Malcolm McLaren has revealed why he decided to quit ITV reality TV show, I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here…..because he thinks it’s fake.

He said: “It’s a nonsense to say I quit over a spider.”

“The reality is their jungle is a glorified film set. The whole show is a circus. I was shocked to hear I was never going to be in any danger.”

He told the Daily Star: “The medic, Dr Bob McCarron, told me: ‘Things are so safe, I would send my own kids in to do the show.’ There is nothing bad in there. They’re hoodwinking the public.

“Viewers need to wake up to the fact that the celebrities are just a motley crew in ITV’s horror movie and, basically, I’m no longer interested in the script. I understand its popularity and all about the pantomime torture camp. I had every intention to appear on the show.

“But when the trials are tricks to fool the public about a danger that isn’t there, it proves this show is nothing more than a circus.”

He added: “I think they fix it and they know exactly who is going to win. It’s all set up. They know who’s gonna win and who’s gonna lose.

“In my opinion, it’s totally and utterly fixed. This is not a reality show, it’s a fake one.”

A show insider hit back at the claims, telling the paper: “It is laughable that Malcolm appears to have such an intimate knowledge of the jungle, yet by his own admission he has never watched the show and he has never been in camp.

“The reality is there are plenty of dangers in the jungle and all the celebrities receive health and safety talks prior to their entrance because of the deadly animals which lurk.

“As for Malcolm’s accusations about fixing, they are outrageous and completely untrue and an insult to the millions of viewers who enjoy the show every year.”