“WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN THE JUNGLE?” — Adam Thomas reveals a hᴜ:ge lie told by David Haye that allegedly sparked an off-camera confrontation with I’m A Celeb bosses, as new unsettling details emerge about what was said behind closed doors 😲

ADAM Thomas has revealed a huge lie that David Haye told him during I’m A Celeb… South Africa, that wasn’t aired on-screen.

The show winner has gone through a tough time following a bullying row with David and a clash with Jimmy Bullard – both of which exploded during the show’s live final last week.

A man wearing a white waffle-knit shirt sits on a white couch, speaking into a black microphone with an upset expression and hands raised.
Adam Thomas has revealed that David Haye told him a cruel lie in the I’m A Celeb camp which led to an off-camera confrontation with show bossesCredit: YouTube/AtHomeWithTheThomasBros

 

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The boxer, who has been accused of bullying Adam on the show, is said to have told Adam that producers had been speaking about him in the Bush TelegraphCredit: ITV

And now, Adam has revealed that the boxer told a nasty lie just to get under his skin while they were in camp.

Talking on his podcast, At Home With The Thomas bros, Adam told his brothers Scott and Ryan about how David had used his mental health as a tool to “manipulate” him.

Despite struggling in the jungle with David’s constant jibes, Adam said he didn’t tell producers about how he was feeling as he attempted to power through.

He explained: “I didn’t talk about it to anyone.

Adam Thomas crying while seated on a wooden bench.
After David had claimed he had been spoken to by producers about Adam, the actor recalled going into the Bush Telegraph to ask them about itCredit: ITV

 

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But when he got in there, Adam was told by producers that this hadn’t happened at all, with David then admitting he ‘made it all up’, Adam recalledCredit: Shutterstock Editorial

 

Adam Thomas covering his face with his hand while speaking into a microphone.
Looking back at the time, the emotional star said it’s something he’ll never forget as he continues to healCredit: YouTube/AtHomeWithTheThomasBros

 

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Adam was crowned King Of The Jungle during last week’s live final, but the moment was bittersweet after such a chaotic final and few weeksCredit: Shutterstock Editorial

“It wasn’t until I was with David, and I came back from this trial and he was goading me about fainting, that’s when I finally had the courage to go, ‘Listen, shut up now, enough is enough’.

“He got pulled to the Bush Telegraph, and then he came out and he sat me down and said, ‘They’re worried about your mental health. They’ve told me to stop now. Have you been crying about me in there?’

“So that was when I realised, I was like, ‘So, they know, they know what’s been going on’, and that upset me more.

“Because it’s the fact that I’ve never once talked about [David] or mentioned what [David’s] done to me in here to them.”

Adam continued that he then went to producers to ask why they told David that, to which they revealed none of this had happened during David’s Bush Telegraph chat.

He said: “So I’ve gone in there breaking down, like ‘how could you do this’, and they’ve said, ‘Adam, we’ve never once said anything to David about you or your mental health or any of that’.

“I asked David when I got out and he said ‘Yeah I just made it all up.’

“I was like, wow, you really fu***ng manipulated the s*** out of me.”

Adam broke down in tears during the emotional podcast episode, which saw him speak out for the first time since the show’s dramatic final.

Elsewhere on the episode, he emotionally sad the negatives of his experience on the show will stick with him “for the rest of my life”.

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