We are just three episodes in to I'm A Celebrity and we've already had our first big clash of the season.
Last night's airing (21 November) saw the likes of 26-year-old YouTuber Nella Rose and Fred Sirieix, 51, have a pretty heated discussion after revealing she felt 'disrespected' and 'offended' by a father comment the First Dates star made the prior evening.
Social media favourite, Nella, previously talked to the restauranteur about her parents' death - with her dad sadly passing away in 2020 and her mum having passed away when she was just 19 in 2016.
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She has also previously discussed the grief she's endured after her parents' death and how her mother tragically 'died in [her] arms'.
Nella lost her father in May 2020 and shared the heartbreaking news on Instagram in a touching tribute.
She wrote: "Rest in Peace Daddy. watching you suffer for the past month has been the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life but at least you’re not in pain anymore."
The Catfish UK co-host also vowed to make her late father 'the proudest dad ever in the years to come because I know you’re still by [my] side every step of the way'.
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Just four years prior, Nella lost her mother and opened up about it on her popular YouTube channel.
"She literally died in my arms...It's the worst thing that's ever happened to me in my life. I'm still not over it, I'm pretty sure I'll never get over it. I do not see myself healing from it any time soon," she said.
"I will not cry on camera. I will not be that YouTuber who cries on camera."
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It all kicked off when the group were discussing their ages when Fred joked that he could be 'like her dad'.
Nella told the Bush Telegraph: "Last night after dinner Fred made a comment about him basically how he could be my dad.
"I took offence to that because one of the first conversations we had together was me opening up about the fact that my dad’s passed away. I didn’t say anything about it last night because I was kind of just annoyed about it."
Fred went on to portion out the rest of the food, seemingly totally unaware of the offence he had caused.
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Nella ignored Fred over breakfast the following morning when he attempted to serve her some rice which prompted him to ask her what was wrong.
"Can you leave me alone?" she said to which Fred asked: "What have I done to you?"
Nella explained: "You know that my mum’s dead, and you know that my dad’s dead."
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"You turned around to me, with an attitude and said, 'You know I could be your dad, right?'.
"To me, I don’t care how you said it to me, it’s disrespectful and I don’t want to talk to you. I don’t want to be around you. I only allow people to disrespect me once. You hurt my feelings."
Fred, who was visibly stunned by the discussion, apologised, explaining: "I am so sorry. Can I just say? First of all, I am sorry I’ve offended you. I am unaware that you felt offended.
"I am unaware that what I said would lead to this conversation, I only said that in a way because I am older than you, I am 51 and you’re 26."
Fred made a few more apology attempts during the conversation, saying: "Nella, it wasn’t like that at all," and swearing on his family's life.
He added: "I made a mistake and I said something and I offended you, I’m really sorry. I’m really sorry you feel like this."
Nella finally resolved: "I'll accept your apology but let's not be friends."
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! airs on ITV Sunday to Friday at 9pm and Saturday at 9.30pm.
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Topics: Celebrity, ITV, Im A Celebrity, TV And Film, Nella Rose
Rhiannon Ingle