The outrageous I’m a Celebrity moment they couldn’t air on TV: How a contestant BEGGED producers to edit out their sex confession for a very surprising reason
The executive producer behind I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Australia has lifted the lid on a celebrity sex confession that was too scandalous for screens.
Alex Mavroidakis of ITV Studios told the TV Reload podcast that a contestant once admitted to cheating on his wife on camera, then begged producers to edit it out.
‘There was a series where a celebrity told a story in camp about a girl he had been with. And he talked about specifics, in terms of what he had been doing on that day, what time of the year it was,’ Mr Mavroidakis said.
‘He just outed himself!’ Alex Mavroidakis, the executive producer behind I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! Australia, has lifted the lid on a celebrity sex confession that was too scandalous for screens. Pictured: I’m A Celebrity hosts Dr Chris Brown and Julia Morris
‘He then came running up to the Tok Tokkie [camp diary room] straight after that conversation and was… saying, ‘It’s OK for you to use that scene, but please don’t say the time or the place. Because I’ve just realised I was still married at the time’,’ he continued.
‘So basically, he just outed himself!’ Mavroidakis mused.
The show’s producers went ahead with the scene, but edited out certain parts so as to hide the star’s admission of infidelity.
Whoops: Shane Warne inadvertently admitted to cheating on his ex-wife Simone Callahan during his 2016 stint on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
Busted: Shane told his campmates the story of how he’d met Coldplay frontman Chris Martin in a hotel elevator 16 years ago, revealing he was trying to ‘sneak’ a woman back to his room at the time
Mavroidakis could have been referring to cricket legend Shane Warne, who inadvertently admitted to cheating on his ex-wife Simone Callahan during his 2016 stint on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
During a discussion around the campfire, Shane regaled the story of how he’d met Coldplay frontman Chris Martin in a hotel elevator 16 years ago.
The spin king said he’d met Chris while trying to ‘sneak’ a woman back to his room.
Case of the ex: Fans quickly worked out that this incident took place in 2000, right in the middle of Shane’s decade-long marriage to now ex-wife Simone. Pictured in April 2010
‘I’m in the lift. I’ve got someone with me,’ Warne explained, adding: ‘I’m trying to sneak up to my room and I notice a guy in a corner. He also had someone,’ Shane recalled.
Fans quickly worked out that this incident took place in 2000, right in the middle of Shane’s decade-long marriage to now ex-wife Simone.
Shane and Simon married 1995, but eventually split up in 2005.
New flame: However, Shane announced they had split again in December 2010 after photos of him kissing actress Elizabeth Hurley (right) surfaced
They then had an on-off relationship for several years before officially reuniting in 2008.
However, Shane announced they had split again in December 2010 after photos of him kissing actress Elizabeth Hurley surfaced.
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! continues Monday at 7.30pm on Ten
Pictured: I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! continues Monday at 7.30pm on Ten. Pictured: I’m A Celebrity 2021 contestant Jack Vidgen