I’m A Celebrity star reveals 14-year feud with ‘two-faced’ campmate

The I’m A Celebrity jungle has been the home to many feuds and explosive arguments over the years. 

However for one celebrity, his feud with his fellow campmate has continued outside of Australia and has now lasted 14 years.

Former Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Öpik has revealed he still hasn’t forgiven Nigel Havers after they failed to see eye to eye during their time on the show back in 2010. 

The politician, now 59, has accused the actor, 72, of being ‘two faced’ and said he ‘stabbed him in the back’ after he came out the show. 

Speaking to The Sun, Lembit reflected on his time on the reality TV series as he explained: ‘Yeah, Nigel Havers was two-faced. He pretended to be my friend.

‘I only realised what he really thought when I saw the show after I came out. He considered me to be mad, but frankly, I was making his tea for him.’

Nigel was the first contestant to leave the jungle that year, after he chose to exit the show after refusing to do a trial that would have given him a mild electric shock.

Lembit continued: ‘I was his tea boy. And the gratitude I got shown was to him for him to stab me in the back when he came out. That’s regrettable, and I would point out that I outlasted him in the jungle, and as far as I’m concerned, I win.’ 

The pair were joined by fellow contestants Stacey Solomon, Shaun Ryder, Alison Hammond and Bond girl Britt Ekland for their series of the show. 

And while Lembit was the second to be eliminated, he revealed he doesn’t regret going on the show and is honoured to be part of a select bunch to experience it.

It isn’t the first time Lembit and Nigel have publicly declared their feud after Nigel joked he wanted ‘to kill’ him during the show. 

Speaking on Good Morning Britain back in 2019, Nigel admitted it would have been great TV if the pair had ever came to blows. 

‘I was going to kill Lembit Opik,’ he told hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid. 

‘That would have been great TV,’ Piers said, as Nigel replied: ‘It would have been fantastic. Can you imagine?’

‘Why did he wind you up so much?’ Susanna asked. 

Nigel didn’t hold back, saying: ‘Everything he did. He was a good guy. You know when someone really gets on your nerves?

‘There was no way out of it because you can’t read or write or watch the telly or listen to the radio, it was just Lembit Opik going on and on.’

However Lembit was quick to hit back at Nigel as he took to Twitter to accuse the actor of ‘blaming him for everything’.

He said: ‘Poor Nigel Havers: only celeb to walk out of jungle in my series. He fell in lake – blamed me. In car back to hotel – he blamed me. 

‘Now he’s blaming me for his departure from camp! I apologise for it all: and for his appearance on BENIDORM in case he blames me for that too.’