ITV Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid defends 'graceful' I'm A Celebrity's Josie Gibson as fans turn on This Morning star

Susanna Reid has spoken out in defence of Josie Gibson as I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here viewers start to turn on her fellow ITV star. Susanna made her comments on Good Morning Britain on Wednesday (December 6) as they discussed the latest elimination from the jungle.

On Monday night (December 5), Fred Sirieix became the third campmate to be given their marching orders from camp after a public vote. During his time on the ITV reality show, he came into conflict with other contestants over cooking duties and was also told he was “forcefully” putting himself up for Bushtucker trials in both Monday and Tuesday's episode.

The 51-year-old First Dates star also had disagreements with YouTuber Nella Rose – the second contestant to be eliminated – former Ukip leader Nigel Farage and This Morning presenter Josie.

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And it's the latter that's continuing to cause a stir. Josie experienced days of tension in the jungle after being given the role of 'camp cook' alongside Tony Bellew. The 38-year-old was put in the role by second evictee Nella when she was made 'camp leader' by her fellow campmates.

It meant the role was taken away from former camp chef, First Dates star Fred Sirieix, and Fred clearly struggled with not being able to take the lead when it came to the camp grub with him attempting to make a number of suggestions to Josie as she got hot around the campfire while also being critical about her efforts in the Bush Telegraph.

But while Fred was heavily criticised for his attitude, which no doubt eventually led to his exit, Josie is