According to an insider the consequences for finding the contraband has ‘rocked the whole camp’, as all will be revealed tonight
I’m A Celeb campmates in ‘serious trouble’ as one contestant has snuck butter into the camp(Image: ITV/Shutterstock)
Furious I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here bosses have caught the celebs with even more banned items. Execs have now discovered a contestant with butter, it’s emerged. It is not known how it was brought into camp, but insiders say it’s set to have huge repercussions for the group.
The contestants had already faced a contraband amnesty, and were forced to surrender items such as salt and a bottle of air freshener. It’s understood the butter was contained in a small plastic sachet.
The rule breaker, who has not yet been named, will be given “two options” by show bosses to rectify the situation. Insiders say that “both options – which have not been revealed – would have a huge impact on camp.”
A show source reveals: “It’s been a day of twists and turns with more contraband found and the consequences of this rule break has rocked the whole camp.”
Alex and Shona were caught with contraband last week(Image: ITV/Shutterstock)
Producers have previously punished campmates by removing a star after Alex Scott was caught bringing contraband into the camp. On last Sunday night’s episode, she was seen using salt she had secretly smuggled in to season the crocodile feet.
Jungle execs told the campmates they had lost a star won by Aitch in a Bushtucker Trial as a result. Shona McGarty also admitted smuggling in a bottle of air freshener which she hid in the dunny.
It comes after previous years in which celebs have got into trouble.
Last year in particular, there was a double rule-break involving salt and teabags. Radio host Dean McCullough managed to get tea bags past the show bosses, which he dropped into the morning’s supply of hot water.
There was later a jungle amnesty in which they were ordered to “bring all remaining contraband to the Bush Telegraph to avoid further punishment.” Melvin later confessed he had brought seasoning in also.
There have been countless other incidents over the years. Gillian McKeith managed to sneak in some banned items when she was on the show in 2010, carrying salt, herbs and some spices into the camp in her underwear.
This isn’t the first year that show producers have discovered contraband in the camp(Image: ITV)
In 2012 star Hugo Taylor flouted that rule by sneaking a pile of salt and pepper sachets in the bottom of his backpack. Model Amy Willerton managed to sneak in an entire bag of makeup in 2013 -and got away with it for 10 days. While TV chef Gino D’Acampo also stuffed his pillow full of contraband, when he appeared on the show.
He said at the time: “I stuffed it with a lot of salt, sugar, four different teas and 10 sachets of coffee,” he said. “I had it in my shoes as well. I thought, ‘If the security guys catch the stuff in the pillow, I still have the stuff in the shoes’.”
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! airs tonight at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.