Ant and Dec face ban from cracking sheep sex jokes as I’m A Celebrity moves to Wales
I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! hosts Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly have been asked to tone down their rude jokes this year given the brand new location at Gwrych Castle
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I’m A Celebrity is just around the corner, and there have been a number of new rules put in place after bosses swapped the iconic jungle for spooky Gwrych Castle in Wales.
Famous for their clever gags and eyebrow-raising innuendos, Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly have been asked to tone down the jokes this year given the brand new location.
The residents of nearby town Abergele have dished out some advice to the dynamic duo on Welsh-speaking to website nation.cymru.
A number of users who are eagerly awaiting the return of the ITV show have asked that all sheep sex jokes are sidelined in the upcoming series.
An informative article on the Welsh site, urged Ant and Dec to stay away from making obvious “sheep s**gging” jokes.
It also urged the Geordie duo to refrain from mocking the Welsh language and the way in which their native words are spelled, as well as the pronunciation of Welsh place names.
The article, called Ruin It, also advised the presenters to refrain from insinuating that Welsh people are “backward”.
“Please ITV, don’t ruin it now!” it warned.
“As your writers gather around the table and dust off their laptops to sketch out the bones of this autumn’s new series, a few obvious jokes will present themselves.
“These jokes will involve the un-pronounceability of Welsh place names, the dangers of ‘backwards’ rural Welsh people, and lots of sexual promiscuity surrounding sheep.”
The supposedly haunted castle will be home for a new batch of celebrities in the brand new series of the show, which had to abandon its usual Australia setting due to coronavirus travel restrictions.
There had been fears that I’m A Celeb would be cancelled this year due to its filming location in Conwy in Wales being one of the areas where bubbles have been banned, and there is also a crackdown on meeting indoors to halt the spread of coronavirus.
But the Mirror exclusively revealed that the new set at Gwrych Castle will be treated as a place of work, which means the show should be able to carry on.
A source told us: “Corrie was filmed under local lockdowns in Manchester and the Wales one isn’t as strict – so they are ploughing on.
“The current advice in Conwy is applicable to households and not places of work.
“At the moment ITV are operating what is essentially a glorified building site… most people are stationed in Wales and there is very little travel for example from London.
“All the shops, restaurants and bars are all open in the area – as they are places of work – and the castle is no different. ITV is creating work and paying people.”
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