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<\/p>\nI’m A Celebrity… South Africa viewers saw tensions rise as the two camps finally joined together.<\/p>\n
Tianna Corbin TV Reporter<\/p>\n
22:13, 09 Apr 2026<\/p>\n
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Gemma Collins was less than impressed with Sinitta’s comment(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n
Tensions were at an all-time high during the latest episode of I’m A Celebrity… South Africa.<\/a><\/p>\n On Thursday night (April 9), ITV<\/a> fans saw the two camps finally reunite as Gemma Collins, <\/a>Adam Thomas, Seann Walsh, Beverley Callard left Savannah Scrub.<\/p>\n However, as they were joined with the other celebrities, Sinitta wasted no time in letting her feelings known to Gemma.<\/p>\n She said: “What happened with Chicago? You were supposed to follow me as Mama Morton in Chicago, it was announced and everything.”<\/p>\n Gemma explained that she had a ‘terrible’ injury, telling Sinitta is was something to do with the insurance. However, Sinitta confessed that when it was announced Gemma was joining the cast, they thought it was a joke.<\/p>\n Unimpressed, Gemma added: “Not a joke, Sinitta, I auditioned for it and got it fair and square. Did all the training and everything. Had the voice coach.”<\/p>\n Sinitta and Gemma Collins had an awkward exchange on Thursday’s I’m A Celebrity South Africa(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n Sinitta continued: “I’m sorry, but I’m going to admit it, that when I heard, I thought it was a joke announcement, I was like, ‘Yeah right’.<\/p>\n Clearly unimpressed, Gemma asked why she thought that it wouldn’t be real, as Sinitta highlighted her fall while presenting at an awards show, stating she felt more like a comedian.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, some of the other campmates watched on awkwardly as Scarlett Moffatt hid in her hammock, mouthing to Seann Walsh, ‘What is happening?’<\/p>\n Scarlett Moffatt was in disbelief over the conversation (Image: ITV)<\/p>\n Comparing her to Zsa Zsa Gabor, Sinitta added: “Very camp, very glamorous. But I thought you were that girl. Like, you don’t really do anything, you make a great entrance, and you make everybody laugh. But, I didn’t know you could actually sing, dance and all of that, and all that jazz.”<\/p>\n Biting back, Gemma said: “I don’t think you’d get casted as Mama Morton in Chicago if you didn’t pass the audition.”<\/p>\n In the Bush Telegraph, Gemma explained she was taken aback by Sinitta’s comments, stating she’s not a joke.<\/p>\n Gemma Collins explained why she didn’t appear in Chicago as planned (Image: ITV)<\/p>\n It wasn’t long before people watching took to X to share their thoughts on what happened, with many unimpressed by Sinitta’s comments.<\/p>\n One person said: “How rude of sinitta!” Another commented: “Sinitta to go as well.”<\/p>\n Someone else wrote: “Get Sinitta and David Haye OUT.” While one viewer added: “I think Sinitta feels a bit threatened by the possibility of loss of screen time since Gemma Collins joined main camp.”<\/p>\n Another fan commented: “Sinitta thinking she better than Gemma.” While someone else wrote: “Sinitta calling the GC a joke?? Like really??”<\/p>\n I’m A Celebrity…South Africa airs weekdays at 9pm on ITV, ITVX, STV and STV Player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I’m A Celebrity… South Africa viewers saw tensions rise as the two camps finally joined together. Tianna Corbin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,34944,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-390718","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390718","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=390718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Sinitta\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5_Gemma.jpg\")
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