James Haskell has opened up about his time in the jungle and revealed all about a scene that didn't make the cut.
Speaking on the I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here spin-off show Extra Camp, the rugby ace confessed Cliff Parisi urged him to "fail" a Bushtucker Trial on the ITV show.
The 34-year-old discussed how he was portrayed on the programme, and said he appeared to look like the bad guy when he strategically failed the drinking challenge against Rak-Su's Myles Stephenson.
The Call the Midwife actor Cliff, 59, had to step down from a number of Bushtucker trials on "medical grounds," and this challenge was no different.
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After being disallowed to join the task, Cliff then asked the sportsman to take his place instead – and in unaired scenes pleaded with him to lose on his behalf because he wanted to be voted off and leave the jungle.
Recalling the incident on Extra Camp, James said: "It was a bit weird with the drinking challenge, with Cliff, because beforehand [in camp], he said to me, 'I’m not liking it, I want to leave, please don’t win'.
"So I basically said okay, I went up and saw I was against Myles and said, 'Cliff’s got my back and said I’ll buy you a pint and dinner if you don’t win for me'."
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However, James explained he had to change his tactic when he saw he was beating Myles – and sticking to his pact he made with Cliff – he began to hinder his chances of winning.
"I’m really competitive, so I started, realised I was beating Myles so stopped and slowed down.
"But then Caitlyn, bless her, she can’t hear very well… She’d heard me say something, so was like, 'What? What did you say? Don’t let Cliff win?'.
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"I was like, 'Caitlyn, shut up! We’ve got it all under control!' ‘I don’t know what got broadcast but they [viewers] sometimes don’t see those bits where you help them out."
James expressed he was mortified that his conversation with Cliff was left out, with viewers only seeing him bite back at Caitlyn Jenner.
I'm a Celebrity..Get Me Out of Here! returns to ITV tonight at 9pm.
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