Former heavyweight champion David Haye has broken his silence after I’m A Celebrity All Stars winner Adam Thomas branded him a ‘bully’ and said he sought therapy following their clashes in camp
David Haye has delivered a menacing warning to Adam Thomas after the I’m A Celebrity champion labelled him a ‘bully’ and revealed he needed therapy following their confrontations in camp.
The pair engaged in heated verbal exchanges at the show finale on Friday evening, with the boxer maintaining that Adam didn’t merit victory in the ITV All Stars series. An emotional Adam confided to his brothers that he felt ‘manipulated and exploited’ following his encounters with David in camp.
Now David has released a scathing Instagram video where he slammed his rival for continuing to ‘play the victim’ and vowed to reveal the ‘truth’ behind his accusations.
Ridiculing the assertions made by Adam and his brothers Ryan and Scott as ‘very interesting’, David claimed the actor could ‘dish out banter but never accept it.’ He alleged Adam would ‘cry, bitch and moan’ whenever things didn’t go his way.
“I don’t think he’s been around guys, like proper guys, who actually have a bit of back and forth and you kind of build your resilience, your mental resilience to jibes.”, reports the Mirror.
David brushed off his taunts towards Adam in camp as a “light sprinkling of primary school banter” insisting he was “so gentle”. The former heavyweight champion also suggested Adam’s distress was representative of the ‘world right now.’ “Everyone’s so damn soft, it makes me sick but it’s the world we live in right now and you’re rewarded the softer and weaker you are,” David continued.
“You’re nearly 40 years old and you’re moaning that you’ve won a TV competition. You won £100k, you’re getting endorsements. ITV will give you a TV show….
“It’s a big slice of the population who love that soft s***. So just keep giving them the weakness. Keep giving them that soft flaccid energy. That’s it. Mr Flaccid.”
Wrapping up his response, David warned his former campmate: “There’s a lot of things that are going to come to light that kind of contradicts his story just a little bit that I’m looking forward to that seeing the light of day.”
The previous day, Adam had revealed he feels ‘dead inside and numb’ about his I’m A Celeb experience and insisted he wouldn’t have taken part in the programme again even if offered ‘£10million’ had he known how events would unfold.
He also mentioned that while he pardons David, he cannot comprehend how someone else can desire to make another person feel as he did. Following claims that David sent him a congratulatory text after his victory, Adam revealed he replied with a straightforward response.
“I just sent him a message back just saying, you know ‘I think this is where we draw the line and I hope that you find happiness bro, but I’m done.'” Adam stated: “The relationship with me and David is even after the camp, even after he told me [out of camp] ‘you’re the nicest guy I’ve ever met and I just wanted to break you’, like, it’s cool. He apologised. I moved on.
“You know, we had voice messages back and forth and we’d just been bantering and having a laugh. I’d just put it all to bed. I think for David and some of the campmates that have come out and been on the live show and everything, I feel like it’s just a show for them. It’s entertainment. It’s fun. For me, it’s not about entertainment. I’m not playing a character or here for anyone else’s agenda. I’m just here to have a laugh and have fun and enjoy this experience.”
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