The former boxer has gone on the offensive against his “soft and weak” I’m A Celebrity… South Africa co-star

Haye has taken aim at Thomas and his “weak-a*** fanbase”(Image: X: @davidhaye)

David Haye has again taken aim at his I’m A Celebrity… South Africa co-star Adam Thomas after the pair clashed on the ITV series, with the former boxer slamming the actor’s “soft” and “weak” behaviour in an explosive online video.

During the series, which was filmed in South Africa last year, Thomas had been on the receiving end of a series of comments from his fellow campmate, which he and viewers claimed amounted to bullying. However, Haye has always defended his actions as “banter”.

A chaotic live final in London last week saw Haye again confront the Waterloo Road star, questioning whether he deserved to be crowned series champion due to his own behaviour towards former Premier League footballer Jimmy Bullard, and calling on ITV to release further footage from the show.

Earlier this week, a tearful Thomas admitted he felt “numb” and “dead inside” in the fallout from the show, revealing that Haye had told him after filming ended that he had “never met a nicer guy” than the actor but “just wanted to break” him.

But after being called out once again by the former Emmerdale star for his “bullying” behaviour, Haye has gone on the offensive again, doubling down on his previous comments and branding Thomas “Mr Flaccid” in a video shared on his X account while away in Cyprus.

Having listened to the comments made by Thomas and his brothers Ryan and Scott on their podcast At Home with the Thomas Bros, the former champion boxer has accused them of “b****ing, whining and moaning” about the situation and suggesting that they were not acting in the way that “real guys do”, with the actor presenting himself as a “victim”.

He added that the comments he made to his fellow campmate were a “light sprinkling of primary school banter” and that he was “sick” of “the world we live in…. where you are rewarded the softer and weaker you are.”

Haye also took aim at Thomas’ “weak-a***” fan base” and told the actor to “keep giving them that soft, flaccid energy” and “keep trying to thumb it in.”

Intriguingly, the 45-year-old – who is reportedly preparing to take legal action against ITV – also said that “a lot of stuff” will come to light that “kind of contradicts [Thomas’] story a little bit”, as he added: “I’m looking forward to seeing the light of day.”

You can watch the video below, or scroll down to read the transcript in full.

Content cannot be displayed without consentDavid Haye’s comments in full:

“So, I’ve just taken the time to listen to Adam Thomas’s podcast, him and his brothers, Ryan and Scott. Very interesting, very, very interesting to see. He’s had a few days to sit down, mull it over, process everything that’s happened, him winning I’m a Celebrity, and how he processed it, and it was enlightening.

“Dishing out banter to me and then losing the banter game. I give it back and you start crying and moaning and somehow he’s spun it so he’s still the victim. He’s done an hour with his brothers, I put it in double speed because I couldn’t listen to the waffle, all three of them b***hing and whining and moaning, complaining he won.

“I don’t think he’s been guys, like proper guys, who actually have a bit of back and forth. You build your resilience, your mental resilience to jibes. I’ve had plenty of it in my time, whenever I lose, whenever I get something wrong, I always get my mates giving me s*** for it. That’s just what we do, that’s what real guys do.

“But somehow, the light sprinkling of primary school banter that I gave him, which was so gentle, he nearly had an emotional breakdown over it, started crying.

“The volume of banter that he received was significantly less than he dished out. So he dished out, couldn’t take it. This message here, just this message, me explaining it, it’s another form of banter.”

“Ugh, everyone’s so damn soft, it just makes me sick. But it’s the world we live in right now, and you’re rewarded the softer and weaker you are. The more weak, brittle-spirited you are, the more validation the masses give you.

“But I ain’t interested in them, I’m interested in the 15-20 percent of people who listen to me’ and go ‘David makes sense, he’s right’. The rest of them I couldn’t give a s***. The rest of you sensible people, you know what the score is, you know what’s right.

“You’re nearly 40 years old and you’re moaning that you won a TV competition – ‘it’s the worst thing in my whole life, it’s the worst thing I’ve ever had to do, I didn’t even want to be there’ – what are you talking about? You’ve got £100,000 to give to a charity of your choice, you’ve made more money a day than most people earn in a year.

“For three weeks straight, you’re going to get loads of endorsements, everyone loves you, ITV are going to give you your own show, things are looking positive, good vibes.

“It’s a big slice of the population who love that soft s***, so just keep giving them the weakness. Keep giving them that soft, flaccid energy, that’s it, Mr Flaccid.

“Keep trying to thumb it in, that’s your angle, that’s your game and they’ll go ‘aw it’s all soft and I like it, yeah’. But there’s a few chicks out there who like it a little firmer. Just saying.

“Maybe your weak-a*** fan base just want the soft marshmallow energy, so just keep giving it to them. There’s a lot of stuff that is going to come to light that hasn’t come to light, that kind of contradicts his story just a little bit that I’m looking forward to seeing the light of day.

“Slowly, slowly, catchy monkey. And I bet someone will get offended by that phrase, monkey. ‘Can’t say monkey. It’s racist’.”