David Haye left his fellow I’m A Celebrity campmates stunned with ‘sexist’ comments about ‘ugly girls’
13:55, 13 Apr 2026Updated 21:36, 13 Apr 2026
David Haye risks a verbal fight with others with his comments about women in camp.(Image: ITV)
David Haye has sparked an I’m A Celebrity sexism storm with a string of shocking comments. In a clip from the second week of the ITV show, the 45-year-old former boxer made a series of statements related to how women look and their personalities, during a group discussion.
It all started innocently enough when it was suggested the group of celebs should meet up for a party when they left the show, and David said his girlfriend Sian was a great cook and could possibly provide food for the event.
He then added: “She’s like tall, blue eyes. She’s lovely. She’s got the personality of a proper ugly bird.”
David Haye said girlfriend Sian Osborn has the personality of an ‘ugly bird'(Image: davidhaye/Twitter)
David riled campmates with his talk of ‘ugly duckling syndrome'(Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images for Boi)
Scarlett Moffatt replied: “You can’t say that.” But David brushed off the response and added: “She has. Most ugly girls realise they don’t they’re not pretty enough to….they gotta have a personality to banter and to tell jokes and s**t, so people overlook the fact that they’re not aesthetically amazing, straight away. Which is what’s called Ugly Duckling syndrome, where girls are ugly, when they start off, and then they and then they kind of they, they get pretty as they get older. But they still got the personality of when they’re ugly. Does that make sense?”
As Scarlett and others made shocked noises, David continued to express his opinions. Haye added: “You get a girl who’s pretty from day one, you get a girl who’s different day one. Everyone goes ‘You’re so beautiful. You’re amazing’. She grows up thinking, I’m amazing. Everyone loves me. I can open any door. I can go anywhere I want.
“They don’t have to have a personality, because most super pretty girls are just idiots. But then their ugly friend, they’ve got work a bit harder, be more personable. They got to be nicer to everyone. Gonna get you a drink.” Scarlett again took David to task over the comments. She explained: “It is not just ugly people saying ‘would you like a drink’. What are you talking about? You are just talking s***.”
And actor Beverley Callard added: “Complete claptrap. So do handsome men have s*** personalities? I have never heard anything so sexist in all my life.” Haye then changed to conversation onto the fact when he was growing up only pretty girls were allowed into nightclubs in London’s West End.
He said: “They only let pretty girls into the club, and the pretty girls go, oh, so sorry about that. They leave their ugly friend behind. I’ve seen it, I’ve watched it. I’ve watched it with my own eyes. I’ve seen it. It’s horrible. I feel terrible for these poor girls. She’s the one normally driving as well.”
Admitting he was “digging” a bigger hole for himself, Bev replied the shovel was “not big enough”.
Sinitta tried to bring the chat back to his own situation and Haye concluded he would be with his girlfriend “even if she didn’t look how she looked”.
But on Haye’s girlfriend, Beverley said: “He has hit the jackpot, but his partner has got the booby prize.”
The rest of the camp looked stunned by Haye’s comments, and they weren’t the only ones.
Commenting on instagram, Loose Women star Denise Welch said: “how did David Haye get invited back as an ‘All star’? Was he not a complete kn*b the first time round?.” Another viewer replied simply: “Erghhhhhhh” whilst many others blasted him as sexist.
Haye has been in a relationship with model Sian Osborne since 2020, but over recent years he’s also been linked to Saturdays singer Una Healy. He has been in the headlines more for his colour love life than his former skills in the ring in recent years, with suggestions he was in a throuple situation with two female partners.
The one-time heavyweight champion is non-monogamous which is when someone has multiple romantic and sexual relationships, with the consent of a partner or spouse. Ant and Dec have commented on this during the series, but Haye himself is yet to bring up his relationship status in camp.
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