I’m A Celebrity 2017: Jack Maynard fans threaten to BOYCOTT show over shock axe
JACK MAYNARD has left I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!, causing an uproar among viewers.
Jack Maynard in SHOCK I'm a Celeb exit
The famed vlogger - who is the brother of singer Conor Maynard - has been trapped in the jungle, oblivious to a series of salacious reports about him on the outside.
Yesterday, it emerged the 22-year-old posted a string of racial and homophobic slurs on Twitter between 2011 and 2013, while leaked photographs of the star supposedly posing naked surfaced yesterday.
A spokesperson for Maynard has now confirmed he’s departed I’m A Celebrity..Get Me Out Of Here!.
“In the last few days Jack Maynard has been the subject of a succession of media stories which, given his position as a contestant on 'I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here' - filmed in the Australian jungle, with no contact with the outside world, he has been unable to respond to,” they said.
Jack Maynard axed from I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
it was agreed that it would be better to bring him out of the show
“Since it is only fair that everyone should be aware of any allegations made against them and should also have the right to defend themselves, it was agreed that it would be better to bring him out of the show.
“Jack agrees with this decision which was made by his representatives and ITV and thanks everyone who has supported him in the show this far.”
Fans of Maynard have lashed out at the decision in their droves on Twitter, with many threatening to boycott the show.
“JACK BEING REMOVED FROM #ImACeleb FOR TWEETS FROM YEARS AGO. I'M GONNA GO INSANE,” yelled one audience member, as another agreed: “Can't believe they kicked jack off #imaceleb I was rootin for him to win.”
Maynard said he was 'ashamed' over his offensive posts
Jack Maynard fans threaten to boycott I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Jack agreed with the decision to remove him from I'm A Celebrity
A third roared: “What a JOKE kicking Jack out I’m not gonna even watch the show now.”
Though many more backed bosses, with one supporter posting: “It should not matter how old he was at the time. Homophobic or racist or whatever kind of tweets Jack did are unacceptable. I'd of got rid of him too. There is no excuse for horribleness.”
A second added: “I am two years younger than Jack Maynard was when he made those tweets, and those words wouldn’t even think of coming threw my mouth, never mind Twitter. Racism and homophobia shouldn’t be accepted.”
I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! continues tomorrow at 9pm on ITV.