Kelly Brook has previously spoken out about her long-running feud with Ant and Dec which centred from her short-lived time as a judge on ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent
Kelly Brook got into a feud with Ant and Dec
Kelly Brook ended up in a feud with Britain’s Got Talent presenters Ant and Dec after her short-lived stint as a judge on the ITV talent show.
However, it appears minor when compared to the recent controversy the Geordie presenters have become embroiled in. A week ago, the duo hosted what many consider the most dramatic conclusion to a reality television programme ever, when the live final of I’m A Celebrity… South Africa erupted into turmoil with warring celebrities and participants departing amid the commotion.
Following former Emmerdale actor Adam Thomas being declared champion of the ITV programme, Ant and Dec discussed the incident on their podcast, Hanging Out with Ant and Dec, with Ant characterising it as “a weird night of TV”.
While it was arguably the most contentious series to date, the television presenters have been involved in numerous other controversies, including a dispute with Kelly, who participated in the original version of I’m A Celebrity last year and features as a guest on James Martin’s Saturday Morning on May 2.
Ant and Dec have been involved in many controversies
The friction between the three dates back to 2009 when Kelly was appointed as a judge on the ITV talent programme, Britain’s Got Talent, the current series of which continues tonight (May 2) at 7pm, reports the Mirror.
Reports have consistently indicated that Ant and Dec were dissatisfied that Kelly, 46, had been recruited for the programme without their approval. Throughout the years, the three have exchanged subtle criticisms in interviews and autobiographies.
Last year, the trio were brought back together on ITV when Kelly became a participant on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! and revisited the old grievance in a fresh interview. During the conversation, she discussed the origin of the supposed disagreement – which allegedly arose from her not knowing what Ant and Dec’s role was when she joined the BGT judging panel. While the pair have consistently maintained this account, Kelly has firmly disputed that this is accurate.
She summarised the circumstances in six words during her discussion with The Sun, stating: “There was no awkwardness at all. “
She went on: “Ant and Dec are the sweetest, and they were so excited that I was doing the show. I think they are really involved in the casting of it.”
Kelly during her time on I’m A Celebrity(Image: ITV/Shutterstock)
She added: “They were really fun and supportive. I was so excited when I saw them for the first time – I was in a helicopter looking down at them. I actually got star-struck, even though I worked with them all those years ago. I’m a massive fan of the show, so it was surreal to suddenly be in there. Plus, Ant and Dec were the least of my worries – I was more concerned with snakes, spiders and the lack of food!”
Her version of events contrasts with that of the Geordie presenters. In 2010, the duo published their autobiography, Ooh! What a Lovely Pair: Our Story, in which they detailed their claims regarding Kelly.
Recalling Kelly’s first day alongside them on the BGT set, they stated: “Kelly looked nervous, so I told her it was going to be great fun and to just relax and enjoy it. She nodded, then looked at me and said, ‘And what do you do on the show?’
“I looked at Simon, who was sat next to me, he turned to Kelly and said, ‘Kelly, you have seen the show, haven’t you?’ To which she replied, ‘Yeah… well, bits’. I don’t want to sound like an egomaniac, but the last person who said, ‘And what do you do?’ was the Queen when I met her at the party for ITV’s fiftieth anniversary.”
Kelly was a judge on Britain’s Got Talent for a matter of days(Image: Talkback Thames)
The memoir also suggested that the duo were infuriated by show boss Simon Cowell’s decision to bring Kelly on board without consulting them beforehand. They wrote: “We had two questions: ‘Why is there a fourth judge?’ and ‘Why is it Kelly Brook?’ None of them could answer us.
“Obviously, as hosts of the show, we have to justify that kind of thing to the audience, and no one could give us a good reason why Kelly was on board. The simple answer was that Simon, without talking to anyone, had decided it was a good idea. We didn’t agree.”
Kelly had previously dismissed the controversy, suggesting she was largely indifferent to Ant and Dec’s opinions of her. She remarked in a previous interview: “There was nothing I could do in this country after Britain’s Got Talent. The people at ITV were telling me that I had upset Ant and Dec and that was it.
“I would love to have stayed on the show. I really felt it was working out. Ant and Dec had never been anything but pleasant to my face but, clearly, they didn’t want me on the show. Their egos are such that they were saying to themselves ‘How dare she think she can come on to our show?’, and since then they’ve been very vocal about their displeasure at me being there.”
Kelly Brook is on James Martin’s Saturday Morning on ITV1 on May 2 at 9.30am. Ant and Dec host Britain’s Got Talent on ITV1 on May 2 at 7pm
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