ITV I'm a Celebrity Ofcom bullying row after viewers complain about treatment of Sam Thompson
dailyrecord.co.ukI'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!'s latest series came to an end over the weekend with Sam Thompson being crowned King of the Jungle.However, ahead of the 31-year-old's victory, furious viewers contacted Ofcom with complaints after TV chef Fred Sirieix took a swipe at the former Made in Chelsea star.As the campmates discussed who was going to take on one of the trials in the last week of the show, Fred put himself forward for the challenge and suggested that winner Sam was a "child" who should stay in the camp and "play with his toys".The 51-year-old also made the comment that Sam should stay in camp while the "men" do the challenge, after he expressed a desire in nominating himself.Without allowing much say from his fellow campmates, Fred said: "I'll go with Marvin", before the camp had a chance to vote on who they would like to do the 'Fly On The Wall' trial, OK!
reports.He then left Sam looking deflated as he turned and said to him: "You stay here and play with your toys."After the episode aired, Ofcom received 60 complaints from viewers who believed the comments were "rude" and "disrespectful", The Sun reports.One viewer reportedly said: "Sam looks so upset, he was only saving an argument saying that he doesn’t care who does the trial, the fact that Fred said that Sam wants to play with his little toys is horrible."Another remarked: "As much as Sam annoys me with his sometimes childish behaviour, I really think that was way out of order.
Fred actually hurt his feelings." Join the Daily Record's WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. Someone else complained: "Fred patronising Sam telling him to “play with his toys” what a p****" A fourth complained: "What Fred said to Sam about playing with his toys whilst they do the men's stuff was uncalled for, Sam didn't deserve that, the bloke has managed to turn the whole country around on their opinion of him in a few short days, used to love him, now can't stand him."No
