{"id":2254041,"date":"2026-01-28T06:29:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T06:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2254041"},"modified":"2026-01-28T06:29:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T06:29:44","slug":"ahole-im-a-celebrity-star-deni-hines-breaks-silence-over-negative-viewer-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ahole-im-a-celebrity-star-deni-hines-breaks-silence-over-negative-viewer-reaction\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A**hole\u2019: I\u2019m A Celebrity star Deni Hines breaks silence over negative viewer reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"story-primary\" data-area=\"story-primary\" style=\"grid-area:story-primary\">\n<div class=\"description g_font-long-format\">\n<p>Deni Hines has hit back at negative viewer reaction to her time in the <i>I\u2019m A Celebrity<\/i> jungle. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The star has been at the centre of criticism from fans of the show this week, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/entertainment\/tv\/end-of-my-tether-deni-hines-walks-out-of-im-a-celebrity-jungle-amid-viewer-backlash\/news-story\/11371d7a54b0b82915fc84f280c32796\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"11371d7a54b0b82915fc84f280c32796\" data-tgev-label=\"entertainment\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\">with some labelling her time in camp as \u201ctoxic\u201d<\/a> while others questioned why she signed up in the first place. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking with Hines following her controversial exit, the strong-willed singer insisted that she is completely unbothered about what fans with a negative opinion have to say about her. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSocial media reaction hasn\u2019t tainted my time at all seeing as I\u2019ve been gone since December when we filmed the show. I see some of it, but everybody\u2019s got an opinion like an a**hole, man,\u201d she told news.com.au.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s people that I don\u2019t like, but do you think I have the time to go to their page and write something negative?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>During her time in camp, the Australian singer ruffled some feathers among her campmates and had a couple of clashes, including one very heated exchange with MAFS star Cyrelle Paule. <\/p>\n<p>While most celebrities would choose to give a diplomatic response, the outspoken star\u2019s refreshing attitude toward honesty meant that she couldn\u2019t be anything but when it came to revealing who she\u2019s still in touch with from the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s people in life that I don\u2019t want to be friends with and people in life that I do want to be friends with,\u201d Hines said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose are the campmates I have contacted since leaving the jungle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pushed to reveal which co-stars made the cut, Hines revealed: \u201cThat\u2019s Luke, that\u2019s Dyson, that\u2019s Rachel. Those are the ones that I\u2019ve swapped numbers with. And also Rebecca and Conchetta.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLuke and Dyson are two very f***ing amazing men. Just really good guys,\u201d she continued. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would love Luke to win this. Luke is the most beautiful 30-year-old man. He\u2019s just got a great head on his shoulders. He\u2019s got a beautiful heart. He deserves to win this. And I don\u2019t know who wins this sh*t, but he deserves to win it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the negative reaction from many viewers about her time in the jungle, Hines seemingly hasn\u2019t been deterred from returning to competitive reality television in the future. <\/p>\n<div class=\"vms module op-player\" id=\"video-container-5348771529001-6388349016112\" vms-page-type=\"article\" vms-embedcode=\"5348771529001-6388349016112\" vms-title=\"Deni Hines leaves fellow I'm A Celeb campmate in tears\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/content.api.news\/v3\/images\/bin\/1238168e8b872cb63a9b744a5f3211a3\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"Deni Hines leaves fellow I'm A Celeb campmate in tears\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI would love to do Dancing With The Stars again,\u201d she confessed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI loved that show, it was wonderful. It was the most intense thing I\u2019ve ever done in my life. I love doing shows where I can get fit while doing it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She revealed she took the first chance she could to congratulate Robert Irwin on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/entertainment\/tv\/reality-tv\/robert-irwins-sweet-gesture-ahead-of-dwts-finale\/news-story\/a80593b8e86bf7759ab11fbcc2c2680a\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.news.com.au\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"a80593b8e86bf7759ab11fbcc2c2680a\" data-tgev-label=\"entertainment\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\">his incredible win<\/a> on the US version of the show late last year. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was on I\u2019m A Celebrity I got the chance to meet Robert (Irwin). I gave him a cuddle and said \u2018Man, you killed it\u2019 on Dancing With The Stars!\u2019 He killed that show, he was just so, so good!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deni went on to talk about her plans for the next year, which include getting back into the studio with her band. <\/p>\n<p>One thing her future doesn\u2019t involve, however, is moving back to the UK, where she lived for five years while signed to Mushroom records. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really trust London these days,\u201d she admitted. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was there back in the 90s. It was a totally different vibe. I just don\u2019t know how safe it is now. I do love Brixton. I once had a guy slap my a** in some latex pants on the street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the last few days, viewers reacted on social media to the intense rivalry between Hines and Paule.<\/p>\n<p>Things came to a head when Paule questioned Hines on whether she could \u201cactually sing\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <span id=\"U10019443273242aC\">The Kyle and Jackie O Show<\/span> on Wednesday morning, Hines didn\u2019t mince her words when opening up about the confrontation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know Cyrelle because I haven\u2019t lived in Australia for eight years,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I thought, well, for somebody who\u2019s 36. Okay, maybe I don\u2019t know you. It kind of put me on the back foot. Like, you\u2019re Australian, you\u2019re 36 and you\u2019re asking me if I can really sing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thought that rubbed you the wrong way,\u201d Jackie responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt not just rubbed me the wrong way. It just seemed very \u2026 Like, you\u2019re Australian,\u201d Hines said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can you not know that I sing? And you\u2019re 36, you\u2019re not 22. And that\u2019s a bit like, do I need to hit you right now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"U1001944327324OEI\">I\u2019m A Celebrity \u2026 Get Me Out Of Here! continues Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 7.30pm, and Sunday at 7pm. Watch + Stream Free On 10.<\/p>\n<p id=\"U1001944327324xCI\">The Kyle &amp; Jackie O Show can be heard from 6am to 10am on KIIS 1065 in Sydney and KIIS 101.1 in Melbourne, or listen on the free iHeart App.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.news.com.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deni Hines has hit back at negative viewer reaction to her time in the I\u2019m A Celebrity jungle. 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