'Bored' Antony's not a happy camper in I'm a Celeb

'Bored' Antony's not a happy camper in I'm a Celeb
'Bored' Antony's not a happy camper in I'm a Celeb

Antony Cotton has reached the end of his tether as he threw a series of strops in I'm A Celebrity, complaining that it's 'boring' and 'humiliating'. The Coronation Street actor has been wound up after tiring of a secret mission to disrupt the camp, as well as seeing his chum Dougie Poynter being put in stocks. He also threw a hissy fit after Fatima Whitbread told him off for repeatedly swearing, as the contestants entered their third week on the show. Antony failed to see the funny side when McFly star Dougie was put in the stocks by camp 'king' Willie Carson for failing to collect fire wood. He was pelted with sponges for disobeying his orders, but Antony grumbled: "It's not my kind of fun, it was a step too far, and it was barbaric and humiliating." Antony and Dougie have also been chosen to carry out a 'traitorous' mission - their challenge being to hide the other campers' towels. However, the soap star - who earlier said 'I don't want to be here, it's utterly boring, I'm hating it' - had to head off into the jungle alone to collect his thoughts. He told the others: "I had a bit of a panic attack and needed to clear my head." Antony had already been stewing on a run-in with Fatima who had moaned about his language and said it was offensive. "Every day there is something else Fatima," he told her. Olympic star Fatima said: "I just find it hard to swallow all the time - I'm just asking you to not keep swearing." But he hit back: "And I'm asking you to mind your own business."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.