I’m A Celeb: Kerri-Anne Kennerley quits after being called ‘a self-centred b****’

Kerri-Anne Kennerley sensationally quit I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! on Thursday after Married At First Sight’s Domenica Calarco branded her ‘the most self-centred b**** she’s ever met’ during a fiery spat. 

The 69-year-old TV veteran’s time on the series came to an end after only four days in the South African jungle. 

The drama unfolded when Kerri-Anne and Domenica took part in an eating challenge alongside former Australian Idol judge Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson and radio host Woody Whitelaw, where they had to eat a variety of animal testicles in order to win dinner for the rest of the group.

In the challenge, a tennis racquet was spun in the middle of a table, and whoever it landed on had to chow down on one of the jungle delights. 

At the end of the challenge, the team was offered 13 stars if they all ate the ball of a kudu, which is a type of large antelope.  

But Kerri-Anne wasn’t having any of it, even after the celebrities told her it ‘tastes just like meatballs’ and ‘wasn’t that bad’.

This caused Dom to see red after she took a bite and Kerri-Anne refused.

She then accused the Studio 10 star of having no respect or decency for anyone but herself. 

‘I’ve never met anyone so self-centred in my life,’ she continued. 

When she returned to camp, Kerri-Anne said the ‘abuse’ from Dom was ‘overwhelming’.

‘To be called the most self-centred bitch she’s ever met. And the contract queen time and time again. I would have finished [the challenge], if she would have finished. It was never going to happen,’ she said in tears.

Upset at having to do three trials in a row, Kerri-Anne then told her campmates she was leaving.

‘I would have finished, if she would have finished. It was never going to happen,’ she said. 

‘That said, I’ve made a choice, it was a hard choice. Because I’d love to stay. But it’s never going to work. I thought it was very unfair. I got three trials in a row.

‘So, not against my better judgement, because it is my better judgement that I go.

KAK then uttered the famous word, ‘So I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’

However, when Dicko, Dom and Woody returned to the camp, they told a different version of events.

‘It was pretty clear that Kerri-Anne was not going to make an attempt,’ Dom explained.

‘I don’t apologise for the way I felt during the situation. I think I could have spoken better,’ she continued. 

‘But the lack of team effort and support at that time, it was completely selfish. It felt like, what are you even doing here? 

‘I don’t know why she didn’t say the words before we got to the task. It was a waste to me that she was never going to attempt to eat the ball.’

Taking to Twitter, viewers also called Kerri-Anne a ‘bad sport’ and ‘terrible asset’, with many questioning why she was on the show in the first place. 

Speaking to the Daily Telegraph after leaving the camp, Kerri-Anne said she was ‘really disappointed’ she had to leave.

‘The challenges are difficult. I loved living in the camp with the most fabulous people. The people were just so generous, so kind – and I learnt that I can sleep on a camp bed, I can use a long drop – I can wash in the bathroom. I come from a suburban background, but I had never camped before and actually never wanted to,’ she said.

She added that she’s a ‘tough old bird’ but people were being ‘hurtful’. 

It comes after Domenica complained Kerri-Anne had special privileges on Tuesday’s episode of the show. 

The reality star fumed she managed to negotiate a special contract with Channel Ten before agreeing to sign on to do the show.

Dom complained to the rest of the participants in the jungle while Kerri-Anne wasn’t present.

‘Why does she think it’s okay that she gets makeup and no one else does get skincare and makeup?’ she asked her fellow participants.

‘I feel as though there’s a power imbalance there.’

I’m a Celebrity continues Sunday at 7.30pm on Channel 10