Drenched Duke in a rage

David Dickinson: soaked and angry
12 April 2012
The Weekender

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A dampened David Dickinson raged at TV chiefs when the I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! camp was struck by torrential rain

Rain bucketed down for the first time on the celebrities, soaking some of their camp beds.

Their fire petered out and the camp itself began to flood.

The Duke decided he was standing for no more and stormed to the Bush Telegraph, ready for a confrontation.

"Now, what's happening with this canopy?" the Bargain Hunt star barked..."Most people have got wet beds, this is not a good thing.

"They're all pi**ed wet through. This strikes me as a bit silly. Tell the lad that's monitoring it to keep his eyes open when it rains.

"People are wet and demoralised. They've got a hard job to do. Can't you see it pissing down with rain - there's a thunderstorm here.

"We're all stood round like f***ing drowned rats and it's pissing down with rain.

"Wet shirt, wet pants, and wet boots. They're wet right the way through. You need to go down there. They're all pi ed wet through.

"If they start sleeping in that, well, I've had some experience of that as a boy so I know what I'm talking about."

The celebrities were also occupied with the big mystery of how Carol Thatcher is surviving on no food.

The daughter of former PM Margaret Thatcher has not eaten a full meal since entering the jungle.

David asked the others: "What is Carol surviving on? She's not a small person. How does she keep the bulk up?"

In the Bush Telegraph, Sheree Murphy said: "Carol's like Superwoman. I don't know how she is surviving. She's hardly eaten anything since we've been here. She doesn't complain about it, she's not bothered - that is pretty unbelievable."

And Carol refused dinner yet again, explaining it was part of a radical diet plan.

"I'm not really into food," she said. "I'm quite happy on water. I don't need to lose a few kilos, I need to lose a lot."

Former Atomic Kitten Jenny Frost has the opposite problem.

She complained she was losing too much weight, telling the others: "I can nearly pull my shorts off and that's only after one day."

In the latest Bushtucker Trial, blonde bombshell Kimberley Davies was told she had to crawl through a series of chambers containing creepy crawlies to collect the precious 10 stars.

"I just want to know that I can exit if I want to exit," she said. "I'm willing to give it a go, but is there an exit point if I need it?"

Kimberley donned elbow and knee pads and headed into the first chamber after being reassured by presenter Dec that she could quit as soon as she needed to.

When she opened the first hatch, a bunch of spiders raced out towards her.
"Get off me," she squealed.

Kimberley gained the first star and headed into the second chamber, home to a nest of green ants.

She began to itch as the ants crawled all over her skin and started to panic about where the second star was.

"I don't see it. Where is it? Where is it?" she cried.

Dec was quickly on hand, peering through the clear plastic tunnel wall to give the former Neighbours star a few tips.

With his help, she snatched the second star and moved through to the next chamber, which was full of cockroaches.

With surprising ease, Kimberley retrieved the third star and crawled through to go for her fourth.

Kimberley became anxious as she cut her way through the cobwebs handing from the tunnel ceiling.

Spotting a possible exit point, she uttered the words: "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!"

Medic Bob pulled Kim out, with Dec eager to help rescue her and lend a hand. As Kimberley shook bugs from her shirt and body, she exclaimed: "That was bloody awful."

Clutching her three stars, Kimberley, best known as Annalise Hartman in Neighbours, said: "I wanted to get at least four.

"By then I was pretty freaked out and I could see an exit.... It's just bad luck if they complain."

Dec was by Kimberley's side in a flash, helping to brush the insects from her back.

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