{"id":926474,"date":"2026-04-29T14:09:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/926474\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T14:09:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:09:28","slug":"im-a-celebritys-adam-thomas-claims-disturbing-voice-note-from-david-haye-after-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/926474\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m a Celebrity\u2019s Adam Thomas claims \u2018disturbing\u2019 voice note from David Haye after final"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m a Celebrity: South Africa <\/a>winner Adam Thomas has spoken about the show\u2019s dramatic live final for the first time, revealing the message he received from David Haye afterwards and how he\u2019ll be haunted by his experience for the rest of his life. <\/p>\n

Thomas, 37, was crowned King of the Jungle during Friday night\u2019s live final shortly after the show descended into chaos<\/a>, with contestant Jimmy Bullard accusing him of being \u201cabusive, aggressive and intimidating\u201d in the jungle, Ant and Dec defending the Emmerdale actor and two stars storming off set. <\/p>\n

Having skipped the usual ITV daytime interviews that winners usually take part in on Good Morning Britain or This Morning, Thomas opened up about the live final in a new episode of his podcast, At Home With The Thomas Bro\u2019s<\/a>, on Wednesday (29 April). <\/p>\n

Speaking to his brothers, Ryan and Scott, the actor claimed that Haye \u2013 who accused him of being a \u201cvictim\u201d on I\u2019m A Celebrity: South Africa and picked on him in camp \u2013 sent him a congratulatory voice note after the final. <\/p>\n

\"AdamAdam Thomas on ‘I’m A Celebrity: South Africa’ (ITV)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most disturbing bit for me was where I look at David and even after the show, he sent me a voice note and was like, \u2018Oh mate, what a great show that was. I\u2019m so happy you won. Congratulations.\u2019\u201d Thomas revealed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just sent him a message back saying, \u2018This is where I draw the line now. I hope you find happiness bro. I\u2019m done now.\u2019 That live show, I just felt like I\u2019d been exploited. I felt like I was in the midst of it all and it wasn\u2019t even about me.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that how Haye treated him in the jungle was \u201cbullying\u201d, despite co-stars Sinitta and Harry Redknapp describing it as \u201cbanter\u201d<\/a>. While on the show, Haye frequently clashed with Thomas, calling him \u201cuseless\u201d for asking not to do a Bushtucker Trial while feeling unwell. <\/p>\n

Speaking on his podcast, Thomas said: \u201cI\u2019ll just be outright and say it how it is now. What happened to me in camp is bullying. That is the matter of fact about it. It was bullying. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s fair to people who are going through what I went through in the real world to pass it off as banter because it\u2019s not. The reason why I didn\u2019t speak up for myself when I should have done is because when I was in camp, everyone was passing it off as banter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thomas also accused Haye of being manipulative in camp \u2013 claiming that Haye told him that ITV were \u201cworried\u201d about his mental health and had told him to stop picking on him, resulting in Thomas breaking down to producers. \u201c[Producers] said, \u2018Adam, we\u2019ve never once said anything to David about you or your mental health.\u2019 I asked David when I got out and he was like, \u2018Yeah, I made it all up.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLike, you really f***ing manipulated the s*** out of me. He got in my head like you wouldn\u2019t believe. Not everyone sees that. Not everyone sees the little comments that he makes,\u201d Thomas added, breaking down. \u201cWhy would you want to do that to another human being, bro? And after all I\u2019ve been through, I still forgive him.\u201dThe Independent has contacted Haye and ITV for comment. <\/p>\n

\"DavidDavid Haye clashes with Adam Thomas in the jungle (ITV)<\/p>\n

He went on to say that he takes full accountability for his outburst at Jimmy Bullard in camp<\/a>, after Bullard forfeited a challenge and cost both himself and Thomas a place in the competition. <\/p>\n

In the final, Bullard repeatedly accused Thomas of being \u201cabusive, aggressive and intimidating\u201d<\/a> during the trial and claimed that ITV had edited out \u201cc-bombs\u201d from the Emmerdale actor. <\/p>\n

Thomas later said that he\u2019ll \u201clive with everything that\u2019s happened from the very start to the very finish\u201d for the rest of his life, adding: \u201cYou could pay me \u00a310m to do that experience all over again and I would say no in a heartbeat because nothing is worth what I went through in there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haye and Bullard were reportedly kicked out of the studio after the I\u2019m a Celebrity final<\/a>, with a show source telling The Independent: \u201cSome campmates were uncomfortable being on stage with David and Jimmy, so we sent them home during Unpacked.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thomas also left with his family, saying on the podcast: \u201cITV wanted me to go and do the ITV2 show and I was like, \u2018There is no way. I\u2019ve had enough of this. Imagine me going and doing the ITV2 show and then everyone again just ripping into me and pointing the finger at me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

While fans were left wondering whether Thomas would appear on ITV\u2019s morning programmes this week, which I\u2019m a Celebrity champions tend to do after the final, it was confirmed on Good Morning Britain that he would not be doing any further press. <\/p>\n

While speaking about the dramatic final, host Richard Madeley revealed that Thomas \u201cgarnered quite a good chunk of the public vote\u201d with over 50 per cent. His co-presenter Susanna Reid then added: \u201cAdam Thomas. He\u2019s not doing interviews.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I\u2019m a Celebrity: South Africa winner Adam Thomas has spoken about the show\u2019s dramatic live final for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":926475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-926474","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116488397470283807","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=926474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/926475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}