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I�m A Celebrity host Ant McPartlin under fire over �degrading� comments on air as rep issues statement

I’m A Celebrity co-host Ant McPartlin has come under fire for comments he made during episodes of Ant and Dec’s unscripted I’m A Celebrity spin-off talkshow Jungle Club, which has nothing to do with ITV and instead goes out live on the duo’s Instagram page.

Ant and Dec have co-presented I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! since it launched in 2000.

According to reports from MailOnline and the Independent, Ant has made several comments over the course of a handful of Jungle Club episodes that have been described by gender equality campaigner Patsy Stevenson as “degrading”.

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Ant and Dec in the I'm A Celebrity studio
Ant and Dec have presented I’m A Celebrity since it began in 2000 (Credit: I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!/YouTube)

Ant McPartlin’s Jungle Club comments under fire

According to the Independent, on a November 27 episode of Jungle Club, Ant described a colleague as “fit”.

He also suggested another could both “give it and take it”“”

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Ant and Dec in the Saturday Night Takeaway studio
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