Coronation Street star admits he wanted to KILL I'm A Celeb co-star in jungle saying ‘I'd be in prison if I hadn't left'
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A CORONATION Street legend admitted he 'wanted to kill' an I'm A Celeb co-star while in the Australian jungle.
Several Corrie stars have entered the Aussie jungle as campmates over the years.
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Corrie legend Nigel Havers is a former I'm A Celeb campmate
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Nigel played Lewis Archer on and off for a decade
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Lembit was the second star to be eliminated
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Nigel Havers appeared on I'm A Celeb in 2010, but withdrew after just nine days in camp.
He played Corrie's Lewis Archer on and off from 2009 until the character's death in 2019.
Speaking to The Guardian over a decade on, the 73-year-old admitted he "wanted to kill" a jungle co-star.
Nigel continued: "I'd never watched the show, so I had no idea what it entailed.
"You think it looks bad on TV. S**t, it was terrible. It was the boredom more than anything.
"There was a bloke called Lembit Öpik, the politician. After a couple of days, I wanted to kill him.
"Had I stayed, I would've killed him and I'd be in prison now. So it seemed like a good idea to leave."
Stacey Solomon - at the time best known for The X Factor - went on to be crowned Queen of the Jungle.
That year's line-up also included Shaun Ryder, Gillian McKeith, Alison Hammond and Linford Christie to name a few.
Last year, Lembit, 60 addressed his side of the pair's 14-year reality TV feud.
'We haven't spoken since' I'm A Celebrity star reveals 14-year feud with 'two-faced' campmate
In an exclusive chat with The Sun on behalf of Instant Casinos, he said: "The ones that annoyed me the most were some of the celebrities, like Nigel Havers, who walked out because he couldn't take the heat and spent the last decade rubbishing me.
"We've not been on each other's Christmas lists since 2010.
"Yeah, Nigel Havers was two-faced. He pretended to be my friend.
"I only realised what he really thought when I saw the show after I came out.
I'm A Celeb cast 2010 Stacey Solomon - presenter and singer
Shaun Ryder - Happy Mondays singer
Jenny Eclair - comedian
Dom Joly - comedian
Kayla Collins - Playboy model
Aggro Santos - rapper
Linford Christie - former Olympic sprinter
Gillian McKeith - nutritionist and author
Britt Ekland - actress and Bond girl
Alison Hammond - presenter
Lembit Opik - former Liberal Democrat politician
Sheryl Gascoigne - author
Nigel Havers - actor
"He considered me to be mad, but frankly, I was making his tea for him.
"I was his tea boy. And the gratitude I got shown was to him for him to stab me in the back when he came out.
"That's regrettable, and I would point out that I outlasted him in the jungle, and as far as I'm concerned, I win.
"Nigel, you keep trying, but you can never take that away from me, Nigel. You walked out of the stage."
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