I’m A Celebrity star George Hamilton has claimed that the camp mates asked permission from ITV bosses, before they killed and ate a rat.

Gino D’Acampo and Stuart Manning have since been charged with animal cruelty and will appear in court next February, but Hamilton claims that the blame really lies with I’m A Celebrity producers.

George told The Mirror:

“Gino got very mad because we were exiled to a place which was filthy.When Lucy saw a rat , Gino said, ‘We’ve got to get that’.

“So I went into the Bush Telegraph and said, ‘May we eat a rat?’ They were a bit shocked, thought about it and then said we could. It was a very good dinner.”