Joe Bugner: 'I'm A Celeb is fixed'

Joe Bugner has suggested that I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! is fixed by producers.

The former boxer told The Sun that ITV engineered his exit from the show to allow Stuart Manning and Sabrina Washington to continue their alleged romance.

He claimed that the task he failed, which included reading codes off jail cell bars with an ultra-violet torch, was chosen to challenge his poor eyesight.

Bugner said: "I'm convinced it was a fix. In fact I know it. Do I think they wanted to keep Stuart because of his lovey-dovey friendship with Sabrina? Well, of course I do. It's obvious. It was rigged - absolutely!"

However, an ITV spokesman said: "I can categorically tell you that Joe's eviction was not rigged."

Of Manning and Washington's supposed relationship, Bugner added: "There is definitely something in the air. All they have to do is come out and say they like each other.

"The reason there has been no romance on the set is because there is no place you can hide. My advice to Stuart is this - Don't be a coward. If you are going to move on a girl, then move."