{"id":606087,"date":"2026-04-14T10:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/606087\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:58:16","slug":"david-haye-sparks-furious-backlash-after-saying-girlfriend-has-personality-of-a-proper-ugly-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/606087\/","title":{"rendered":"David Haye sparks furious backlash after saying girlfriend has ‘personality of a proper ugly bird’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former boxer David Haye provoked outrage during Tuesday’s episode of I’m A Celebrity after making controversial remarks about his girlfriend Sian Osborne.<\/p>\n

The 45-year-old was discussing his partner with fellow campmates when he described her as “tall, blue eyes” before adding: “She’s lovely, she’s got the personality of a proper ugly bird.”<\/p>\n

Fellow contestant Sinitta had just remarked that Osborne sounded “drop dead gorgeous” when Haye made the comment.<\/p>\n

Scarlett Moffatt reacted with visible disbelief, telling him: “You can’t say that, David! You can’t say that.”<\/p>\n

Pussycat Dolls singer Ashley Roberts appeared equally stunned by the remark, asking Haye to explain what he meant by the statement.<\/p>\n

Haye then attempted to justify his comments by elaborating on his theory about women’s appearances and personalities.<\/p>\n

“Most ugly girls realise they’ve got to have a personality to banter, tell jokes and s**t,” he explained. <\/p>\n

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David Haye pictured with girlfriend Sian Osborne and their dog<\/p>\n

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“People overlook the fact they’re not aesthetically amazing straight away.”<\/p>\n

The former heavyweight champion went on to reference what he called “Ugly Duckling Syndrome,” describing it as when women who were unattractive in their youth become beautiful later in life.<\/p>\n

“But they’ve still got the personality of when they’re ugly,” he added.<\/p>\n

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Roberts responded by looking down and pulling her hair across her face, groaning: “Oh, dear God…”<\/p>\n

The Pussycat Dolls star’s reaction captured the discomfort felt by several campmates as Haye continued his explanation.<\/p>\n

Social media users were quick to condemn Haye’s remarks, with viewers taking to X to express their anger.<\/p>\n

One person branded the boxer “pathetic” with “all brawn and no brains,” while another asked: “Who the hell does this David Haye think he is? Mysoginist much??!!”<\/p>\n

Others described his comments as “disgusting” and called him a “vile human being” for his views on women.<\/p>\n

“Can someone put a muzzle on David Haye? Disgusting, sexist and misogynistic,” wrote one viewer.<\/p>\n

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David Haye and model Sian Osborne have been together since 2020<\/p>\n

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Several questioned the decision to bring Haye back to the programme, with one asking: “How the hell did David Haye make third place last time.”<\/p>\n

Another stated they could not understand why he had been invited to return, describing him as “so sexist.”<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the episode, Gemma Collins provided an unintentional moment of comedy when she tumbled backwards out of a hammock while trying to sit down.<\/p>\n

The 45-year-old crashed to the ground with her legs in the air as the camp settled down for the evening, prompting laughter from her fellow celebrities.<\/p>\n

Haye rushed over to assist Collins, telling her: “That’s a terrible start.”<\/p>\n

“I’m fine, I’ve had a lot worse falls, oh, thank you David,” Collins reassured concerned campmate Adam Thomas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former boxer David Haye provoked outrage during Tuesday’s episode of I’m A Celebrity after making controversial remarks about…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,480,44,13296,588,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-606087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-celebrity","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-sgg","14":"tag-sport","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}