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I'm A Celeb's Shaun Ryder calls out 'fake' campmates following eviction

Shaun Ryder has slammed two of his fellow I'm A Celebrity South Africa campmates after he was the first to leave the jungle.

The star blasted Paul Burrell and Gillian McKeith following his exit claiming they were "fake" and that Burrell was "acting up" for the camera.

The singer revealed that he believed McKeith and ex-royal butler Paul were acting up for viewers, reports the Mirror.

The Happy Monday's frontman left the camp alongside nutritionist Gillian McKeith on Friday's episode of the pre-recorded series.

The pair went head to head on the main series 13 years ago, but Shaun revealed he thought they were "all good", however upon entering the camp he felt the Scot wanted to 'battle'.

"I've bumped into Gillian at least ten times in the last 12 years with her kids, with my kids, and I thought we're all good," Shaun told The Sun.

The 60-year-old also found Gillian's sneaking of contraband into the South African camp "typical", before calling her 2010 fainting episode "a load of b******s".

The star also slammed Paul Burrell for overreacting during the trials, hinting at the fact they may be a facade.

He said: "I love Paul Burrell, but the end of the day Paul comes from a pit village. Paul's dad was a miner, Paul is hard as f***.".

Shaun was evicted from the jungle following a challenge he did with Gillian.

When asked who he wanted to compete with he chose Gillian, leading fans to believe he wanted to go and picked Gillian as she was the weakest link.

Following her jungle exit, Gillian commented on the challenge.

She said: "I thought there’s no way Shaun is going to pick me. I’m the last person you’d pick, right? He comes back and I’m lying there, enjoying my bed, chatting to Janice and he then says he had to pick someone.

"I hear my name and I said ‘what, is this pay back for 2010’? Honestly, why did he pick me? I tried to convince him to pick Fatima as he might have won [the trial]!

"I wanted to win, I’m not a defeatist at all. And I really want to take my best shot but because it was a race, just as I got started, we lost.

"I’m disappointed by the way that I had to go out. I didn’t want to leave. I think if it was voted for by the public I would have had more trials."

I'm A Celebrity... South Africa continues 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.

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