I’m A Celeb evictee Ian “Dicko” Dickson has spilled some behind the scenes gossip about this season’s greatest controversy: The fiery blow-up that made Kerri-Anne Kennerley stop the present after simply three days.
Dicko, Kennerley, MAFS star Domenica Calarco and radio host Woody Whitelaw have been participating in one in all I’m A Celeb’s gross-out meals challenges when KAK staunchly refused to take part.
Her continued refusal to participate in challenges – by which contestants win stars, translating to meals for his or her hungry campmates – was an excessive amount of for Dom, who declared she had “never met anyone so selfish,” and insisted KAK had “literally no decency or respect.”
Speaking on-air on Kyle and Jackie O this morning, Dicko revealed that viewers didn’t see the worst of the struggle: He stated that Dom flung the c-word at Kerri-Anne, who was “all class” in response.
Speaking to news.com.au hours after he was voted out of camp, Dicko immediately stated that whereas he couldn’t condone “how easily Dom went from nought to Gremlin in five seconds,” he shared her frustrations with Kennerley.
“I did keep slapping my forehead every time she’d intimate that she wasn’t going to get involved in any of the challenges in any meaningful way,” he stated.
“She wasn’t going to do this or that – well, why are you here? It’s not actually a camping trip. The only way we get fed is with these stars, and if you’re not prepared to have a crack, we’re going to go hungry.
“I honestly think she hadn’t truly grasped that, which is so confusing. She’s a smart woman, you’d presume she’s got management … I don’t understand how they didn’t know what she was stepping into.”
And whereas the stoush was so extreme it made Kennerley instantly stop the present after simply three days, Dicko admitted he had hassle taking it significantly on the time.
“If I’m really honest, myself and Woody were off to one side laughing our tits off. I probably should’ve been a bit more grown up, but watching Australian TV royalty duke it out with a gnarly upstart was just precious – and I had a front-row seat,” he confessed.
Dicko labelled it a “truly, truly absurd TV moment” – made all of the weirder by Whitelaw “chomping down on a kudu testicle” as he watched the confrontation play out. He additionally discovered himself glued to hosts Julia Morris and Chris Brown, who each had “wavy lined smiles like the ABC logo, and probably a thousand voices in their head from the control room.”
“I’d like to be the grown-up in the room and say, ‘This shouldn’t have happened, it’s dragged TV through the mud,’ but I laughed like a drain for two days afterwards I’m afraid. I kind of enjoyed it.”
It was really weird tv: It felt like Logie-winning legend Kennerley had by chance wandered into a very explosive MAFS ceremonial dinner, the place the one factor on the menu was animal testicles. It appeared as if Kennerley checked out as quickly as Dom went “full MAFS” on her.
“That was the subliminal narrative playing out: It was the privileged old guard stepping aside, the gates were open and the unclean hordes were rushing through to claim their title. It was that stark – and it was beautiful,” stated Dicko.
“I didn’t want KAK to get upset, because she’s a friend of mine. But she’s a tough bird, and it would take more than a mouthy MAFS contestant to knock her off her golf game.”
Maybe so, however Dicko additionally revealed that relations between Dom and Kerri-Anne have been so dangerous they weren’t allowed to journey again to camp collectively, with Kerri-Anne happening forward to announce her rapid departure to the remainder of the contestants.
Dicko stated that, that blow-up apart, there had largely been a “beautiful harmony” among the many contestants at camp this season. He did, nonetheless, repeatedly conflict with one individual: Dom.
“It started pretty early on and it never stopped. People were really uncomfortable about us arguing, but every time we had a battle we talked it out and hugged it out,” he defined.
“There were people in the camp who really couldn’t handle conflict. They’d just freeze. We’d say, ‘It’s OK, daddy and daughter are just having a little fight.’”
Dicko – who misplaced 6.5kg throughout his 20 days at camp – additionally gave some perception into simply how necessary it was for contestants to convey residence these much-needed stars once they have been despatched off to take part in trials and challenges. With contestants at occasions “light-headed from hunger,” boxer Harry Garside was so weak he needed to pause his every day Olympic coaching routine.
“One of our Olympians had to stop his training routine because he didn’t have enough food. Not to be dramatic, but that’s what these stars mean,” he stated.
“If you’re not going to compete for stars, you’re letting the side down, no matter who you are.”
I’m A Celeb continues 7:30pm Thursday on Ten.
Originally revealed as I’m A Celeb star Dicko spills on Kerri-Anne Kennerley’s exit
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
