even remotely possible to do in a minute and a half.
Many were angry that the trial wasn’t practised before the campmates where challenged to complete it (although Ant and Dec have clarified that it was tested by stand-ins).
Nowhere near enough time for that task at all. They didn’t do a dry run on that obviously.#imaceleb #ImACelebrity2019 #imacelebrity pic.twitter.com/asfe3DxRrq
— Jedi Toast (@jeditoast) November 24, 2019
#ImACeleb That final live trial segment was near impossible. Just unfair on the camp mates
— Meep Morp (@carparkwarden) November 24, 2019
The UK laying in bed tonight knowing that James and Roman had no chance in that final trial #imaceleb pic.twitter.com/z7mvLfE81N
— Joe Forbes (@Joefrbs_) November 24, 2019
us complaining about ant and dec
how that challenge
was impossible in
90 seconds#ImACeleb pic.twitter.com/g67eS0Mlfx
— court ♥ (@thirlszrk) November 24, 2019
This isn’t the first trial to come with backlash after fans were disappointed with Friday night’s trial too which saw the campmates putting live insects into their mouths.
But aside from the contestants losing the challenge, people are loving both Roman and James at the moment. Fans keep referring to James as the “man we all need” and Roman for being “plain hilarious” as he impersonates Caitlyn Jenner down to a fine art. Ah, we really do love them too.
Bring on tonight’s episode.