I’m A Celeb Winner Sam Thompson Defied Producers, Reunited with Best Pal Pete Wicks, and Reveals Near-Fall on Unstable Bridge

I’m A Celeb winner Sam Thompson and his best friend Pete Wicks have shared the behind the scenes insights from their jungle reunion.

Speaking on their podcast, Staying Relevant, Sam and Pete dished the dirt from his time on the show and the moment they were able to see each other again.

Pete, 35, claimed that Sam completely ignored the producers instructions not to jump on him when they met on the famous jungle bridge.

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He revealed they were both told that the bridge was unstable, however Sam took the risk and leaped into Pete’s arms following his win.

The duo also made light of the moment as they joked it looked like the were being intimate and ‘dry humping’ as they got carried away.

I’m A Celeb winner Sam Thompson and his best friend Pete Wicks have shared the behind the scenes insights from their jungle reunion

Speaking on their podcast, Staying Relevant, Sam and Pete dished the dirt from his time on the show and the moment they were able to see each other again

Sam said: ‘When Pete met me on the bridge when I found out I’d won and we look like we’re s****ing on the bridge.

Pete added: ‘There that was a weird thing, I think Sam was dry humping me, but I was dry humping him, very weird. And it looked like there was an awful lot of jumping. 

He continued: ‘Yeah, what the funniest part of that is before you get a producer who will have said to Sam on the other end of the bridge, Sam would have been told to stand on a star and Pete is going to come and meet you. Do not JUMP.

‘They say this to me, do not jump, and I say well he’s going to jump. They said, we’ve told him not to jump, because this bridge is not stable.

‘It’s the most rickety thing, everyone looks weird when they’re walking across because it’s high up and very rickety.

‘So I said look I’m not going to jump and I was never going to jump, do I look like the sort of person who jumps? Do you know what I mean? However, you’re going to need to tell him.

‘She said, he’s promised me he’s not going to jump. So Sam jumps. We then get a little bit carried away, but I’m supporting both of our body weight on this bridge.

‘They say you can have your hug but you need to turn around so we can get a shot of both of your faces on the bridge. But at that point, I lost my balance.

Pete, 35, claimed that Sam completely ignored the producers instructions not to jump on him when they met on the famous jungle bridge

‘I had to grab the f***ing bridge to stop us going over, I nearly died!”

Elsewhere on the podcast, Pete hit back at any suggestion he was intimate with the partners of at least two contestants on this year’s I’m A Celebrity.

Pete was spotted getting cosy with Danielle Harold, 31, after enjoying a boozy night out with Nick Pickard’s girlfriend Sarah Corrin, 39.

Hollyoaks veteran Nick, 48, admitted to ‘having a word’ with Pete: ‘The first thing I said to [him] was ‘have you been running off with my bird you cheeky b****r?!”

Speaking on his and Sam’s Staying Relevant Podcast Pete declared: ‘I just want to point out that I didn’t s**g anyone’s wife’.

His co-host quipped: ‘Pete got linked to every single person out there’.

King of the Jungle Sam continued: ‘He got linked to Sarah – Nick’s [Pickard] girlfriend, he got linked to Danielle [Harold], he got linked to my girlfriend Zara [McDermott], he got linked to Rochelle [Humes] at one point’.

‘I don’t think there were anymore women out there to get linked to.’

He added: ‘Do you know what my favourite thing about this is…I’ve gone into the jungle and Pete’s flown out there to be there for me and it’s literally he can’t get away from it’.

Pete then concluded: ‘Genuinely, Sam could not be more loved and all that seems to have happened is that I am hated.’ 

The TOWIE star was spotted getting cosy with fellow singleton Danielle as they partied with the other campmates ahead of the final.

Danielle put on a busty display in a black bikini top as she leaned in for an intimate chat with Pete while at the venue.

The blonde beauty – who was the fifth contestant to be eliminated from the Jungle – later looked in great spirits larking about as she jumped on Pete’s back and cuddled up to him. 

An onlooker told The Sun: ‘Danielle and Pete were incredibly cosy. They were cuddling a lot and were very tactile. They acted like a couple.

The Hollyoaks actor, 48, previously admitting to ‘having a word’ with Pete laughing: ‘The first thing I said to [him] was ‘have you been running off with my bird you cheeky b****r?!” 

‘Danielle seemed very happy with Pete and at one point jumped on his back.

‘They posed for pictures together, too. They looked good together.’

Pete previously broke his silence after fans claimed ‘something was going on’ between himself and Zara McDermott. 

He had been spending time with Sam’s girlfriend Zara while his friend competes in the ITV competition but the couple have been plagued by rumours that their relationship isn’t purely platonic. 

Sharing his feelings for Zara with new! magazine, Pete mused: ‘I love Zara – she’s a sweetheart’, adding that the Strictly star is ‘really missing’ Sam.

He was quick to shut down rumours that the pair were doing anything untoward while Sam is in the Jungle, admitting: ‘Me and Zara find it quite funny.

‘That’s the problem with social media everyone’s got an opinion. Sam is my brother, and Zara is a very good friend of mine. We just laugh about it.’ 

Insisting he wouldn’t date the Love Island star even if they were both single, he continued: ‘I absolutely adore Zara, but she’s not my cup of tea and I don’t think she’d last five minutes. 

Me and Sam could not be any more different. They’re such a great couple and love them to bits. It’s just sad that people can’t understand that girls and guys can be mates. It’s ridiculous.’

Pete previously broke his silence after fans claimed ‘something was going on’ between himself and Zara McDermott  

He had been spending time with Sam ‘s girlfriend Zara while his friend competes in the ITV competition but the couple have been plagued by rumours that their relationship isn’t purely platonic (Sam and Zara pictured together)