{"id":387170,"date":"2026-04-07T23:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T23:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/387170\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T23:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T23:45:09","slug":"im-a-celeb-bosses-forced-to-make-change-as-fans-spot-major-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/387170\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m A Celeb bosses forced to make change as fans spot major mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"

ITV bosses were left red-faced after mistakenly calling Jimmy Bullard the ‘King of the Jungle’ on social media.<\/p>\n

21:26, 07 Apr 2026Updated 21:34, 07 Apr 2026<\/p>\n

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Ant and Dec are fronting a new series of I’m A Celeb from South Africa(Image: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n

I’m A Celebrity South Africa sparked confusion after sharing a post about the “King of the Jungle”. The All Stars series has returned to ITV<\/a>, featuring the likes of former Fulham and Hull football favourite Jimmy Bullard<\/a>, who first graced the programme back in 2014.<\/p>\n

Before this season’s launch, the I’m A Celebrity<\/a> Facebook<\/a> page posted a photo of 47-year-old Jimmy dressed in his South Africa<\/a> camp uniform. The caption read: “Does former King of the Jungle, Jimmy Bullard, have what it takes to win the Legend crown too?”<\/p>\n

However, viewers were quick to flag a glaring error, as Jimmy had actually been the first contestant eliminated during his 2014 appearance. One user posted on X: ” Carl Fogarty<\/a> won the year he was on?” Another chimed in: “He didn’t win, he was out first because of his banter with Jake Quickenden<\/a>. Foggy won that year.”<\/p>\n

\"KFC<\/p>\n

Jimmy Bullard has returned to the jungle(Image: Getty)<\/p>\n

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A third commented: “He was out first that year, because I remember being outraged by it.” While another pointed out: “Someone doesn’t know the history of I’m A Celebrity, he didn’t win, he was on the show [the] year Carl Fogarty won it.”<\/p>\n

In response to the criticism, the ITV<\/a> account made a joke of the blunder, writing: “Turns out our memory’s got a bit foggy over the last 12 years”, reports the Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The caption on the post was subsequently amended to read: “Jimmy Bullard is back to tackle his way to the top for the Jungle Legend crown.”<\/p>\n

Jimmy was among the early frontrunners in 2014, yet he became the first contestant to be eliminated as public opinion appeared to turn following a heated exchange with X Factor<\/a> star Jake Quickenden, during which the footballer questioned why the singer was famous.<\/p>\n

Numerous viewers branded Jimmy a bully after he confronted Jake with: “Why the f**k are you in here? What are you? What sort of skill have you got?”<\/p>\n

Reflecting on the incident recently with the Express, Jake said: “It was mad. I absolutely love Jimmy, and he was my best mate in there. All we did all day was take the p**s out of each other.<\/p>\n

“I think it actually started because I said that he was built like Mr Burns from The Simpsons so then he started giving me loads of s**t, but obviously in the edit, they didn’t really show me saying anything back.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ITV bosses were left red-faced after mistakenly calling Jimmy Bullard the ‘King of the Jungle’ on social media.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[3272,172042,93,34944,61,60,8642,172044,172043,11420,11421,33492,282,11419],"class_list":{"0":"post-387170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bullying","9":"tag-carl-fogarty","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-itv","15":"tag-jake-quickenden","16":"tag-jimmy-bullard","17":"tag-reality-shows","18":"tag-talent-shows","19":"tag-the-simpsons","20":"tag-tv","21":"tag-x-factor"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}