The I'm A Celebrity “vegan” contestants have been eating meat, and viewers are confused

This year’s I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! Is off to a great start. We’ve had a skydive, an intense Bushtucker Trial and plenty of Holly Willoughby screaming… and it’s only been 24 hours.

But that’s all standard in the jungle. What’s really got viewers talking so far this series is contestants who were believed to be vegan looking like they were eating meat.

It was originally reported before the show that Fleur, Sair and James are all vegan. There was even a suggestion that they could be exempt from taking part in Bushtucker Trials where they may have to eat animals, which is totally understandable… but it kind of looks like they already have been chowing down?

Let’s explain. On last night’s episode, Emily Atack put in a valiant effort during the Viper Pit Bushtucker Trial, and won her yellow camp some meals.

The campmates were obviously starving, having been left with rice and beans the night before, and were overjoyed to be getting proper food. But while fans might have expected that vegans would be catered for, instead they were offered wallaby wings.

However, rather than go back to their rations, it looked like some of the contestants were eating the food.

The whole thing was made even more bizarre by Sair talking about eating Emu the night before, and people on Twitter were totally confused.

Some viewers even pointed out that the scones and cream Anne and Fleur requested from Kiosk Kev wouldn’t be vegan-friendly, either.

However, some fans think that we’ve all got it twisted, and that the campmates are not, in fact, strict vegans.

And now James’ team has tweeted to confirm that he isn’t vegan – just vegetarian – and he didn’t eat the wallaby.

What is going on here?!

Cosmopolitan has reached out to I’m A Celebrity for comment.

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