Willie Carson latest star to leave I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! jungle

11 April 2012
The Weekender

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Former racing champ Willie Carson became the latest star to leave the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! jungle - but turned down a glass of bubbly because he was nursing a hangover.

The 69-year-old, who was ejected from the reality contest last night after polling the fewest public votes, punched a fist in the air as he crossed the red carpet bridge.

Presenters Ant and Dec then offered him a glass of celebratory champagne, but he declined, saying: "I haven't got over the last one yet."

The night before Carson had been drinking in the hot tub with guest Peter Andre and contestants Antony Cotton, Dougie Poynter and Mark Wright, and was later seen staggering around camp in he middle of the night.

He said it felt "great" to be out of the jungle, adding his 20-day stint was tougher than he imagined.

"I don't mind the conditions, it was the food - not getting the food," he said.

Ant and Dec also showed the former jockey clips of people in the UK, including X Factor judge Kelly Rowland, performing the "Willie Wiggle"
inspired by Carson.

Before leaving camp, Carson, who said he wanted all remaining contestants to win, kicked up a stink over his fellow campers' wind problem.

He moaned that Dougie Poynter and Mark Wright were all hot air after their regular diet of beans in camp.

While the others cooked a crocodile meat fillet, Carson headed to the Bush Telegraph to let off steam about the issue of "hot smelly wind".

"A couple of times we thought it was thunder but obviously we knew who the culprit was," he said.

"And then one or two other people started slipping up - seems people are not trying to hold it in, as it were.

"Dougie and Mark are the culprits. But of course they're the ones that are eating all the beans. If you eat beans you know what's going to happen. They're the culprits for the wind problems."

Wright later admitted: "Me and Dougie have been farting as we've been eating beans.

"As my Granddad used to say, 'Wherever you may be let your wind run free, church or chapel let your old ass rattle'."

Earlier Cotton and Fatima Whitbread continued to have minor spats but had to bury their differences as they were forced to team up for a bushtucker trial.

Blindfolded Whitbread had to operate a hoist containing Cotton, who was shouting instructions to her in order to collect stars. They managed to collect two meals.

Campmates also filmed there own soap opera after a camcorder was sent into the jungle.

Wright played husband to Whitbread, and in the story he comes home to find her in bed with his friend, played by McFly star Poynter.

The group also competed to win a three-minute video link conversation with their family, answering questions such as how many toilet rolls have gone into the camp this year.

The answer farthest away from the correct response was eliminated. Cotton won the quiz and spoke to his parents.

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