I’m A Celebrity viewers have a theory behind Fred Sirieix and Nella Rose U-turn

Nella Rose and Fred Sirieix are best buds (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)

I’m A Celebrity stars Nella Rose and Fred Sirieix appear to be back on track after their row but fans have some thoughts.

The two campmates had an intense clash earlier this week after First Dates star Fred, 51, said he felt like the 26-year-old YouTuber’s dad because of their age gap.

However, Nella – who lost both parents at a young age – said she felt ‘disrespected’ by his comments, although the Road Trip presenter profusely apologised.

She accepted his apology but told him to not talk to her and to stay away from her in the camp.

On Thursday, they were both part of the Locker Shocker challenge, and as two of the five celebrities who won the task, they have had to live in a more intimate setting.

Things seemed to thaw for the pair after they volunteered to pair up on the Slam Dunk’d challenge, and they even shared a high five after winning a slap-up breakfast for their team.

They seem to have put their row behind them (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)

Fans have a theory behind the sudden U-turn (Picture: ITV)

While fans were delighted to see the unexpected ‘plot twist’ by the end of the trial, other viewers have speculated that I’m A Celeb bosses may have got involved off camera.

‘Defo reckon [producers] had word in private with Nella to say she’s proper hated and 100% leaving if she doesn’t make up with Fred,’ one fan suggested on X/Twitter.

‘Nella has definitely been told off by producers for how she acted towards Fred. She’s been much nicer towards him this episode,’ another viewer replied, while a third person added: ‘Shame that producers have clearly stepped in between Nella & Fred’.

And someone else said: ‘With someone else also agreeing: ‘Nella 100% has been told by itv producers to fix up, she’s hugging and praising Fred within a click of a finger.’

Nella had previously hit out at Fred for a ‘disrespectful’ comment (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)

Others had simply taken delight in the fact the pair had fixed things and looked ready to move on.

‘Ahhh that put a smile on my face I’m glad man! Nella and Fred smashed that,’ wrote one viewer, as another added: ‘You guys are more bothered about the Nella and Fred beef more than they are. You can get over it now.’

There had been online backlash to Nella’s initial response to the row, which TV star London Hughes said on X was loaded with ‘racial prejudice.’

The Road Trip star was very apologetic (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

The 34-year-old comedian wrote: ‘Whether you choose to believe it isn’t my problem. But there’s real hatred in these tweets aimed at Nella! It’s dripping with racial prejudice.

‘Words like ”sub-human” and “disgusting animal” to describe a black girl you disagree with on a family entertainment show? Really?’

London is not the only celebrity to have defended Nella’s reaction to Fred, with Loose Women’s Janet Street-Porter calling him a ‘weirdo’, while others had defended him over the incident.

Fred’s First Dates co-stars Cici Coleman and Laura Tott, meanwhile, previously said on This Morning that arguments in a ‘pressure cooker’ environment were inevitable.

Cici said: ‘They are going to have moments where things are misconstrued, misunderstood and it’s normal, things will happen.’

Metro.co.uk contacted ITV for comment.

I’m A Celebrity continues tonight on ITV and ITVX at 9pm.

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