I'm A Celeb viewers have awkward complaint after NSFW 'scissoring' conversation between Reverend Coles and GK Barry
Topics: Im A Celebrity, Celebrity, TV And Film, Reality TV, ITV
Rhianna Benson
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Topics: Im A Celebrity, Celebrity, TV And Film, Reality TV, ITV
After a pretty x-rated conversation aired during last night's instalment of I'm A Celebrity, one batch of telly-watchers have today taken to social media to voice the same complaint.
The moment saw campmates Reverend Richard Coles and GK Barry lifting the lid on their respective sex lives, with the latter revealing some extremely intimate details about her relationship with girlfriend Ella Rutherford.
A bonding moment saw 25-year-old TikTok influencer Barry recall her experience going to church camp as a youngster, where she was warned against engaging in sexual intercourse before marriage.
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"I went to this camp Jesus-y camp thing, and there was just like weird men sort-of going, 'You need to not have sex until you're married'," she explained. "And even at 13, I thought, 'Well, that's not going to happen'."
Chiming in, Rev Coles, 62, noted: "That's a big ask."
Laughing, Barry went on to joke: "I see my future, and it involves... scissoring now. So, I thought, 'Well, no'."
Rev Coles - who himself is a member of the LGBTQ+ community - subsequently surprised viewers by claiming he'd never heard of the sex position his co-star was describing.
"What's 'scissoring'?" he asked, to which Barry told him: "It's a lesbian thing. I think you'd be alright not knowing."
As we say, however, it isn't just Rev Coles' reaction that has prompted surprise among viewers, but the time of night that the conversation aired.
Despite landing on ITV after the UK's watershed (9pm), a group of parents have accused I'm A Celeb producers of being irresponsible by allowing such explicit remarks to air on a show that is loved by all age groups - children included.
"I know I'm a Celeb is after the watershed, but surely the producers know how many youngsters want to watch it and can therefore edit it accordingly," one X user penned today.
"Leave the risqué conversations for the aftershow spinoff! 9 year old now asking whats scissoring!"
Another also wrote: "Scissoring - talk about lowering the tone in a family show post watershed or not #imaceleb."
Last night's episode also saw Rev Coles - who previously worked as a Church of England vicar - discussing his romance with partner Richard Cant, whom he met on a dating app.
Asked by Barry whether his sexuality ever conflicted with his religious beliefs, the former Strictly star insisted: "No, not at all.
"I’ve never given it a moment’s twinge of anxiety over whether God thought it was alright or not. Whether other people thought it was alright or not, well I’m happy to have that argument.
"Also, I was not the first. Sometimes I look at documents from the early church, or the church of the middle ages and I just think – so gay."
Coles was previously married to fellow Reverend David Coles, who tragically died of alcohol-induced liver failure in 2019, aged just 43.
Tyla has contacted ITV over the criticism.