Craig Charles has claimed a member of the I’m A Celeb WhatsApp group chat has been leaking stories following the announcement of Scarlett Moffatt‘s pregnancy.
The Coronation Street actor, 61, who entered the jungle for a second time for the South Africa All Stars version of the show, said Scarlett had specifically asked the group to keep her news quiet because of her fertility struggles.
News of the Googlebox star’s second pregnancy was announced on social media by Scarlett, 35, on Monday night.
Appearing on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday, Craig said: ‘She told us that in the WhatsApp group a few weeks ago but she asked us all to keep it quiet.
‘I haven’t been that engaged with the WhatsApp group because someone in the group is selling stories from the WhatsApp group to the newspapers.
‘So I kind of went, ooh, I’m not getting involved that much. We did know a couple of weeks ago, and I’m so glad for her because she’s lovely.’
Craig Charles, 61,claimed on GMB on Tuesday that a member of the I’m A Celeb WhatsApp group chat has been ‘selling stories’ to newspapers following the announcement of Scarlett Moffatt’s pregnancy
The Coronation Street actor, who entered the jungle for a second time,said that Scarlett had specifically asked the group to keep it quiet because of her fertility struggles
Scarlett announced that she is expecting her second child with her fiancé Scott Dobinson in sweet clip on Monday night
Craig added that the campmates knew that Scarlett, who shares one child, Jude, with her fiancé Scott Dobinson, was ‘finding it difficult to conceive.’
He continued: ‘She was talking in there about finding it difficult to conceive and to come out and basically get very quickly pregnant after coming out of the jungle, [which was prerecorded in September], everyone is really chuffed for her.’
When asked if he had any idea who was leaking stories by host Suzanna Reid, Craig said that he does not know – but stressed that it is not him.
Craig admitted: ‘No, people have suspicions, but I couldn’t possibly comment. It’s certainly not me!’
As fans of the show will know, the South African All Stars edition of I’m A Celeb features famous faces who have braved the show before.
Craig first appeared on the popular reality show back in 2014, but he was forced to exit the camp early when his brother unexpectedly passed away.
The Corrie star has fared extremely well the second time around and is likely to reach the show’s finale on Friday.
He is not the only famous face to have a more successful second jungle stint, so too has Gemma Collins, who famously quit after three days when she first appeared in 2014.
This time she took on a number of trials before being voted out by her campmates.
Craig said: ‘I haven’tbeen that engaged with the WhatsApp group because someone in the group is selling stories from the WhatsApp group to the newspapers’
Craig is not the only famous face to have a more successful second jungle stint, so too has Gemma Collins, who famously lasted just three days when she first appeared in 2014
The Only Way is Essex star, 45, is one of the famous faces who have already left the South African camp, alongside Seann Walsh and Davide Haye.
Gemma said: ‘My second time in the jungle was nothing but amazing.
‘The first time I was in there, experiences happened beyond my control, so I wasn’t really going in there with the right mindset.
‘This time, I went in there all guns blazing.
‘It was like a sort of holiday, but a lovely one.’
Unlike in the traditional format of the show, the victor will not be crowned King or Queen of the jungle, but instead the Jungle Legend.
The show, which was filmed last year, sees the celebrities eliminate each other following their trial performances rather than via a public vote.
I’m A Celebrity… South Africa airs on ITV1 and ITVX.
