‘I don’t understand it’: Holly Willoughby defends I’m a Celeb’s Jack Maynard after shock jungle exit

Holly Willoughby has said that she doesn’t “understand” why Jack Maynard has been removed from I’m A Celebrity over a series of offensive tweets.

The This Morning host defended the 22-year-old vlogger during Wednesday’s episode, saying that he had already “apologised” for the homophobic posts that were written six years ago, so didn’t see a problem.

“I don’t understand this,” she said during a discussion about the show. “We knew about these messages before he went in. He apologised – I don’t understand.”

Alison Hammond then reminded her that there were potentially more allegations against the star, which were yet to surface.

“There’s more that will come out later,” she said. “It’s unfair that he has had no contact with the outside world.”

According to the Mirror, the social media influencer has allegedly come under fire for a series of messages he sent to a fan before entering the jungle.

A number of Maynard fans have called for viewers to boycott the ITV show after the vlogger was removed just two days in.

Some claimed that as the 22-year-old would have been between 16 and 18 at the time of the posts, he shouldn’t punished for mistakes he made as a teenager.

One wrote: “Everyone one makes mistakes as a teenager. Kicking jack out for something he did when he was 15-16 is pathetic.”

Another posted: “Get #BringBackJack trending now!! Those tweets he put out were between mates & 5/6 years ago! He doesn’t deserve this!! #JungleJack #ImACeleb #BringBackJack.”

Maynard is yet to comment on his exit from the jungle.