{"id":301976,"date":"2025-12-06T17:10:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T17:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/301976\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T17:10:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T17:10:47","slug":"ant-mcpartlin-makes-drinking-problem-joke-amid-jack-osbourne-im-a-celeb-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/301976\/","title":{"rendered":"Ant McPartlin makes ‘drinking problem’ joke amid Jack Osbourne I’m a Celeb exit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jack Osbourne was the seventh star to the leave the jungle, alongside Lisa Riley in a shock double eviction.Anita Markoff and Eilidh Farquhar<\/a> Trainee Trends, Showbiz and Lifestyle Writer<\/p>\n

13:53, 06 Dec 2025<\/p>\n

\"AntI’m a Celeb fans were left stunned after Ant’s joking in Friday night’s episode.(Image: Kate Green\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

ITV viewers were left in shock during last night’s I’m a Celebrity episode after host Ant McPartlin made an off-the-cuff joke referring to addiction issues. This came as Jack Osbourne<\/a> was named the seventh celebrity to leave the jungle in double eviction, alongside Emmerdale’s Lisa Riley.<\/p>\n

The moment unfolded as Jack was seen having a catch up with hosts Ant and Dec<\/a> moments after he was booted from the camp. The reality TV star was only a few days away from making it to the final, where this year’s king or queen of the jungle will be crowned.<\/p>\n

After leaving the camp, Dec asked the 40-year-old: “Has that always been a thing for you?” which prompted Ant to add: “A drinking problem?” Enjoying the quip, Jack laughed before replying: “There is that.” Ant followed his on by joking: “You and me both.”<\/p>\n

Both Ant and Jack have been open in the past about their struggles with alcohol and substance misuse, with both stars spending years in recovery, reports the Mirror.<\/a> Stunned by the comment, many fans quickly took to social media to share their disbelief.<\/p>\n

One person recapped the moment, writing: “\u2018Drinking problem?\u2019 \u2018Yeah there\u2019s that\u2019 \u2018You and me both!\u2019 ANT?!” While another person added: “Not Ant joking about his drinking problem.”<\/p>\n

\"JackJack Osbourne is the seventh star to leave the jungle.(Image: James Gourley\/ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n

A third person also questioned: “Did Ant make a drinking joke about a drinking problem there?” Since seeking treatment for his alcohol <\/a>dependency in 2017 and 2018, Ant has openly discussed his struggles on several occasions.<\/p>\n

Back in 2019, he confessed to The Sun that he had been using alcohol for years to mask his unhappiness. He explained: “The longer you drink \u2014 and I\u2019m talking about decades of drinking \u2014 you use it as escapism and a way to change how you feel. But alcohol is not the solution. You\u2019ve got to deal with where your unhappiness is.”<\/p>\n

He recalled that his addiction worsened after he suffered a knee injury in 2015. While this led to a dangerous combination of alcohol and prescription painkillers, he said he hit “rock bottom” when he was rushed to hospital and entered rehab.<\/p>\n

Since completing his second stint of treatment, Ant has remained sober and has spoken about how he is now focusing on rebuilding his life.<\/p>\n

Over the last two decades, Jack Osbourne has also been candid about his former battle with addiction<\/a>, which saw him enter rehab at 17 following a period of heavy drinking and drug use.<\/p>\n

The Osbournes star later revealed that before attending the adolescent treatment centre in California, he had struggled with pills, weed and alcohol.<\/p>\n

While he opened up around the I’m a Celeb<\/a> campfire about how he got sober as a teenager and has maintained it since, Jack has previously spoken about the constant struggle to stay clean.<\/p>\n

In 2021, he said to Variety: “It’s never over. There were times, when I had 10 years sober, and I was raising my hand as a newcomer at a different 12-step recovery group.”<\/p>\n

He added: “If you want it, there\u2019s a way to achieve it. It\u2019s kind of like shut your mouth and be willing to take direction. It\u2019s that honesty and open-mindedness, and willingness, to do whatever it takes.”<\/p>\n

Jack also confessed to Ant and Dec in this exit interview that being “unplugged” in the jungle had helped him deal with the emotions of losing his dad, Ozzy Osbourne<\/a>, and that it was something that he “needed”.<\/p>\n

He said: “The support from my campmates and it was nice to unplug, although I’m probably more plugged in than ever 24\/7. To have that space, no distraction from the outside world in nature, it’s hard in camp but it was basic living which was good for me.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack Osbourne was the seventh star to the leave the jungle, alongside Lisa Riley in a shock double…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[235,61377,96,14559,347,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-301976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-alcohol","9":"tag-ant-and-dec","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-im-a-celebrity","12":"tag-itv","13":"tag-tv","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}