{"id":404492,"date":"2026-04-18T03:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T03:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/404492\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T03:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T03:44:11","slug":"david-haye-forced-live-tv-apology-after-vile-comments-to-im-a-celeb-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/404492\/","title":{"rendered":"David Haye forced live TV apology after vile comments to I&#8217;m A Celeb star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former boxer has caused a stir on his return to I&#8217;m A Celebrity&#8230;. Get Me Out of Here!,<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0_David-Haye-made-sexist-remarks.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Haye's comments on I'm A Celebrity..Get Me Out of Here! have sparked fury\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Haye&#8217;s comments on I&#8217;m A Celebrity..Get Me Out of Here! have sparked fury(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">David Haye has caused a stir on I&#8217;m A Celebrity&#8230;. Get Me Out of Here!, with the former boxer shocking his fellow campmates and viewers at home with his behaviour and remarks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">After appearing on the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/itv\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">ITV<\/a> show in Australia in 2012, the 45-year-old has returned to the programme for the second series of its All Stars spin-off, with the series recorded in South Africa last year. However, he has sparked fury with some of the comments he has made on the show, which have been slammed as &#8220;sexist&#8221; and &#8220;outrageous&#8221; by viewers and his fellow celebrities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">During his time in South Africa, Haye said that his girlfriend Sian had &#8220;the personality of a proper ugly bird,&#8221; adding: &#8220;Most ugly girls realise they don&#8217;t they&#8217;re not pretty enough to\u2026.they gotta have a personality to banter and to tell jokes and s**t, so people overlook the fact that they&#8217;re not aesthetically amazing, straight away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;They don&#8217;t have to have a personality, because most super pretty girls are just idiots,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;But then their ugly friend, they\u2019ve got work a bit harder, be more personable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The remarks left the likes of fellow campmate Scarlett Moffatt shocked, while former Pussycat Dolls singer Ashley Roberts admitted she was left stunned by the retired boxer&#8217;s &#8220;outrageous language&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Haye has also clashed with actor Adam Thomas on the show, but his time in the jungle is not the first time that his mouth has got him into trouble.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Back in 2016, the Bermondsey-born fighter forced Sky Sports to apologise after delivering an X-rated message to Tony Bellew during an explosive press conference, ahead of their hotly-anticipated &#8216;Grudge Match&#8217; fight at the O2 Arena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The two boxers exchanged barbs throughout the press conference, with Haye even swinging a punch at his opponent as they squared up, forcing security to step in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">However, it was one comment that Haye made that forced Sky to issue an apology, after he was offered the opportunity to send a message to Bellew directly to the cameras.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Looking down the lens, the-then 36-year-old said: &#8220;You&#8217;re a b*****d,&#8221; with reporter Andy Burton immediately intervening to apologise and telling Haye that he had asked him not to swear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Earlier in the press conference, Haye had told Bellew &#8211; who also starred in I&#8217;m A Celeb in 2023 &#8211; that he would leave him unconscious in the ring, adding: &#8220;You&#8217;re not going to be able to chew your food.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He continued: &#8220;I\u2019ll end the fight when I want to. If I want to punish you for three rounds, I will, if I want to take you out in 30 seconds, I will. You have no say, you&#8217;re a chump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The fact is you\u2019re getting KO\u2019d. I\u2019m going to stand there with my hands down, even if you hit me, nothing will happen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;You\u2019re getting knocked out. Destroyed. You don\u2019t have the pedigree, you don\u2019t have anything,&#8221; Haye added. &#8220;I\u2019ll be standing over your limp body in the ring. I\u2019ll come to hospital and let you play with my hair.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In the end, Bellew defeated Haye by a technical knockout in the 11th round, with the latter&#8217;s trainer Shane McGuigan throwing in the towel after he ruptured his Achilles tendon in the sixth round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Haye refused to blame his injury for the defeat, saying Bellew was &#8220;by far the better fighter&#8221; and calling for a rematch, which took place the following year. However, that bout saw Haye beaten again by a fifth-round TKO, and he retired from boxing the following month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former boxer has caused a stir on his return to I&#8217;m A Celebrity&#8230;. 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