Ant and Dec kick off ITV I'm A Celebrity with savage Rebekah Vardy joke at Coleen Rooney

I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly wasted no time in making a savage dig at Coleen Rooney's public feud with Rebekah Vardy

Ant and Dec wasted no time in making a joke about Coleen Rooney's feud with Rebekah Vardy.

The WAG is heading into the jungle as part of this year's cast. As hosts Ant and Dec kicked off the show and welcomed its celebrities, and minutes into the programme Dec joked: "It will be nice for her to face trial that doesn't involve Rebekah Vardy." It is of course in reference to Coleen's highly public clash with fellow WAG Rebekah that ended up with them both in court.

Just hours before the show started, Rebekah tried to prove she is ignoring all the drama surrounding Coleen's appearance on the show. Rebekah has also starred on the ITV programme back in 2017. The Scouse star, 38, famously accused Rebekah of leaking stories to The Sun with an infamous social media post. Rebekah kicked off high-profile libel battle but in July 2022, a judge at the High Court found the post was "substantially true".

I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! has returned for another season as a whole host of new celebrities take on its grueling challenges. Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have also made their return as hosts for the show that airs from the Australian jungle. Celebrities will be facing everything from gruelling Bushtucker Trials to Kiosk Kev's mind-boggling puzzles, all in a bid to snatch the jungle crown from 2023 winner Sam Thompson.

The initial camp line-up was announced ahead of the show, featuring stars like Coleen Rooney, Danny Jones and Oti Mabuse. However, as per tradition, there is set to be some surprise late entries into the camp. Love Island's Maura Higgins and Reverend Richard Coles are tipped to be joining the jungle crew later on in the series.

Hosts Ant and Declan were forced to reveal some "bad news" with fans ahead of the return. The pair took to their joint Instagram account to divulge their news as Declan said: "Hi everybody, Ant and Dec here. But you knew that. We've got a little update for you, because we know lots of you've been asking about Jungle Club this year. We've got some good news and we got some bad news. I'll start with the bad news, shall I?"

Ant then added: "Jungle Club will not be going on straight after the main show. Sorry. The good news is it will be going on straight after the new ITV2 show. Yay!" Dec continued: "So we are back, but we're a little bit later. Yes, we are. It's Jungle Club: Late & Live. One for all you night owls out there." The Jungle Club will see Ant and Dec go live on Instagram after the main show as they give their opinions, reactions, share stories and give some exclusive insider details.

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