Dean McCullough: Jack Osbourne “Shouldn’t Be in the Jungle” Amid Kelly Brook Feud

Former I’m A Celeb star Dean McCullough has insisted current campmate Jack Osbourne ‘should be in the jungle’ amid his ongoing feud with Kelly Brook.

The Radio 1 DJ, 33, who appeared on the ITV show last year, said the pressures of camp would too much for the TV personality, just four months after the death of his beloved father Ozzy Osbourne. 

The Black Sabbath legend died of heart failure at his Buckinghamshire home on July 22 aged 76, and viewers have watched Jack, 40, break down in tears and clash with model, Kelly, 45.

The pair first clashed over the preparation of potatoes after she criticised his technique with tensions continuing to rumble on.

Dean said: ‘I think Jack’s going to struggle. Just looking at him, you can tell in his eyes that he’s [dejected]. I don’t think he should be in there, if I’m being really honest. It’s too soon’. 

‘His dad only died in July, and it’s such a volatile, revealing, nerve-wracking place. There is nothing comfortable about the jungle. And I just feel like he needs a bit of support’.

But the DJ was quick to praise show producers who he said would be on hand to support Jack. 

He told BANG Showbiz at the ZYN Rolling Stone UK Awards 2025: ‘I know the team really well. We had a rigorous test before we went in there. I think he’s being well looked after, but if I were in there with him, I would be keeping an eye on him’.

Meanwhile a source told The Sun that the I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! team is ‘monitoring Jack’s situation intensely’.

They added: ‘Jack has looked dejected at times and clearly has a lot on his mind.

‘ITV has strong duty of care procedures in place and producers do their utmost to ensure campmates are OK 24/7 – but never more so than in situations like this.’

It comes after Jack’s sister Kelly blasted his rival and branding her a ‘bully’ and ‘performative’ after she clashed with her sibling. 

The 41‑year‑old took aim at Kelly in a fiery Instagram Story, accusing the TV star of being ‘overly dramatic’ following her gagging reaction while gutting a fish during Wednesday night’s episode.

Jack, Kelly’s younger brother, had stepped in to help his campmate as she struggled to prepare dinner, politely asking: ‘Would you like me to cut up the fish?’

Although Kelly, 45, accepted his offer, she later claimed to camera that Jack had ‘elbowed’ her aside, saying: ‘I saw Jack’s eyes light up, it was like Christmas to Jack, and he came running over and elbowed me out of the way to get to this fish like a caveman, and I was like, no, I’m going to do it.’

Kelly then insisted on chopping the fish herself but repeatedly gagged and retched at the smell, prompting Osbourne to slam her behaviour as ‘performative’.

Osbourne has now leapt to her brother’s defence, admitting the exchange triggered her ‘protective’ instincts and even made her feel like ‘attacking’ the Heart Radio presenter for her tone.

Speaking on Instagram, she said: ‘Kelly Brook… I don’t think I like you. Elbowing out of the way to get to the fish… you’re so performative, with all the gagging and the over‑dramatics. You bring out my big‑sister vibes where I want to attack you because I feel like you’re a bit of a bully.’

After comedian Eddie Kadi won six stars during Wednesday’s trial, the camp were awarded a meal of eel.

Jack immediately asked who was on cooking duty, before Kelly revealed she and Martin Kemp were in charge for the evening. 

Speaking to her co-stars, she admitted: ‘I can’t guarantee it will be delicious but it will be cooked and it will be fine.’ To camera, she added: ‘I do love to cook, but when I sat down and looked at that eel head I realised the whole thing needed skinning, it had fins, it had teeth, eyes.’

Jack, who has taken the lead in camp, particularly with cooking, offered to help Kelly given her reaction to the fish. 

The pair then squabbled over who would fillet and prepare the eel, with Kelly eventually taking charge, gagging and squirming at the smell. At one point, as she walked away from the cooking area, Jack advised her to ‘breathe through her nose’.