I’m A Celeb viewers accuse Dean McCullough of ‘faking being scared’  after all of a sudden overcoming his fears to bag 10 stars in newest Bushtucker Trial – following string of poor performances 

I’m A Celeb fans have claimed Dean McCullough  is ‘faking his fears’ after he managed to bag a whopping ten stars during his latest BushTucker Trail on Monday.

The Radio 1 star, 32, has left everyone frustrated by his poor performances including host Ant McPartin, 49, who admitted he was ‘unprofessional’ last week after fans clocked his ‘furious’ reaction to the DJ quitting yet another challenge.

But his latest trial Jack and the Scream Stalk, he on the whole, unlike his other attempts managed to work through it quietly and methodically, before restoring to his usual screams at the end. 

Dean climbed the beanstalk to collected 12 numbered stars, and was forced to put his hand in various hell holes containing the likes of green ants and cockroaches.

But despite his impressive result viewers were left fuming and claimed Dean had been ‘faking being scared’ in a bit to gain ‘more airtime’.

Taking to X they wrote: ‘I’m actually getting sick of Dean. He seems very fake and acts up to the cameras’: ‘I’m really over Dean’s fake over reactions during trials’: ‘Dean forgot to scream for the first 9 stars beats his personal best then starts crying he can’t do it, so tomorrow he can get 11 and make out he’s improving each day, the guys too obvious’

‘Shock horror he wanted 10 stars and then couldn’t do anymore. Proves he’s a fake all along!!!!’: ‘I just find Dean so performative and fake. Making sure he gets himself enough screen time to further his career’: ‘Maybe Dean has realised he’s hated for all the fake acting in his trials – that or he’s just tired from the climbing and cba to do the acting’.

On Sunday, after it was revealed the public had chosen for Dean to complete the trail yet again, the Geordie duo begged viewers to stop voting for him. 

Appeared on I’m A Celebrity Unpacked, they made a desperate plea and urged viewers to start voting for other celebrities, fuming ‘we aren’t getting to know the others!’

Ant said: ‘Right, let’s all [viewers] have a serious talk, I’m going to look directly down the camera here. I think it’s good to see other faces down there.’

He insisted: ‘This is not a personal thing. It’s not about Dean, it’s about us just seeing different people down there and I think we’d want to see different people down there being featured.

‘Some people, unfortunately aren’t getting [airtime]. I’d like to see Barry [McGuigan] do a trial, I’d like to see Melvin [Odoom] down there, Oti [Mabuse]!

‘This happens every year when someone gets voted multiple times, you just get to a point where you go “Who’s still voting for Dean?” I don’t get it.’

Dec added: ‘My thing is, I think we all know he’s going to react and how he’s going to do. I would like to see some other people.’

Viewers noticed that during Thursday’s show, Ant was ‘lowkey mad’ at Dean for ‘not trying properly’ in his first two trials and so urged the radio host to ‘try harder’.

Ant addressed his reaction during an appearance on spin-off I’m A Celebrity: Unpacked, saying: ‘My annoyance came across on screen and I was quite unprofessional. You get to the point where you’re like, “What are you doing?”‘

Talking to viewers after the trial aired, Ant said: ‘What the b***** h***, he only gets four stars and they pamper him. It’s not good is it, he literally got four out of ten!’

Ant also slammed Dean after the radio DJ failed to win any stars during his trial with GK Barry on Wednesday evening.

The duo took part in the Down In The Drumps trial as they were forced to face their fears while working together to secure meals for camp.

However the pair failed to win any stars, and Ant didn’t hold back as he vented his frustrations during the show’s spin off I’m A Celebrity Unpacked.

As host Joel Dommett began: ‘Let’s talk briefly about today’s trial,’ Ant interjected with: ‘Oh god.’

Letting his feelings be known he explained: ‘I got quite annoyed at one point because I am a bit like, if you can’t do it you can’t do it, but just get on with it. Just try it, try it. 

‘If it is physically impossible or you find it physically hard that’s fine but at least try. There was a lot of not trying for quite a few minutes until they started to try and then they ran out of time.’

Sam Thompson then agreed as he added: ‘What you are saying as well is you are standing screaming at nothing at this point in time, like you are just getting rained on.’

Ant agreed: ‘Yeah you are screaming at water.’

During Dean’s trial on Tuesday he exclaimed: ‘I’m a celebrity get me out of here’ after being submerged in a box of sand.

Referring to the previous trial, Sam joked: ‘It really makes me think like Dean, sand and water, what is it like when he goes to the beach? I have never seen scream so much without touching anything.’

Meanwhile the host also admitted to MailOnline: ‘A lot of people appear frustrated at Dean, well as frustrated as I was, but I felt I held it together pretty well. We miss Tony Bellew, he would have smashed that trial.’

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! airs on ITV1 and ITVX.