Jimmy Bullard ready to take legal action after bust-up with I'm a Celeb campmate

Premier League cult hero Jimmy Bullard is considering taking legal action against ITV following his appearance on I’m A Celebrity…South Africa.

Bullard was among the group of 12 celebrities taking part in the second season of the special all-stars version of popular ITV reality series I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!

The former Soccer AM host joined the likes of former heavyweight boxing champion Haye and Premier League legend Harry Redknapp in the jungle alongside several actors, musicians and TV personalities.

However, Bullard hasn't exactly had a pleasant time during the show as he recently clashed with former Emmerdale actor Adam Thomas during one of the show's infamous Bushtucker trials.

The pair were placed in a team for the trial, with the show’s rules declaring that the losing team would lose their place on the show, raising the stakes.

Clearly eager to stay, Thomas completed his part of the trial before Bullard effectively refused to even attempt his section pulling out and saying, “I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here.”

Thomas was furious with his teammate and the pair immediately came to blows and, although ITV changed the rules to allow Thomas to stay, questions were raised about how they would interact during the final episode of the of the show, set to take place live in London this Friday.

This led to reports that the former Fulham player wouldn't be attending the final, with ITV informing him that his full fee for the show is contingent on his appearance at the finale.

But now, it has been reported that Bullard is planning to take legal action against ITV if the broadcaster do not pay him his full fee, according to a report in the Daily Mail.

Various reports have stated that Bullard would be sacrificing as much as 20% of his pay if he were to miss the final episode in London.

The bulk of the series was filmed in South Africa last autumn, allowing Bullard, Thomas and ITV to enter negotiations after everybody returned.

However, it is said that these later stalled, leading to Bullard informing ITV that he would not be appearing for the finale.

A source told the the Daily Mail: "None of this is Jimmy’s fault.

"It feels like ITV has taken Adam’s side rather than Jimmy’s. Maybe that’s because they see a working future with him, who knows.

"But he was left completely baffled at Adam being allowed to carry on."

The Mail has also claimed that there were other parts of the fight that didn't make the television cut, including scenes that showed Thomas calling his campmate a ‘c***’.

An insider said: "Adam just completely lost it and went for Jimmy. He called him a c*** and Jimmy believes that he tried to kick him, too.

"Jimmy’s view is that Adam was vile, vicious and violent, but most of it has been cut out by ITV so the viewers will not see the full extent of his behaviour.’

ITV later disputed this these comments, stating that reports of Thomas trying to kick Bullard are 'categorically not true.'

LADbible Group has contacted ITV, Adam Thomas and Jimmy Bullard's representatives for comment.