Piers Morgan was branded an ‘old fish wife’ as he took to X to spill the beans on the origins of Kelly Brook’s ‘feud’ with I’m A Celebrity hosts Ant and Dec

Former Britain’s Got Talent Piers Morgan has gleefully waded into the ‘feud’ between Kelly Brook and I’m A Celebrity hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.

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After model and presenter Kelly was named on the line-up rumours about her awkward run-ins with the Geordie hosts resurfaced. Kelly said she couldn’t get work in television again after ‘upsetting’ the small screen favourites.

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Outspoken talkshow host Piers has now had his say on the drama – having worked with Kelly and the presenters during the model’s brief stint on Britain’s Got Talent.

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Taking to X, Piers posted a picture of him with an arm round Kelly and Ant at the launch – days before she was axed from the line-up. He wrote alongside it: “As Kelly Brook goes into the I’m A Celebrity jungle, a throwback to when she was a judge on for just two days! Be interesting to see how she interacts with Ant and Dec given she blames them for it.”

Teasing how the fallout started, Piers told his followers “They weren’t happy when she asked them what they did on the show…”

Ant and Dec came face to face with Kelly Brook on I'm A Celebrity last night

“Imagine blaming the hosts for a two-day run. Bold move. Let’s see if the jungle treats her any better this time,” replied one follower.

“Wild how TV history is full of these tiny moments that become legendary years later. Two days on the panel and we’re still talking about it,” said another.

“Piers you are like an old fish wife with sh**e like this,” another joked.

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In their 2010 autobiography, Ant and Dec spoke openly about their tension with Kelly. Dec even said he could not understand why she had been recruited on to Britain’s Got Talent.

Kelly joined Series 3 in 2009 as the fourth judge alongside Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan. However she was unceremoniously axed after just one week.

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It was reported at the time that the the format was deemed ‘too complicated’ with four judges, the first time it had been done on the show.

However, Kelly said it was actually Ant and Dec were behind the departure. Dec wrote in his memoir, Ooh! What a Lovely Pair: Our Story: ‘Kelly looked nervous, so I told her it was going to be great fun and to just relax…

‘She nodded, then looked at me and said, “And what do you do on the show?”, I looked at Simon, who was sat next to me, he turned to Kelly and said, “Kelly, you have seen the show, haven’t you?” To which she replied, “Yeah… well, bits”.’ I don’t want to sound like an egomaniac, but the last person who said, “And what do you do?” was the Queen when I met her at the party for ITV’s fiftieth anniversary.”

‌Kelly jumped out of a plane as she made a dramatic arrival

Kelly fumed back: “There was nothing I could do in this country after Britain’s Got Talent. The people at ITV were telling me that I had upset Ant and Dec and that was it. I would love to have stayed on the show…

“I really felt it was working out. Ant and Dec had never been anything but pleasant to my face but, clearly, they didn’t want me on the show. Their egos are such that they were saying to themselves “How dare she think she can come on to our show?”, and since then they’ve been very vocal about their displeasure at me being there.”

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Ant and Dec also complained in their book that theyhadn’t been consulted about Kelly joining the show. Dec wrote: “We had two questions: “Why is there a fourth judge?” and “Why is it Kelly Brook?” None of them could answer us…

“Obviously, as hosts of the show, we have to justify that kind of thing to the audience, and no one could give us a good reason why Kelly was on board.

“The simple answer was that Simon, without talking to anyone, had decided it was a good idea. We didn’t agree.”

 

Asked for opinion on their autobiography, Kelly quipped: As for Ant and Dec, good luck to them. They are rich and they are happy, but they won’t be in my autobiography, even if I am in theirs!”