Some fans of I'm A Celebrity viewers noticed something surprising about Dean McCullough's behaviour during the latest episode of the ITV reality show this week.

The opening scenes of Tuesday's episode saw the campmates face an eventful journey on the Fright Bus together, where they all took their seats for a ride filled with frights. BBC Radio presenter Dean, 32, caught the eye of some viewers at home, who suggested that might be 'faking it' at times on I'm A Celebrity.

It comes after Dean faced sixth bushtucker trials earlier in the new series of the show. Twice he's declared 'I'm a celebrity get me out of here' and in one trial he failed to earn any stars, though as reported by OK! magazine, though he managed double figures in his most recent attempt.

The outlet adds that while screams echoed from most campmates in the group trial on Tuesday's episode, Dean appeared notably composed in a contrast to trials where he's been on his own. One fan tweeted: "Dean screaming the least? Is he ok?" Another commented: "Na the difference in Dean doing the fright bus compared to the trials is actually embarrassing! Just shows how much he's been overdramatic and playing on it for the camera time/attention."

Meanwhile, a third speculated: "Suddenly Dean has no fear …. cementing the suspicion of his dramatics being faker than that of a premier league footballer." One viewer voiced their skepticism, suggesting it was all part of a strategy to win the public vote, as they remarked: "Oh Dean has just proved all our points he was doing it all to get the votes to do the trails to get the screen time."
Dean McCullough (front right) attracted attention over his composure on a group trial on I'm A Celebrity on Tuesday night's episode (
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Following the group task Fright Bus, speculations were rife that Tulisa Contostavlos could be up for the next trial, especially as Barry McGuigan had to come to her rescue repeatedly to flick off the creepy crawlies. It was announced at the end of Tuesday's episode that she is doing the next one.

On the weekend, host Ant McPartlin had encouraged viewers to stop voting for Dean for trials to give other celebrities a chance to take part in future ones. The trial shown in Tuesday's episode featured Maura Higgins and Jane Moore.

Whilst on the companion show I'm A Celebrity ... Unpacked, host Joel Dommett asked Ant: "What do you think about Dean doing the trial again [on Monday]?" Ant replied: "Right. Let's all have a serious talk. I'm going to look directly into the camera here. I think it's good to see other faces down there."

Ant continued: "This is not a personal thing. It's not about Dean, it's about us just seeing different people down there. And I think we want to see different people on the show being featured. Some people unfortunately aren't getting [screen time]."

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