The 37-year-old I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 2018 presenter told the Geordie star, 43, off in their opening segment as he joked he was a wild child rule breaker. Tonight is all about danger, risk and living life on the edge,” Holly Willoughby said as they introduced the show. “How I like to live it — on the edge,” Dec quipped. “I haven’t even brought my phone charger to work today. I make my own rules Holly Willoughby, nobody tells this maverick what to do.”
“You’re not on your mark,” she interjected, at which point, Dec promptly returned to her side, saying: “Sorry, sorry darling, sorry.”
When Holly revealed two campmates had a “disagreement about the rules” coming up on the show, Dec continued the joke, saying: “The rules, the rules! Rules, I can’t even spell the word rules!
“These sheep live by the rules,” he added, walking over to the big screen and tapping it to indicate the campmates.
“You’re not allowed to touch the plasma,” Holly once again scolded in their humorous bit.
Previously, Holly Willoughby left Declan Donnelly shocked when she “broke ITV’s rules” on the show.
Dec joked she had flouted the rules by kissing the celebrity contestants on the cheek, something which he and his longtime I’m A Celeb presenting partner Ant McPartlin, 43, have revealed they never do.
“Are you canoodling with the campmates?” Dec quipped, after Holly planted kisses on the cheeks of both Noel Edmonds, 69, and Nick Knowles, 56, when they arrived to compete in the Bushtucker Trial during last night’s show.
“I think I did,” Holly replied, as Dec said lightheartedly: “I don’t think that’s allowed.”
“It’s a bit official, a handshake,” she said, as her co-host warned: “Keep your distance Holly Willoughby, keep your distance.”
“Sorry, sorry, I’ve broken a golden rule,” she laughed, as Dec teased: “You have!”
Dec and Holly have been working together at the helm of I’m A Celebrity since the series began earlier this month.
The This Morning favourite is filling in for Ant after the TV star stepped away from the limelight following his drink-driving conviction in May.
Ant pulled out of all upcoming TV commitments after his conviction, also returning to rehab.
Ant pulled out of all upcoming TV commitments after his conviction, also returning to rehab.
Meanwhile, on tonight’s instalment of I’m A Celebrity, Dec also took a cheeky swipe at Holly over her age, saying she looked 49-years-old.
“That’s very rude Declan Donnelly,” she reprimanded, also branding him “naughty”.
Also on the show, John Barrowman, 51, Rita Simons, 41, and James McVery, 24, embarked on a quest in a bid to win a feast for the camp.
Having abseiled down a cliff face, endured a claustrophobic hunt for keys in a cave, paddling down the river on a raft to collect stars and zip-wiring whilst trying to grab stars in mid-flight,
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! continues tomorrow at 9pm on ITV.