It's been a year of controversy for this year's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here. Campmates included a serving MP, and reaction from fans and celebs was mixed to say the least. However, with all the drama some viewers may have overlooked one detail. Why wasn't last year's winner Danny Miller in the jungle to crown Jill Scott as the 2022 Jungle Queen?
The Emmerdale actor, 31, who won the show in 2021, has now broken his silence over reports ITV snubbed him in favour of Mike Tindall doing the honours when it came to crowning the Lioness.
According to the Mirror, the crown exchange hasn't happened since 2017 when Georgia 'Toff' Toffolo was given the floral staff by 2016 winner Scarlett Moffatt. However, this didn't stop fans tweeting asking why Danny wasn't in the jungle.
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As the final of this year's I'm A Celeb aired, one social media user asked: "Why didn't Danny Miller crown Jill? #ImACeleb." Another mused: "Thought Danny Miller may have been there to crown Jill?"
Responding to the Jill's victory, Danny tweeted: "Deserved winner @JillScottJS8 ! A pleasure to hand over the crown to you! Enjoy it!"
It is now understood that the previous winners were only in Australia the year after winning the show to film the programme's spin-off Get Me Out Of Here Now on ITV2. However, now the show's been axed there is no reason for the outgoing kings and queens to make the epic trip from the UK.
Danny was declared victorious when I'm A Celeb was still being filmed in Grwych Castle in Wales due to the pandemic. The actor was in the final three with Corrie actor Simon Gregson and The Saturdays star Frankie Bridge.
However, even though Danny didn't make the trip Down Under, he still had a lot to say about the class of 2022 - and in particular Matt Hancock. The actor, known for playing Aaron Livesy in Emmerdale, suggested viewers would want to punish to the disgraced MP for breaking his own lockdown rules.
Speaking on Good Morning Britain earlier this month, he said: “I think he needs to just accept the fact that he is going to be everyone’s toy. Last year, unfortunately, Naughty Boy got it because he did the first one [challenge] and he was very entertaining and everyone then went, ‘Naughty Boy, Naughty Boy, Naughty Boy!’.
"This year, I think regardless of how entertaining he is, [Hancock] needs to accept that what he has put us through. I think the public are going to say, ‘This is what we are going to put you through’. And when they are done with him they will just get rid of him, I think."
However, the former Health Secretary beat the odds, finishing third behind Owen Warner, who came second, and ultimate winner, Lioness Jill Scott.
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