{"id":418357,"date":"2026-04-26T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/418357\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T12:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T12:00:09","slug":"sinitta-shaken-by-explosive-im-a-celebrity-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/418357\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinitta &#8216;shaken&#8217; by explosive I&#8217;m a Celebrity&#8230; final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;explosive&#8221; row between Adam Thomas and Jimmy Bullard that dominated<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/entertainment\/2026\/0424\/1570111-tense-final-sees-adam-thomas-crowned-im-a-celeb-winner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> the final of I&#8217;m A Celebrity \u2026 South Africa<\/a> left Sinitta &#8220;visibly upset and shaken&#8221;, the singer has said.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas was crowned the winner of the ITV series in Friday night\u2019s live finale, which saw the 37-year-old actor labelled &#8220;abusive, aggressive and intimidating&#8221; by former footballer Bullard.<\/p>\n<p>Chaos ensued when David Haye, a former boxing champion, accused the show of editing footage to make Thomas look like a &#8220;victim&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Adam Thomas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0024468b-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nAdam Thomas<\/p>\n<p>After defending the actor, fellow contestants Sinitta and TV personality Gemma Collins walked off set.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to The Sun on Sunday, Sinitta said the tense finale left her feeling &#8220;shaken&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The 62-year-old So Macho singer said: &#8220;I found it very uncomfortable and disturbing. It was very explosive, very aggressive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was so visibly upset and shaken by it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was saying to anyone who would listen: &#8216;Why isn\u2019t anyone stopping this? Please make it stop. This is not right\u2019.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During the episode, Sinitta and Collins were asked by Bullard to weigh in on Thomas\u2019s behaviour on the show.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GEMMA COLLINS\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/00244098-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nGemma Collins<\/p>\n<p>After speaking up for the actor, the two stars left the set, with the former The Only Way Is Essex star remarking that Haye was &#8220;disgusting&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Writing on her Instagram story on Friday, Collins said: &#8220;Jimmy Bullard and David Haye should be absolutely DISGUSTED WITH THEMSELVES.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a video obtained by The Sun, 45-year-old Haye can be heard saying he was kicked off the show for &#8220;trying to tell the truth&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas has hit headlines since appearing on the all-star show for his feud with boxer Haye, who he said &#8220;broke&#8221; him and pushed him to his limits, and for his row with campmate Bullard for almost compromising his time on the show.<\/p>\n<p>Bullard discussed their explosive row on the show, claiming Thomas dropped &#8220;c-bombs&#8221; which were not aired, and asked hosts Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly for their opinion as they had &#8220;front-row seats&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>McPartlin disagreed that the exchange was aggressive and said: &#8220;No it wasn\u2019t, I was there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Press Association<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The &#8220;explosive&#8221; row between Adam Thomas and Jimmy Bullard that dominated the final of I&#8217;m A Celebrity \u2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-418357","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-ie","11":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418357","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=418357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}