Jungle life seems to be getting to Eric Bristow, who is now 7/1 to be the next contestant voted off I’m a Celebrity after turning into a grumpy old man and snapping at his fellow campmates.
The first signs that his mood had changed came after Hugo’s successful Bush Tucker Trial, where the celebrities dined on a feast of ostrich eggs.
Rosemary decided to give camp a cooking lesson much to Eric’s annoyance.
She told camp that she would “sit and prep and give orders to do the cooking.”
With omelette as the chosen dish, she ordered Nadine to “work faster” at her task of stirring the mixture on the fire.
A disgruntled Eric commented, “You don’t have to shout at people for them to listen.”
The camp mated were thrilled with their meal, Hugo admitted that it he thought it was “the best thing ever cooked in the jungle.”
As the camp mates eagerly tucked into their meal, Rosemary apologised to Eric for shouting but explained that it was her teaching method. But Eric replied, “We’re not going to go home and do one of these are we?”
Later in the Bush Telegraph, Eric confessed, “I find it (the shouting) very rude. I don’t like it. Tell us what to do and we shall do it but don’t shout at us.”
This was not felt by all in camp, as Charlie said, “we made this amazing vegetarian omelette. Rosemary took charge, she knows what she’s doing and yes she can be loud we just need to let her get on with it.”
She continued, “When she’s (Rosemary) in a kitchen that’s just how she rolls. If you don’t like it fine, you say it and it’s done. But people shouldn’t continue to go on about it after they’ve said it once. I don’t think it’s fair bash down somebody’s character. I don’t want her to feel sad in here we all need the help we can get and at the end of the day she just doing it so that so we all have a great meal.”
The camp mates were aware that Eric was in a grouchy mood all day.
The darts champion was miffed when Limahl took too long with the wash bucket and barked at the singer, “here comes the bucket man…. It hasn’t got your name on it.”
Later, after Helen admitted that she often liked to melt ice-lollies and drink them, he said, “you’ve got a fantastic diet when you’re at home. Is that before the chocolate or after the chocolate? That’s what done your skin all that sh*t you’re eating.”
Eric, joined by David, continued their mocking which caused Helen to get upset.
She later admitted in the Bush Telegraph, “I’m finding it a little bit hard in camp sometimes the boys; they’re lovely, they would never mean to and I know they love me but boys don’t have as much sensitivity as girls. I love everyone in camp but I’m really sensitive about skin. I know it sounds really stupid I can’t believe I’m crying, it just gets to me because I feel conscious enough because I haven’t got any makeup.”
Ashley later commented, “Eric says what’s on his mind all the time. You know where you stand with Eric. What you see is what you get and he’s not shy to tell you what’s on his mind. He tells Rosemary your job’s in the kitchen stay out of everything else!”
*Next elimination betting: 13/8 Limahl, 9/2 Hugo Taylor, 7/1 Eric Bristow, 7/1 Linda Robson. 10/1 bar