While many are excited for the return of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!, which began on Sunday, November 6, some are not so pleased to see the show back on our screens and have even urged hosts Ant and Dec to quit.
I'm A Celebrity is known for its gross Busktucker Trials where the celebrities have to take on grim challenges which can involve animals, including snakes, insects, rats and toads. Animal rights charity PETA has published an open letter and petition online, urging 46-year-old Ant and Dec, 47, to quit the show due to the use of animals in some of the trials. In the letter, from PETA's Vice President of Programmes Elisa Allen, Ant and Dec are accused of being "complicit in cruelty to animals" on the ITV programme.
The scathing letter says that Ant and Dec's hosting of the show sends a "message to viewers that you think animal abuse is not only acceptable but also entertaining". It adds: "For 20 years, you have been complicit in the 'Bushtucker Trials', standing by as animals of all descriptions are tormented – and even killed – for TV ratings.
