Adele Roberts and Roman Kemp have clashed over her decision to take a photo of Jane McDonald into the I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! jungle.
The pair butted heads on Tuesday night’s show, after the Radio 1 DJ won the picture as her luxury item during a challenge the night before.
Roman – who previously admitted he’d had no idea who Jane was – had teased Adele over the picture, with him and Kate Garraway challenging her to name one of the Wakefield Wonder’s songs. Adele said: “I know her off Loose Women. I don’t know her actual songs but I know her from the cruising show when she does covers.”
Roman and Rak-Su member Myles Stephenson laughed and both said: “No one knows what she does,” before Kate replied: “She’s a legend.”
After a tense back-and-forth, branded Adele’s treasured possession “random”.
An irritated Adele challenged him, saying: “If I brought in a picture of RuPaul, would you say the same thing? That’s prejudice. I’m allowed to like what I want.” View this post on InstagramA post shared by I'm A Celebrity... (@imacelebrity) on Nov 18, 2019 at 2:25pm PSTRealising he had upset her, Roman apologised, saying: “I wasn’t saying that at all. I’m sorry – I didn’t mean to.”
Adele then said: “It’s like you’re saying: ‘Why would I like Jane McDonald?’ I’m not allowed to like what I want?”
The Capital Radio DJ quickly apologised before giving Adele a hug and insisting he “liked” the picture being hung up in camp. It’s fair to say Adele’s decision to bring Jane’s picture into the jungle had already divided viewers, with some left completely baffled and others who thought the whole thing was iconic.
But Adele came in for criticism on ITV2 spin-off show Extra Camp on Tuesday night, as former campmate John Barrowman accused her of bringing in Jane’s photo to “get a vote from a certain community”.He said: “She has been caught out a little bit because she used the word prejudice, and he was just a young man asking a question.
“If you brought a picture of Jane McDonald on you should probably know the songs she sang.
“She probably brought it on to get a vote from a certain community and it’s all backfired on her a little bit, I think you are seeing her true colours right now.”
Alison Hammond, who appeared with Adele as a housemate on Big Brother 3 in 2002, also said: “It was random and he was just stating a fact maybe she is embarrassed or maybe she has been caught out a little bit.”
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