Newtownabbey DJ Dean McCullough became the first celebrity to shout ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!’ in the latest series as the second Bushtucker Trial got the best of him.
Last night, viewers found out the former Gaydio presenter would take on the latest trial in the series, winning the public vote against TikTok star and influencer GK Barry.
As he made his way down to the trial area, to greet Ant and Dec, the radio presenter was faced with ‘The Sinister Sarcophagus’ which saw him locked into a mummy style case for the duration of the trial, whilst having to answer a series of Egypt-related questions.
For every one he answers correctly, a star will then be lowered down and he will have to release it using only his mouth within 30 seconds.
However, Egyptology wasn’t the star’s strong point as during the trial he failed to answer questions like ‘complete the song by the Bangles, walk like an?’ and ‘who was the last Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt?’
“You’re so extra this series, so extra!”, he screamed at hosts Ant and Dec, before adding: “I went to Egypt years ago, but I wasn’t paying attention.
“This is my worst nightmare because I can’t get out. This is not good.”
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The clearly nervous star started to immediately scream as he was joined by rats, snakes and mealworms in the coffin, which also slowly filled with sand but got off to a good start securing two stars after answering two questions correctly
However, the odds weren’t in the presenter’s favour as despite saying he wouldn’t at the beginning of the trail, he shouted the iconic line of ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!’ just moments into his trial after only just winning 2 stars for camp.
“It was my legs, I am so sorry, this is awful,” he said while crying after having to leave the trial early.
“I’ve got to go back and tell them, this is awful I just didn’t know sand would fill it up, if that wasn’t there, I’d still be there. This is so embarrassing.”
He did manage to joke with Ant and Dec afterwards about not knowing the name of Mo Salah for one of the questions asked.
Despite only securing two stars, the rest of the camp were sympathetic to the star, with journalist and Loose Women star Jane Moore comforting him.
“I totally understood why he panicked, when he said he got two, I said that was incredible,” she said.
The presenter’s ordeal didn’t end there – at the beginning of the episode he was assigned the chore of camp maintenance which involves cleaning out the toilet.