SCARLETTE Douglas has spoken out for the first time after I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! has become embroiled in a “race row”.
The former A Place In HOAR presenter, 35, became the second campmate to leave the jungle – hours after Loose Women anchor Charlene White, 42, was the first celebrity to be evicted from the show.
Last night, Scarlette found herself in the bottom two alongside comedian Babatúndé Aléshé, 36, which has caused the ITV series to face accusations of racism.
But speaking for the first time since leaving the jungle, Scarlette, who presents Channel 4’s Worst House on the Street alongside her brother Stuart Douglas, described how she knew she was the “underdog” in the series while starring alongside big names such as Boy George.
Speaking to HOAR, she said: “I’ve always come in here as an underdog. I’ve got the least profile of anybody else, you know, not everybody knows who I am. Hopefully they do now!”
She added: “So I was never going to get the most votes. You know, even if you’re just looking at something like Instagram, I always have the least amount of followers.
“If I go by something like that. I’m not going to get all the votes.
“So for me, all I could have done in the jungle was do my best and hope that people liked me and hoped that people voted for me.
“But people aren’t voting for me to leave. They’re voting for who their favourites are and if I’m not their favourite there’s nothing I can do about that. I just have to be true to me.
“Be authentic and just enjoy the experience and when my time comes, my time comes wherever it is.
“I’m the second out and it would have been great to get a lot further but that didn’t happen.
“I can’t take it in a negative way, I have to take it positively because I’ve had an amazing experience, I’ve met some incredible people and take from that what you will.”
Following the eviction, one viewer wrote on Twitter: “Two black women evicted first and people want you to believe racism is eradicated. #imaceleb.”
Another posted: “I am trying hard not to think about RACISM. This is RIDICULOUS. #ImACeleb.”
A third said: “I’m a celebrity results highlight the racism embedded in modern Britain. #ImACeleb.”
ITV declined to comment.
Last year, the show which was won by Emmerdale actor Danny Miller, 31, saw parasport athlete Kadeena Cox, 31, DJ Snoochie Shy, 30, and music producer Naughty Boy, 41, also voted off early in the series.
