Rebekah Vardy sobs as she denies Iain Lee bullying claims

She was accused of ‘bullying’ Iain Lee in the jungle after she branded him ‘fake’ and said he was playing the ‘sympathy card’.

But Rebekah Vardy vehemently denied the claims and sobbed as she insisted she hadn’t targeted the broadcaster as part of a gang, in scenes from I’m A Celebrity’s Coming Out show.

The WAG declared that she wasn’t a ‘ringleader’ – but was slammed by fans who caught her sharing a covert handshake with Amir Khan and Dennis Wise after the 44-year-old was voted out.

 

Overwhelmed: Rebekah Vardy sobbed as she insisted she hadn’t ‘bullied’ Iain Lee as part of a gang, in scenes from I’m A Celebrity’s Coming Out show

The Coming Out show captured the moments after the celebrities left the Australia outback – including their reaction to fans’ comments about them. 

Rebekah emerged after the third vote off and the topic of Iain Lee was the first on the agenda. 

Her father Carlos told her: ‘You’re right about lain, I know what you mean.’

Rebekah replied: ‘He can cut the mood in camp in seconds. It’s a shame that he feels he has to be like that, but who knows what hes going through, it’s hard to speculate.

Hmm: The WAG declared that she wasn't a 'ringleader' - but was slammed by fans who caught her sharing a covert handshake with Amir Khan and Dennis Wise after the 44-year-old was voted out

Hmm: The WAG declared that she wasn’t a ‘ringleader’ – but was slammed by fans who caught her sharing a covert handshake with Amir Khan and Dennis Wise after the 44-year-old was voted out

Shrugging, she looked away and added: ‘I don’t care anyway.’

When a phone call to her management team revealed she’d been accused of ganging up against him, she was brought to tears in the arms of her father. 

Surprised, she said: ‘You know what, I was the one that was being the most supportive of him. A bully? I’ve never been a bully in my whole entire life.’

Calling her husband, Leicester City footballer Jamie Vardy, she had a bone to pick with him. 

She swiftly congratulated him on his 100th goal for the club, scored against Tottenham Hotspur, and declaring: ‘Stick that up your backside Spurs fans!’

But there was little time to enjoy the glory as she reprimanded him for voting her to take part in a trial. 

Pulling no punches, she said: ‘Voting me to do The Hole you little w****r? You’ve no idea how bad they were! I can’t wait to see our phone bill.’

Rebekah was keen to discuss Iain with Dennis Wise right away, and the claims that they had bullied him.

She said: ‘I came out to the biggest s**t storm. And you know I don’t get upset about things and you know I’m really strong but I actually cried in the car.

‘It really upset me. Something so strong has been said about not just me. You, Jamie, Amir. That we were part of a gang.’

Dennis responded: ‘I am gobsmacked with it. The reason being is because this is not the case. I’ll be surprised with Iain if he doesn’t clarify all of this.’ 

But Rebekah seemed unable to let it go, and later found Iain’s sister Jo Angell to defend herself. 

Rushing up to Jo, she said: ‘Hi we need to talk. It’s completely been blown out of proportion. Honestly it’s not… I was trying to help him so much.’

Smiling, his sister said: ‘We will have a catch-up – cocktails.’

Not convinced, Rebekah insisted: ‘It really upset me,’ as she reassured: ‘Don’t worry about it, you were so brave.’

She later said to the camera: ‘I wasn’t a ringleader and I definitely wasn’t a catalyst to anything that was going on with him in there.’ 

Ears burning, in third place, Iain was quick to set the record straight upon leaving: ‘There was no bullying going on. Let’s quash this rumour once and for all. Bullying is a very serious thing. It’s a huge word. There was no bullying whatsoever. ‘

He added: ‘I always got on with Becky, I always thought she had a deliciously dark humour.

‘The only argument was with Dennis and that lasted about 30 seconds before we hugged.’

Runner-up Jamie agreed: ‘I don’t think Iain was playing a game to be honest. He’s a nice guy and we became good mates in there. 

‘Last night was just a really special evening with me, Iain and Toff. I think it’s been completely blown out of proportion if I’m honest.’  



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