ITV I’m A Celeb host Ant McPartlin defends Fred Sirieix after Josie Gibson cooking row

Ant McPartlin has jumped to the defence of Fred Sirieix amidst a cooking row on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

Tensions flared in camp on Monday night when This Morning host Josie Gibson, 38, took over the role of cook from Fred.

First Dates star Fred, 51, is a trained chef and has taken control of a lot of cooking in the jungle – so struggled to bite his tongue as Josie made their meal.

At one point he described it as like "watching a horror movie" and criticised the way she chose to cook a kangaroo tail, which ended up taking around four hours.

Ant has now said: "I know a lot of you are going 'Fred get off her back'. But, can I just say something here… Josie isn't listening to what he is saying."

"It did take a long time to cook that (kangaroo) tail, a hell of a long time. That was too long. And if she had listened to Fred she could have had the bone for stock tomorrow. I'm just going to stick up for Fred here a second because he knows what he is talking about."

However, co-host Declan Donnelly wasn't as sure and remained neutral.

Dec shared his thoughts on Instagram, saying: "He definitely does know what he is talking about I will give him that.

"However, he doesn't stop talking about knowing what he's talking about. He's just got to let it go. I can see both sides."

Ant and Dec weighed in after a heated exchange in camp when Josie pleaded with Fred to "let me take the reins".

Despite this, he continued to critique her cooking skills in the bush telegraph, at one point stating: "She's the Frank Sinatra of chefs, she's doing it her way."

Fred has now been demoted to washing up duties. This move was partly instigated by Nella Rose as payback for when Fred, as chef, criticised the cleanliness of the pots and pans, often demanding they be washed again.

Nella Rose became the second contestant to be eliminated from the show on Monday night.

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! continues on ITV1 and ITVX.

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