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Topics: Reality TV, Entertainment, Celebrity, Im A Celebrity, UK News
Madison Burgess
Topics: Reality TV, Entertainment, Celebrity, Im A Celebrity, UK News
David Haye has issued a lengthy video response to his I'm A Celeb co-star Adam Thomas following the pair's jungle feud.
For those who missed it, the All-Star ITV series in South Africa, which was filmed eight months ago, saw ex-Premier League footballer Jimmy Bullard and former boxer David Haye be accused by fans of 'bullying' behaviour against the Waterloo Road actor.
Things came to a head in the explosive line final on Friday (24 April) when soap star Thomas was crowned the winner of the reality TV show.
It turned into quite the shouting match between the contestants, with even Ant and Dec getting involved, and Gemma Collins and Sinnita storming off during the live episode.
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Since then, Thomas filmed a podcast episode with his brothers, Ryan and Scott Thomas, where he detailed his tumultuous jungle experience.
Speaking on his At Home With The Thomas Bro's podcast, he said: "The most disturbing is that I look at David and even after the show and after everything he did, you know he sent me a voice note and was like: 'Oh mate, what a great show that was. I'm so happy you won. Congratulations.'"
Thomas also said he wouldn't go back on the show even for '£10 million' and claimed it had left him feeling 'dead inside and numb' and had 'eaten away at his soul'.
Now, as mentioned, the boxer has responded with a long video shared to Instagram and X on Thursday (30 April).
David explained: "So I've just taken the time to listen to Adam Thomas' podcast - him and his brothers Ryan and Scott. Very interesting.
"Very, very interesting to see he's had a few days to sit down, mull it over, process everything that's happened. Him winning I'm A Celebrity and how he processed it, it was enlightening.
"Dishing out banter to me and then losing the banter game, giving it back to him, and he starts crying and moaning, and somehow he's spun it so he's still the victim."
He brutally continued: "And he's done an hour of chat with his brother. I put it in double speed because I couldn't listen to the waffle. All three of them b****ing and whining and moaning, complaining.
"He won. I don't think he's been around guys, proper guys, who actually have a bit of back and forth, you kind of build your resilience, your mental resilience to jibes.
"I've had plenty of it in my time. Whenever I lose, whenever I get something wrong, I always get my mates giving me s*** for it. That's just what we do. It's what real guys do.
"But somehow, the light sprinkling of primary school banter that I gave him, which was so gentle, he nearly had an emotional breakdown over it, started crying."
The sportsman alleged that the 'banter that he received was significantly less than he dished out' and he 'couldn't take it'.
"Ugh, everyone's so damn soft, it just makes me sick," he demanded, "But it's the world we live in right now, and you're rewarded the softer and weaker you are. The more weak, brittle-spirited you are, the more validation the masses give you.
"But I ain't interested in them, I'm interested in the 15-20 percent of people who listen to me' and go 'David makes sense, he's right'. The rest of them I couldn't give a s***. The rest of you sensible people, you know what the score is, you know what's right."
David savagely continued: "You're nearly 40 years old and you're moaning that you won a TV competition - 'it's the worst thing in my whole life, it's the worst thing I've ever had to do, I didn't even want to be there' - what are you talking about? You've got £100,000 to give to a charity of your choice, you've made more money a day than most people earn in a year.
"For three weeks straight, you're going to get loads of endorsements, everyone loves you, ITV are going to give you your own show, things are looking positive, good vibes."
"It's a big slice of the population who love that soft s***, so just keep giving them the weakness. Keep giving them that soft, flaccid energy, that's it, Mr Flaccid."
He ended with: "Maybe your weak-a*** fan base just want the soft marshmallow energy, so just keep giving it to them. There's a lot of stuff that is going to come to light that hasn't come to light, that kind of contradicts his story just a little bit that I'm looking forward to seeing the light of day."
Tyla has contacted a representative for Adam for comment.