I'm A Celeb stars slam 'fake' Gillian

I'm A Celeb stars slam 'fake' Gillian
I'm A Celeb stars slam 'fake' Gillian

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! contestants have rounded on Gillian McKeith, claiming her fainting spell on live TV was a fake. She was seen collapsing on Sunday night's edition of the ITV1 show, moments after learning she had been chosen for a bushtucker trial. Linford Christie stepped in to save the day, winning 12 meals. The incident followed previous episodes in which Gillian refused to tackle challenges, leaving camp-mates struggling for food. nd her latest faint prompted some of the others to complain that the fall was not genuine - and simply an "on-cue" stunt. Dom Joly commented: "I smell Baftas for that faint, I really do." Shaun said: "If that was real, so are my teeth." He added: "We get 12 meals and Gillian gets an Academy Award." Prior to his departure from the camp, Nigel Havers told the others: "The faint was just brilliant. It's just the timing was so good." Dom replied: "Classical actors are trained for years to do that sort of fall. It was just like Miss Havisham or someone going down. It was unbelievable." And the Trigger Happy TV prankster said she should not be allowed to continue in the show. "Well I want her out because I'm sorry you can't just go on every trial and faint and then we don't eat. It's f***ing ridiculous."

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.