ITV I’m A Celebrity fans fume over ‘unfair’ twist as star breaks task rules

I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! sans are slamming the show for allowing campmate Josie Gibson to “break” one of the show’s rules.

Viewers tuned into to see Josie, Frankie, Fred, Marvin and Danielle take on a grisly barbershop challenge that saw then stick their heads in a glass box filled with creepy crawlies. Josie, who admitted prior to the challenge that she had a ”phobia” of spiders, was chose to have spiders in her box by the British public, sending her into an absolute panic.

About 45 seconds into the challenges, which saw the group having to work as a team to build stars for food, Josie quit the task and looked on as the others persevered. But just moments later, host Ant told Josie she could “still help” her campmates even though she had quite the challenge, by shouting advice at them as they tried to solve the puzzle.

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Usually when a celebrity quits a task – they are not allowed to participate in any way. While fans agreed the challenge was “really hard” they blasted the move, calling it “unfair”

“Surely Josie shouldn’t be allowed to help?” asked one fan. “Josie now being able to help in the trial like this does seem a bit unfair…” penned a second.

A third griped: “I’m not being funny , but should Josie be allowed to help“ and “why is josie allowed to help?! That’s never happened before”. Though some fans didn’t appear to mind as the task was dubbed one of the hardest “ever”.

“Tbf this is a pretty hard trial. Kinda glad they’re letting Josie chip in and help them,” said one fan. Another shared: “Marvin did all the hard work there his hard work & nerves with snakes josie had good tactics even if she pulled out.”

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The group put up a valiant effort with Danielle facing a box full of rats, Fred and Marvin were both doled out several snaked to keep them company and Marvin had to sit amongst 3000 cockroaches. Despite their best efforts they only managed to land four stars, making their dinner very scarce.

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