{"id":2388677,"date":"2026-04-25T08:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T08:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2388677"},"modified":"2026-04-25T08:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T08:22:10","slug":"im-a-celebrity-iconic-moments-unforgettable-jungle-trials-romances-and-controversies-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/im-a-celebrity-iconic-moments-unforgettable-jungle-trials-romances-and-controversies-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m a Celebrity iconic moments: unforgettable jungle trials, romances and controversies of all time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Following the dramatic finale of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indy100.com\/celebrities\/im-a-celebrity-south-africa-final\" target=\"_blank\">I\u2019m a Celebrity\u2026 South Africa 2026<\/a>, where Adam Thomas was crowned winner after a series full of twists, challenges and emotional highs and lows, the show has once again been thrust into the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a Celebrity has provided viewers with some unforgettable moments over the years, including surprise romances, emotional breakthroughs, and headline-making controversies that have kept audiences talking long after the series ended.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the best moments from the jungle over the years:<\/p>\n<h2><span\/>Gillian McKeith &#8216;faints&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"e39d9554adb87a8aaac15c0d75001138\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gillian McKeith Faints On Live TV (I&#039;m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here)  21st November *HD*\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LUGvl3rXvPk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Did she? Didn\u2019t she? We\u2019ll never know.<\/p>\n<p>The nutritionist \u2013 who once made a bizarre request for unvaxxed men to name the price of their sperm \u2013 was nominated for her seventh consecutive Bushtucker Trial.<\/p>\n<p>It ultimately got too much for the Scot, as she stumbled to the floor and \u201cpassed out\u201d on live TV.<\/p>\n<p>At least it gave medic Bob some much-deserved airtime.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Gino D\u2019Acampo cooks up a controversy <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"60ad612895bc24885d4d73e74b712c65\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I&#039;m a Celebrity... 2009 - The Rat Eating Incident\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Stsy_90gKT8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gino D\u2019Acampo may have won series nine of I\u2019m a Celebrity, but he certainly stirred up a storm along the way. The lack of food in camp prompted the celebrity chef to get creative, making a rat risotto with a wild rat he stumbled across in the jungle. <\/p>\n<p>Chief Inspector David Oshannessy, of the New South Wales RSPCA, said at the time: \u201cThe allegation is that an animal was cruelly treated on the set.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a rat that was killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a code of conduct in New South Wales that dictates how animals can be used. The killing of a rat for a performance is not acceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ITV were later fined for the incident.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Gemma Collins vs helicopter ride <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"178da77c97524c2a657149186d0f3281\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gemma Collins&#039; Helicopter Hell | I&#039;m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SWZbNPkiuCc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gemma Collins got off to an eventful start in 2014, after refusing to face the first hurdle \u2013 the helicopter ride. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you stop a minute please, I\u2019m serious, just stop,\u201d she said. \u201cI need to get out, seriously I\u2019m going to be sick, I can\u2019t do it, no way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Once she came back down to earth, Gemma comically explained: \u201cIt\u2019s like the turtle and the rabbit, or the horse and the rabbit, I can\u2019t remember what it was &#8230; but the slowest one won in the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;We think she meant the tortoise and the hare.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Lady C rages at the washing-up task <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"ea8ada45a6511722d28ad691d739bdd3\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lady C Rages At Campmates And Refuses Washing Up Task | I&#039;m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a_QUs_9xhXI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Love her or loathe her, Lady C was a force to be reckoned with \u2013 and certainly provided viewers with what they wanted.<\/p>\n<p>When the eccentric campmate was faced with one of the lighter tasks, compared to the Bushtucker Trials, she point-blank refused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s absolutely nothing in this world that would induce me to participate in something that is a complete injustice\u2026 You can all just bugger off,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Katie Price and Peter Andre find love  <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"136029384ca6f0638c5e1dfce2f093aa\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Katie and Peter - The love begins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mjr3eOjMzT8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Enter one of Britain\u2019s biggest TV romances: Katie Price and Peter Andre.<\/p>\n<p>Despite speculation that the relationship was a \u201cshowmance\u201d, the pair later tied the knot in a Cinderella-style ceremony, had two children together, and let\u2019s not forget their collaborative rendition of Aladdin\u2019s &#8216;A Whole New World&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving Pete there in the jungle did make it easier because you\u2019d fall asleep thinking of him and wake up seeing him there,\u201d Price later said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you haven\u2019t clicked with someone in there, I think it\u2019s quite hard and lonely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a proper love story and I think me and Pete are the only ones who had kids come out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pair divorced four years later.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Joey Essex spots a &#8216;dragon&#8217;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"50f5b94ff01b3c2366709826637b6e49\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joey Essex See&#039;s A Dragon\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F6wKngtkQls?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Whenever the former TOWIE star appears on screen, viewers already know there\u2019s likely to be an unintentionally hilarious line or two.<\/p>\n<p>During the show\u2019s thirteenth series, the 31-year-old hadn\u2019t even reached the Bushtucker Trial before encountering an obstacle\u2026 \u201cA dragon on the bridge.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Amir Khan\u2019s and Iain Lee\u2019s strawberry-gate<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"d4ce157bf7c7c29314aad22a59724c5f\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Amir and Iain Commit the Ultimate Camp Crime | I&#039;m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-dKeVI3LPzg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Now for some serious scandal.<\/p>\n<p>On their way back to camp following a task, Amir Khan came up with the idea to eat their prize winnings \u2013 strawberries and cream.<\/p>\n<p>Guilt got the better of Iain, who later confessed to the camp about strawberry-gate \u2013 but at first, the rest of the camp thought it was a joke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t find it f***ing funny, simple as that,\u201d former footballer Dennis Wise told the Bush Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p>The situation soon became even messier when Amir told campmates that Iain had initiated it.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Jordan North\u2019s &#8216;happy place&#8217;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"27f522612f0c9a367926f7cd8d6e7ea2\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shane and Jordan face The Viper Vault Trial | I&#039;m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dr8tK_OsXX0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The BBC Radio One star had to take himself to his happy place to face his fears.<\/p>\n<p>While most would be visualising themselves on a beach or with friends, Jordan\u2019s &#8216;happy place&#8217; was none other than Burnley FC\u2019s stadium, Turf Moor.<\/p>\n<p>The 2020 I\u2019m a Celeb runner-up won the hearts of the nation \u2013 and even that of Burnley Football Club \u2013 which led to a giant billboard being erected near the stadium featuring Jordan\u2019s face.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You should also read&#8230; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indy100.com\/news\/indy100-news-updates-whatsapp-channel\" target=\"_self\">How to<\/a> join the indy100&#8217;s free WhatsApp channel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/newsletters?itm_channel=native&amp;itm_campaign=footer&amp;itm_audience=prospecting&amp;itm_content=newsletters\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up<\/a> for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.<\/strong><\/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.indy100.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the dramatic finale of I\u2019m a Celebrity\u2026 South Africa 2026, where Adam Thomas was crowned winner after a series full of twists, challenges and emotional highs and lows, the show has once again been thrust into the spotlight. 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