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Reverend Richard Coles reveals I’m A Celebrity had to avoid airing ‘naked’ scenes-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro

Certain scenes didn’t make it to our screens.

Reverend Richard Coles reveals I’m A Celebrity had to avoid airing ‘naked’ scenes-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro

I’m A Celebrity star Reverend Richard Coles has revealed certain scenes weren’t aired, after he chose to shower completely in the buff.

The former Strictly Come Dancing contestant, 62, joined the likes of Love Island’s Maura Higgins, McFly singer Danny Jones and Coleen Rooney on the jungle competition last year.

He formed a particularly close bond with social media star GK Barry, and made it all the way to the final, finishing in third place.

Reverend Richard and GK have now reunited since returning home for a special edition of her podcast where they reminisced on their jungle antics.

At one point, the pair admitted there were several conversations they had that would have gotten them ‘cancelled’ if aired.

‘The amount of conversations we had in there, and I thought, “If this gets aired, it could be a tricky one here,”‘ GK said, with the retired vicar replying: ‘We might both be cancelled!’

Reverend Richard Coles has revealed certain I’m A Celebrity scenes weren’t aired (Picture: James Gourley/ITV/Shutterstock)

The star formed a close bond with GK Barry (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

One conversation in the camp saw GK educate Reverend Richard on ‘scissoring’ as they opened up about their sexuality.

‘I see my future, and it involves scissoring now,’ the podcaster said, telling a clueless Reverend Richard that it was a ‘lesbian thing’, and insisting he probably didn’t want to know any further.

Referencing their chat, GK said on her podcast: ‘Luckily, the one they aired was scissoring, and I was shocked they aired that because I thought it’s ITV, they won’t air that.’

As Reverend Richard began guessing it had something to do with ‘gymnastics’, GK replied: ‘You’re so close, and I think you should not let your brain wonder any further than gymnastics.’

Reverend Richard had a lesson in ‘scissoring’ on I’m A Celebrity (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)

There was however one part of their time in the jungle that didn’t make it to screens.

Though I’m A Celebrity has aired plenty of shower scenes before, most famously, Myleene Klass’ white bikini moment, Reverend Richard’s naked scenes were not shown.

‘You showered naked, luckily they didn’t show it,’ GK said, with her co-star admitting: ‘I don’t care.’

‘You were the only one in there that did that, and I respect it,’ GK went on.

He opted to shower naked after dealing with cockroaches and fish gunk (Picture: James Gourley/ITV/Shutterstock)

‘I thought everybody did!’ Reverend Richard admitted. ‘I just thought, why would you not?’

‘It seemed mad to me not to shower naked,’ he went on.

‘I could hear distantly the screams of people in VT13, “oh my god,” and I thought, that’s not going to make the Christmas reel, that’s for sure.’

Reverend Richard joked that he felt only ‘pity’ for the camera crew member who had to watch him showering, but after the cockroaches ‘burrowing up your chuff’, fish guts and ‘the fermented herring’ that left his clothes ‘stinking’, he had secretly hoped there would be real hot showers off-set.

Instead, he was left with a ‘nice security guard’ throwing a bucket of cold water on him after a trial, in the hope of removing the stench and gunk.

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! is available to watch on ITVX.

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