A CORONATION Street legend admitted he ‘wanted to kill' an I'm A Celeb co-star while in the Australian jungle.
Several Corrie stars have as campmates over the years.
Nigel Havers appeared on I'm A Celeb in 2010, but withdrew after just nine days in camp.
He played Corrie's Lewis Archer on and off from 2009 in 2019.
Speaking to The Guardian over a decade on, the 73-year-old admitted he “wanted to kill” a jungle co-star.
Nigel continued: “I’d never watched the show, so I had no idea what it entailed.
“You think it looks bad on TV. S**t, it was terrible. It was the boredom more than anything.
“There was a bloke called Lembit Öpik, the politician. After a couple of days, I wanted to kill him.
“Had I stayed, I would’ve killed him and I’d be in prison now. So it seemed like a good idea to leave.”
– at the time best known for – went on to be crowned Queen of the Jungle.
That year's line-up also included , , and Linford Christie to name a few.
Last year, Lembit, 60 addressed his side of the pair's 14-year reality TV feud.
In an exclusive chat with The Sun on behalf ofInstant Casinos, he said: “The ones that annoyed me the most were some of the celebrities, like Nigel Havers, who walked out because he couldn't take the heat and spent the last decade rubbishing me.
“We've not been on each other'sChristmaslists since 2010.
“Yeah,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.
“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.
“Nigel, you keep trying, but you can never take that away from me, Nigel. You walked out of the stage.”
