I’M A Celebrity is facing a fix row after fans pointed out a HUGE flaw in Naughty Boy’s latest Bushtucker Trial.
The music producer almost quit the show a number of times before the celebs were evacuated from Gwrych Castle over the weekend due to Storm Arwen.
Naughty, 40, decided to stay after seeing success in the Creepy Closet trial last week, and was since nominated for another trial on Wednesday night.
He faced the latest horror – titled Savage Steakout – alongside soap icons Simon Gregson and Adam Woodyatt, bringing back eleven stars.
Many fans were convinced the trial was “too easy” and took to social media to complain that they may have been simplified for the producer.
“It is just me or are Naughty Boy‘s trials always a bit easy?” one woman wrote, as a second chimed in: “Another really easy trial for Naughty Boy.”
“ITV are deliberately making Naughty Boy’s trial very easy so he doesn’t leave – he keeps getting the eays ones,” a third person pointed out.
Others noticed that there was something wrong with the trial, which Ant and Dec described would see the celebrities dumped with bugs for “30 seconds” at a time.
The eagle-eyed viewers pointed out that the bugs remained in the bottom of the trap Naughty Boy was strapped into well after the timer was finished.
It meant that the producer was still surrounded by the critters for minutes after the 30 second intervals, until he was released from the contraption.
“So it’s not JUST 30 seconds then is it?” the viewer wrote to Twitter of the fatal flaw, to which Ant and Dec replied: “Well spotted, Jonny.”
Others noted how Naughty “stopped screaming” between being dumped in bugs during the 30-second periods as they said he was playing up for the cameras.
One person remarked: “Funny how he was suddenly okay with the crickets as soon as the timer was over. Fake”
A second added: “He’s sat there panicking during the 30 seconds, when it’s up he’s like ‘phew omg’, but the bugs are still in there with him?”
It led to fans concluding that she show was a FIX and flooding social media with furious rants that ITV were trying to hand the star the throne.
“I swear I’m A Celeb is setting Naughty Boy up to do well – such a fix,” someone wrote, as another fan agreed: “Dreadful fix. So disappointed.”
“It’s a fix, it’s a pathetic fix,” a third concluded. “Easiest trial ever. Of course that was intentional. He will still be threatening to leave tomorrow.”
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However, others defended the campmate saying the show would be boring without him.
Another reasoned: “Whether the public love/hate Naughty Boy they do actually have to also admit without him this series show was be completely dull”
“The public love voting Naughty Boy for trials and it’s hilarious!” another said a sa third hit back: “I’d love to see some of you guys under this hashtag do any of these trials and find it easy, stop finding any excuse to attack Naughty Boy.”
Ant and Dec headed into camp on Wednesday evening to reveal the results of the viewers vote at the end of the show.
Naughty had a face of thunder as his name was read out along with Frankie Bridge. The pair will take part in tonight’s stomach-churning trial Castle Scary-oke.
They will be tasked with having to down some revolting drinks at the castle camp’s karaoke bar.
