I’m a Celebrity has evicted its second star contestant of the 2024 series, with Dean McCullough saying his goodbyes to the rest of the camp.
On Friday, journalist and Loose Women star, Jane Moore was confirmed as the the first celebrity eliminated from the ITV show, who was in the bottom two alongside the BBC Radio 1 presenter.
Broadcasting live on Sunday night (1 December) hosts Ant and Dec revealed that the second celebrity to leave the show was Dean, with Barry McGuigan also being in the bottom two.
Speaking afterwards to Ant and Dec, the Northern Irish star said that he “really, really enjoyed” his experience on the show, which was “nothing like he expected it to be”.
McCullough was the public’s favourite celebrity, taking part in a joint record amount of trials, with seven. However, McCullough didn’t always excel, which didn’t always sit well with Ant McPartlin. The 32-year-old said that he was proud of his efforts during the trials and that “I am a strong person”.
When responding to criticism from other campmates, such as Melvin Odoom and Danny Jones, who hit out at him for not pulling his weight, he said: “Don’t come back at me ‘like you’ve not done anything’” and “I don’t mind breaking the rules a little” when mucking in with the other camp chores.
McCullough was a divisive figure during his time on the show but many have defended him on social media, after he was eliminated.
One viewer wrote: “The hate and bullying for Dean on here is shocking. I really can’t see why! The camp won’t be as good to watch with him gone.”
Another said: “The Dean hate on here is absolutely wild. People acting like he’s murdered someone in that jungle, calm down guys!”
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A third added: “People don’t like Dean?! He’s literally hilarious and full of energy I’m so confused.”
Elsewhere, on Sunday’s show, Coleen Rooney opened up on how her footballer husband, Wayne, proposed to her and the one thing she was glad that he didn’t do.
Sunday’s episode, saw the celebrities given an opportunity to win their letters from home by identifying a secret sentimental phrase from their loved ones, that would be mouthed to them by their chosen fellow camp mate.
The words that Wayne chose for Coleen were “petrol station,” a clear nod to the place where he proposed to her in 2003, when they were both still teenagers.
Following the “Letters from Home” challenge, Richard quizzed Coleen on Wayne’s proposal in a petrol station with a £46,000 emerald-cut diamond ring.
She shared: “I knew it was gonna happen but I definitely didn’t know it was gonna be in a petrol station, but I’m glad we didn’t do it in a restaurant, to be honest with you.
Rooney then added: “We were only young, so we went back and had corned beef hash instead!”
Viewers also expressed support for Melvin Odoom after he made an emotional admission during Sunday’s live show on ITV, following a torrential downpour which soaked the camp.
Following an overnight storm, which Ant and Dec described as the “worst they’d ever seen”, all the campmates awoke to very soggy surroundings.
Melvin’s hammock got completely soaked, so he had to resort to sleeping in the Bush Telegraph. He told his campmates: “I woke up, my sleeping bag was wet, my clothes were wet, everything.”
He added: “I’m ready to leave, it’s not cool.”