Nigel Farage denies he’s ‘anti-immigrant’ in row with I’m A Celeb campmate
Nigel Farage has dismissed accusations he is “anti-immigrant” in a row with I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! campmate Nella Rose.
Ms Rose, a British YouTuber and presenter who was born in Belgium, accused the former UKIP leader of wanting people like her “gone” from the UK when the two clashed in the bath area of the Australian jungle camp during Wednesday’s episode of the ITV1 reality show.
“Apparently you’re anti-immigrants”, the social media star said to Mr Farage, explaining she had read as such on the internet and adding: “Why don’t black people like you?”
Mr Farage said: “You’d be amazed, they do,” to which Ms Rose replied: “So everyone hates you for no reason?”
The GB News presenter then continued: “You can disagree with somebody, but to chuck around accusations the way they’ve been chucked around is grossly unfair.
“Anti-immigrant, right? No, no, all I’ve said is we cannot go on with the numbers coming to Britain that are coming.”
When pressed on the “problem” of immigration by Ms Rose, who added that she is “one of those numbers”, Mr Farage said the pressure of the number of people was affecting GP appointments.
Ms Rose replied: “I’m stopping you getting a GP appointment? You’re not getting an appointment because the NHS is lacking funding.
“I bet you anything if every single immigrant or [person] from immigrant descent was to leave the UK, all your doctors [would be] gone. Most of your doctors are Asian, right? Most of your nurses are African women, right?
“You want us gone, that’s all I understood.”
The former politician said Ms Rose was not listening to him, before adding: “We can agree to disagree.”
Watching the argument unfold was former EastEnders star Danielle Harold, who told the Bush Telegraph that all she had wanted to do was take a “bath” when the confrontation began.
Farage had previously been criticised by another fellow jungle campmate, Fred Sirieix, about a poster, used by Farage when he was campaigning for the UK to leave the European Union during the 2016 referendum, as “shameful”.
On Monday’s episode, First Dates star Sirieix added that he felt it was about “demonising migrants”, to which Farage replied: “In your view it was, but it wasn’t.”
During the latest episode, jockey Frankie Dettori and retired professional boxer Tony Bellew were also announced as late arrivals on the show, joining their fellow 10 celebrities as camp coaches as two teams battle it out in the programme’s “Scarena”.
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! continues on ITV1 and ITVX.
