Shaun Ryder’s controversies – ‘flashed by royal’, Alison Hammond feud, UFO claims

Shaun Ryder has returned to screens for the all-star version of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

The Happy Mondays singer, 60, is appearing on I’m A Celebrity… South Africa which airs to ITV on Monday (April 24) at 9pm.

The Manchester music icon is joining the likes of former Countdown star Carol Vorderman and Corrie stunner Helen Flanagan.

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But as loved as he is, Shaun’s unfiltered anecdotes haven’t always gone down a storm with TV hosts and viewers.

To celebrate Shaun’s return to the jungle, Daily Star has rounded up some of Shaun’s wildest TV moments.

Alison Hammond feud

Shaun’s first jungle stint came 13 years ago, but he didn’t exactly see eye-to-eye with fellow campmate and This Morning star Alison Hammond.

In fact, Shaun told Daily Star he ‘detests’ Alison and that the bubbly This Morning host doesn’t like him either.

Earlier this year, Shaun and Alison allegedly clashed behind the scenes of Dancing on Ice as they sat cheering on their pals in the audience.

When asked if they’ve spoken since, Shaun said: “No, no, she doesn’t like me and I detest her that’s allowed we don’t like each other.

“You know when two people just clash, she was in the jungle with me 12 years ago and you know when two people meet and you instantly know you just don’t get on, and we don’t, but we can’t all get on.”

Gogglebox spat

Alison’s not the only TV star Shaun has feuded with during his years in the biz.

Last year, the Happy Mondays star labelled his Gogglebox co-star Paige Deville a “snowflake” for slamming show bosses with her claims that she had a lack of aftercare support.

Paige left the show last Autumn after an “irreversible” relationship breakdown with her mother Sally Hayward, whom she used to buddy up with on the TV sofa.

On Twitter she accused bosses of providing “zero aftercare support” after leaving the show, but Shaun blasted her comments during an interview with the Express.

He said: “No support about what? What do you need support for? What the f**k do you need support for on f****g Gogglebox for f**ks sake. Is she a bit of a snowflake or whatever they are called or woke?

“You f****g turn on the telly and watch f****g five minutes of something and have a laugh. It’s f****g not dramatic is it?”

But Paige hit back at Shaun, calling him a troll as she said: “I couldn’t believe it when I read his comments. I was absolutely gobsmacked. I am a huge Shaun Ryder fan and think him and Bez are hilarious. I have sent messages before on Twitter to them saying what a huge fan I am.

“But comments like the ones he has made implying I am woke or a snowflake are not helpful. You need the aftercare to deal with trolls like him.”

She went on to explain how Shaun has more experience of the public than she does and that she constantly gets sent death threats from vile social media users.

Ofcom outrage

Shaun appears on Gogglebox sofa with Bez, his Happy Mondays partner in crime.

The pair became a fan-favourite duo on the Celeb edition of the show, but they sparked fury with their jokes about drugs – including 200 Ofcom complaints.

The friends had been watching the classic Al Pacino film Scarface as part of the Channel 4 show. when Shaun said: “When this film came out the cocaine in the country was absolutely ‘s***’.”

Bez quipped: “If it was me and my first deal went like that, I wouldn’t bother again. It goes to show, don’t do business with people you don’t know.”

Shaun later hit out at the Ofcom complainers, branding them “nutters”.

He told The Mirror: “We were being shown Scarface, a film where he’s talking about taking huge amounts of drugs. So I’ll talk about sailing, shall I?

“We did absolutely nothing wrong. Do we not have free speech in this country? Or is that just in America?”

Baffling Phil on This Morning

Shaun left Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby speechless with his wild alien anecdotes on ITV’s This Morning.

Last September, Shaun told the TV duo he saw aliens “zigzagging about” when he worked as a delivery boy before joking the bizarre sighting was before his encounters with hallucinogens

He then recalled a second alleged alien encounter which he experienced when making a UFO documentary back in 2013.

He said: “I looked out in my back garden and over my apple tree was this big plastic air fix looking wobbly thing that looked like it was hanging in the air on strings because it was moving.

“I’m slapping myself stupid,” he continued, adding that he initially thought the production crew were playing a trick on him.”

A gobsmacked Phil replied: “The way you describe it sounds like the Del Boy of aliens, some ramshackle air fix thing around a tree. How did that get from the far-flung corners of the universe?”

Viewers were rather skeptical of Shaun’s sightings, with one tweeting: “Shaun Ryder explaining how a UFO landed in his back garden… seems legit”

The singer has joined forced with Daily Star during its Spaced Out campaign, which features interviews from the likes of Ryder and Uri Geller about their alleged alien encounters.

Racy royal flashing claim

Shaun left his fellow panelists shocked on RT UK when he claimed a ‘drugged-up royal’ flashed him her private parts at a party.

The Manc singer told the outrageous story back in 2016 while discussing the Queen’s 90th birthday on Sam Delaney’s News Thing.

Asked if he’d ever met a royal, Ryder replied: “Me? I have met one, yeah. Someone who was showing her f**** at a party once off her t***.”

Sam gasped: “Are you serious?” before Shaun replied: “I’m not telling you who that was.”

Although he didn’t reveal the alleged royal’s identity, he proceeded to claim she had consumed booze and cocaine at the bash.

Shaun said: “Obviously just s*** loads of drink and cocaine… Pretty much on purpose yeah.”

The rocker previously admitted to “trying everything” including heroin and cocaine, but he’s since been clean for 15 years.

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