I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! winner Adam Thomas has revealed the "disturbing" message he received from David Haye after the boxer was accused of bullying the 37-year-old.
Emmerdale and Waterloo Road star Thomas won the second season of I’m A Celebrity…South Africa, an all-star edition of the ITV hit show which featured a host of previous contestants.
The series was riddled with controversy, with Thomas involved in a furious bust-up with former Hull and Fulham midfielder Jimmy Bullard after he refused to partake in a Bushtucker trial that they were paired up for.
They were informed the losing team would be punished by being sent home from the show, with Bullard making the decision to give up instantly.
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A blazing rant from Thomas followed but he was allowed to remain in the show, which had a chaotic final episode that saw two campmates walk off stage.
Bullard and the rest of the campmates showed up for the final in a studio in London and he called Thomas "aggressive, abusive and intimidating" - claims that co-host Ant McPartlin refuted.
Former world heavyweight champion Haye was also incredibly vocal throughout and told to be quiet. He and Bullard appeared to be kicked out of the follow-up show 'Unpacked' on ITV 2.
Thomas looked a shell of himself as he won, with Haye claiming ITV edited footage to make him look like a "victim".
Addressing the controversy for the first time on At Home With The Thomas Bro's, Adam revealed that Haye had sent him a voice note congratulating him on his win - which he found to be "disturbing" after what had went down."
He also received an apology from the 45-year-old, who admitted he wanted to "break" him.
"The most disturbing is that I look at David and even after the show and after everything he did, you know he sent me a voice note and was like 'oh mate, what a great show that was. I'm so happy you won. Congratulations'," Thomas stated.
"I just sent him a message back just saying, you know 'I think this is where we draw the line and I hope that you find happiness bro, but I'm done'.
"That live show, I just felt like I'd just been exploited. I felt like I was just in the midst of it all, and it wasn't even about me."
"He told me [out of camp] 'you're the nicest guy I've ever met and I just wanted to break you', like, it's cool. He apologised. I moved on."
According to The Sun, Haye is set to sue ITV for £10 million as he believes the producers are guilty of "damaging his brand" and he has been made to be "a scapegoat".
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