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<\/p>\nFormer I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! contestant Boy George has claimed ITV bosses manipulate the contestants to push certain narratives.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 62-year-old Culture Club frontman appeared on the 2022 series of the show and was the fourth campmate to be voted out of the jungle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
During his time on the show, George endured a number of flare-ups with Health Secretary Matt Hancock – and disliked the MP from the start.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was also unhappy when quizzed by A Place In The Sun’s Scarlette Douglas about the time he spent in prison.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The jungle reality series, which is due to return on Sunday, November 19, is beloved for its unscripted scenes and candid chats between its celebrity stars.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Shocking revelations:\u00a0Former I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! contestant Boy George has claimed ITV bosses manipulate the contestants to push certain narratives<\/p>\n
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Campmate:\u00a0The 62-year-old Culture Club frontman appeared on the 2022 series of the show and was the fourth campmate to be voted out of the jungle<\/p>\n
But in his newly-released autobiography, Karma, Boy George has claimed that ITV bosses in fact push certain narratives by ‘planting questions’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Speaking about Scarlette’s questioning of his past, he wrote:\u00a0‘At the time it felt like she had been told to ask the question. She had no idea of the facts and it upset me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘ITV will insist that they do not instruct conversations but they plant questions in people’s minds.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘I was even asked to talk to Jill about being gay.’<\/p>\n
The Karma Chameleon singer also claimed scenes mocking Hancock – who ended up reaching the final – were cut from the show’s final edit as bosses wanted him to go far in the show.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As part of this ‘objective’, he said scenes including Sue Cleaver serenading Matt in the voice of Margaret Thatcher to I Will Survive did not air, despite being ‘hilarious’.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
He continued: ”I thought ITV would have secretly loved a Matt win.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
George discusses his time on the show extensively in the chapter titled ‘Jungle Is Massive’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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New release: Karma: My Autobiography is out now (Boy George is pictured at his book signing on Thursday)<\/p>\n
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Telling all:\u00a0George discusses his time on the show extensively in the chapter titled ‘Jungle Is Massive’<\/p>\n
He complained that the drinking water was ‘hideous’ and revealed Olivia Attwood was given extra food when the producers began to worry about her health.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The former campmate had frequent low moments throughout the competition as he struggled with the conditions of jungle life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said: ‘I was fourth out of the 11 to be voted out. Was I disappointed not to have got further? No. It was a blessed relief. I was paid well for my dues.’<\/p>\n
He added that he went on the show for his substantial fee, which is thought to be \u00a3500,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘I got paid well to do it and I can’t pretend that wasn’t another good reason.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘With [Culture Club drummer] Jon Moss and his money-sucking lawsuit breathing down my neck I felt like it was a gig I couldn’t turn down.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
While on the show, Boy George proved a tempestuous campmate, often butting heads with Matt Hancock – once calling him ‘slimy’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He also clashed with Loose Women’s Charlene White, calling her ‘controlling’ as she organised cooking in camp.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Boy George previously revealed his unhappiness at Matt’s entrance into the jungle, explaining that his mother had a difficult battle with Covid-19, during Matt’s run as Health Secretary.\u00a0<\/p>\n
MailOnline has reached out to ITV for comment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n