I'm A Celeb star Dean McCullough reveals cast have reunited for RIVAL show to air at the same time as ITV favourite
Dean had a strained relationship with other camp mates in the jungle
JUNGLE CATCH UP I'm A Celeb star Dean McCullough reveals cast have reunited for RIVAL show to air at the same time as ITV favourite
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IT may have ended six months ago, but the drama from last year's I'm A Celebrity lived on thanks to Maura Higgins and Danny Jones' illicit kiss at The Brit Awards in March.
Now campmate Dean McCullough has revealed some of the class of '24 are set for a TV reunion.
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Dean McCullough on I'm A Celeb in 2024
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The Radio 1 DJ said: 'A few of us have just been away filming a TV show which is coming out at the end of the year. It's a really exciting one actually and it'll be on around when the jungle's on.
'A bit of a camp reunion . . . and it is camp, I'm doing it!'
Dean was in the jungle with celebrities including Coleen Rooney, Loose Woman and Sun columnist Jane Moore and TikTok star GK Barry.
His career has rocketed since then.
He is now a regular on ITV panel shows such as Big Brother: Late And Live and has just appeared on BBC's The Hit List.
There was some tension between Dean and other camp mates in the jungle.
During the show, fans hit out at Dean for catty comments towards Coleen.
Scouse WAG Coleen revealed her husband Wayne Rooney didn't put on a lavish proposal when he popped the question.
Speaking in the Bush Telegraph direct to camera and away from camp, Dean delivered a catty comment as he sniped: "Coleen I'm not being funny babe but I would have run a mile.
"But then I would have missed out on the big house, the nice life and the four day wedding, and everything."
Viewers at home didn't miss the catty comment either, as one said: "Why is it we have to keep seeing Dean comment on everything in the hut?"
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