I'm A Celeb's Fred Sirieix branded 'a b*****d' by Strictly star over Nigel Farage row

Strictly Come Dancing pro James Jordan has declared Fred Sirieix a "b*****d" following his tense row with Nigel Farage on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! last night.

Seven million viewers tuned in to see former UK Independence Party member Nigel row with TV personality Fred over the pair's opposing Brexit views.

There were bound to be clashes - and James has now taken aim at Fred, branding the First Dates star "a b*****d" in view of his more than 360,000 X (formerly Twitter) followers.

However, one fan retorted in response: "Good luck with this tweet! Everyone loves Fred!" and another exclaimed: "Fred to win."

One unimpressed follower bluntly shared in the comments: "Had enough of you! Bye," only for James to give her a wave in return.

The debate began when Fred challenged Nigel in camp about his Brexit ambitions, quizzing: "What’s the benefit of Brexit then? If you are an average person from Britain, what’s the benefit?"

Nigel responded: "To know that we’re independent, we stand on our own two feet in the world.”

Referring to a controversial poster that Nigel launched back in 2016 featuring migrants queuing, which was reported to the police at the time over fears it would stoke up "racial hatred", Fred made his feelings known.

"Brexit was about immigration, I remember your poster. I thought it was shameful what you did, Nigel. Shameful," Fred exclaimed.

"Sadly, it was absolutely true. It was a poster showing mass young men moving illegally across borders," Nigel hit back.

Fred challenged: "But it was about demonising migrants", only for Nigel to deny the claim.

Later in the Bush Telegraph, he shared: "I knew it wouldn’t take long, I knew politics would rear its head as indeed it did - and Fred feels very strongly about it.”

Fred also claimed during his debate with Nigel that "the average person in the UK has lost out because of what you've done".

Food critic Grace Dent addressed the debate in her own Bush Telegraph comments, making it clear she was exhausted by the subject matter already.

“I would 100 percent rather wash up than listen to another single word about Brexit," she groaned, adding: "I was just like, ‘Oh my god, I’m going to go and put my head in that stream!'"

Meanwhile, Twitter (X) users challenged James Jordan over his "b*****d" insult towards Fred, with @KirstyFleeson asking him: "Why? Because he had a discussion with Farage? Surely key part of a democracy is open discussions."

@lmwarb hit back: "I thought it was quite refreshing to see two people with differing opinions actually discuss, debate and agree to disagree and move on."

@VegasS chimed in: "He asked a very important question: what benefit has Brexit given you? Fred pointed out the flaws, how it’s affected us all, especially the restaurant trade."

@MarieMcGuckin added: "He's allowed his opinion - he discussed the topic reasonably and rationally. Democracy means we are all free to voice our differing views."

However, there were other fans who described James' scathing description of the famous Frenchman as "spot on", whilst also criticising his "grilling" of Britney Spears' sister Jamie-Lynn in camp.

The pair had a deep conversation in the camp about why she withdrew from the public eye as a teenage mother to raise her baby on her own.

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! returns to ITV tonight at 9pm.