A former I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! star has taken aim after being ‘bullied’ by Rebekah Vardy.
In 2017 stand-up comedian turned broadcaster Iain Lee appeared on the long-running ITV reality series.
However his time on the show was marred by run-ins with Vardy, who left him in tears and whom he’s since called a ‘liar and manipulator’.
His comments come as Vardy reignited her feud with Coleen Rooney, who is appearing on the current season, following their infamous Wagatha Christie defamation trial two years ago.
Reflecting on his experience in the jungle, Iain said he suffered a mental breakdown following his time on the series, in which Vardy made him ‘miserable’.
‘There are some people who love the notoriety of being outrageous and obnoxious because it keeps them in the spotlight. I think Rebekah Vardy is one of them,’ he told MailOnline this week.
‘When I was on the show, she bullied me and led a clique that picked on me. There were two occasions when I wanted to get out, it was so toxic and dark in there. I thought: “I can’t be with these people.”.
Iain, who admits he no longer watches the show, claimed the first words Vardy told him when he arrived in camp was how she thought he was a ‘f***ing t**t’.
She later allegedly ‘pointed and swore’ at him, which he said left him feeling ‘intimidated and unwelcome’.
Speaking about a time when he failed a challenge and burst into tears, Iain said she told him that ‘real men don’t cry’.
After leaving the show, Iain said he had to undertake extensive therapy after being sent ‘into a spiral of depression and anxiety’.
He eventually decided to quit his broadcasting career and retrain as a counsellor.
Despite his alleged shocking treatment at the hands of Vardy, Iain said he had now ‘made peace with it’.
Slamming the claims, Rebekah shared the article on social media and responded with a foul-mouth statement.
‘Na I’m done with this bulls***. I’ve let this slide too many times now! 2017, 2022 but f*** this I’ve got receipts this man keeps constantly coming for me,’ she posted on Instagram.
She previously claimed she was ‘the most supportive’ of Iain on the show and she’d ‘never been a bully in my whole entire life’.
However, he said she had a ‘sense of entitlement’ and ‘doesn’t like it when people stand up to her’.
While Vardy was eliminated from the show third, Iain made it through to the end and was eventually named in third place.
Ahead of this season of I’m A Celebrity starting, Rebekah didn’t miss her chance to take a series of swipes at Coleen, to whom she lost the infamous defamation trial.
When asked by The Sun what she would like to see Coleen chomp on during the ITV show, Rebekah responded: ‘A penis. Or humble pie.’
When asked whether that was the worst thing Coleen had ever had in her mouth, Rebekah replied: ‘I don’t know. You have to look at her husband really, don’t you?’
Vardy went on so say Coleen ‘likes to be the victim’ and ‘think she always wanted my life’ adding she ‘didn’t say this to be nasty’.
Metro.co.uk has contacted Iain Lee and representatives for Rebekah Vardy for comment.
I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! continues tomorrow at 9pm on ITV1.
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