Dean McCullough joined Good Morning Britain hosts Ed Balls and Susanna Reid to discuss his stint on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! after being the second contestant to exit the jungle in the episode aired on Sunday.
In a live chat with breakfast show hosts Susanna and Ed, Dean revealed some behind-the-scenes details about the Bushtucker trials that viewers hadn't been privy to. Those who followed this year's ITV series would know that the Irishman was a firm favourite among UK voters to undertake the gruesome tasks.
Early in the series, viewers started nominating Dean after he yelled, "I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Here! " just as a trial was starting, without really giving it a go, much to the irritation of Ant McPartlin. The Geordie host quickly lost patience and gave the star a stern reprimand.
While discussing the terrifying trials with Dean on air, Susanna noted: "Seven trials, that is more than Matt Hancock.", reports the Express. Looking somewhat embarrassed by the comparison, the ITV star responded: "Don't make that comparison."
Keen to delve deeper into his experience, she asked, "Tell us about that experience because it's one of the things that came over."
Susanna continued with her inquiry: "I think your very first trial was when you were in the sarcophagus, you were absolutely determined to do it then all of a sudden it begins to fill up with sand and it's the first time you screamed 'I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! '," and went on to ask: "Did you gradually learn to love the trials or did your heart sink every time?"
Ed chimed in, unconvinced by Dean's enthusiasm: "It didn't look like you did." To which he responded to the TV hosts: "Yeah, I wouldn't say love, but you do actually get used to the tension."
Dean gave some insight into the behind-the-scenes aspects of the trials that viewers don't witness: "What you don't see on telly is that it's very quiet, and it's all taken very, very seriously. There are so many rules that you've got to remember and it's tense."
The radio host opened up about his readiness to tackle the challenges once more: "I was the first one to get out and repeat these trials, so over the week, I actually got used to it. Now, the sand one, I could not have predicted that was going to happen."
The radio star elaborated: "All I was told was to stand in the box with my hands on the perspex and I might be joined by things in the tomb so I wasn't expecting it at all but I would actually do it again, I would give it a go."
He concluded: "I think, like anything, you keep doing it, and you get used to it, but I wouldn't say I loved the trials." Ed was curious to know if Dean was more resolute than what was portrayed on television. He asked: "Would you go into every trial determined that you weren't going to shout 'I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!'?"
Dean then referred to his previous on-air disagreement with TV presenter Ant but assured fans that they had since made amends. Dean informed viewers: "Yeah, I mean when Ant was telling me off for saying 'I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!'
"It felt like a proper telling off, and I felt like he meant it. So I did what I was told, and I wanted to win him back around, which I think I did in the end."
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays, on ITV1, from 6am.
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