Nella Rose defended by TV pal over I’m A Celebrity row with ‘bossy’ Fred Sirieix

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I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! star Nella Rose has been defended by a close friend after her explosive row with Fred Sirieix.

On Tuesday night’s episode of the reality series, influencer Nella clashed with First Dates’ Fred after a comment he made was deemed to be insensitive.

The French maitre d’hotel, 51, was called out by Nella, 26, after he made a remark that he was old enough to be her dad.

However, Nella, who lost both her mum and her dad at a young age, was massively hurt by the comment.

After giving him the silent treatment, Nella then hit out at Fred and said she would ‘rather stay away from him’ in camp despite his apologies.

Many viewers expressed their shock over the exchange, with many jumping in to defend Fred on social media.

Indiyah Polack has thrown her support behind Nella Rose (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

However now Nella’s close friend, former Love Island star Indiyah Polack, has shared her thoughts.

Appearing on Lorraine on Wednesday, Indiyah spoke about why she had concerns even before Nella entered the jungle that Fred would be someone she’d clash with.

‘I just feel like from first impressions Fred has a big personality and it can come across sometimes as being a little bit bossy, and Nella also has such a big personality, so I could see the two of them clashing over something,’ she explained.

‘I didn’t expect it to be this, but from what I know of Nella, she is a very bright and bubbly person who wears her heart on her sleeve and speaks her mind.

‘But I don’t think Fred had any malicious intent but again none of us are Nella and in a sweaty jungle, getting eaten by green ants and surviving on rice and beans, so I feel like in that environment it is very easy for things to be blown out or taken the wrong way.’

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However, she added that she hoped her friend and Fred would be able to ‘get over it’.

‘I think they will probably talk about it, have a couple’s day rest and then be back to it,’ she said.

A poll of Lorraine viewers found that a whopping 97% of viewers were on Fred’s side while only 3% were on Nella’s side.

The influencer got into an explosive row with First Dates’ Fred Sirieix on last night’s episode (Picture: ITV/ Shutterstock)

On the episode of I’m A Celebrity, Nella explained in the Bush Telegraph that Fred had made the joke after she had opened up to him ‘about the fact my dad’s passed away’.

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‘I didn’t say anything about it last night because I was kind of just annoyed about it. So I slept on it… and I was just like, this is not the kind of person I want to be around,’ she said.

Fred didn’t realise the faux pas until the next morning, where he began calling to her to ask if she wanted food and she repeatedly ignored him, until she told him to ‘leave me alone.’

He apologised after making a comment saying he was old enough to be Nella’s dad (Picture: ITV/ Shutterstock)

Bewildered, the TV star asked what he’d done wrong, with Nella hitting out: ‘You know that my mum’s dead, and you know that my dad’s dead. You know that, right? I’ve come to find out that every time I wanna get creative around the fire, or I want to have something my way, my own food that I am entitled to, my way, you tend to get an attitude, right?’

Nella went on to tell friend what he said was ‘disrespectful’ and she no longer wanted to speak to or be around him.

 ‘I only allow people to disrespect me once. You hurt my feelings. I was very upset… you keep trying to speak to me when I don’t want to speak to you,’ she said.

‘I would rather stay away from you, I don’t want to eat your food, I don’t want to talk to you. We can just live, you live on that side, I live on this side.’

Apologising profusely, Fred insisted he didn’t know he offended her with the comment and ‘only said that because I am older than you, I am 51 and you’re 26.’

He added: ‘I made a mistake and I said something and I offended you, I’m really sorry. I’m really sorry you feel like this.’

Nella was having none of it, saying ‘you’re not going to little girl me.’

She said she would accept his apology but ‘I don’t want to eat no food that you’re cooking, don’t talk to me, you stay over there, I stay over here and we can live.’

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! continues tonight at 9pm on ITV1.

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