I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! returned to our screens on Sunday night and it wasn't long before one of its camp mates faced controversy back home as vlogger Jack Maynard hit the headlines over racist and offensive tweets he wrote back in 2012.

The 23-year-old left the jungle on Tuesday with a spokesperson saying, "In the last few days Jack has been the subject of a succession of media stories which, given his position as a contestant on 'I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here' - filmed in the Australian jungle, with no contact with the outside world, he has been unable to respond to.

"Since it is only fair that everyone should be aware of any allegations made against them and should also have the right to defend themselves, it was agreed that it would be better to bring him out of the show. Jack agrees with this decision which was made by his representatives and ITV and thanks everyone who has supported him in the show this far."

Last night Jack broke his silence over the controversy in a video he posted online. Confirming he was now back in London, he said, "The least you deserved was for me to come home and sit down and talk to you and explain everything that has been going on.

"I'm so sorry to anyone that I offended, anyone that I upset, anyone I made feel uncomfortable."

"Like a lot of you growing up I was all over social media, my entire life is on social media, I've grown an amazing following."

 

The full video is in my bio, J x

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He continued, "Social media has led to be my entire job, my work is this online and everything that comes with it and I've messed up, I've been really stupid in the past.

"I've tweeted some bad things, some horrible things, some pretty disgusting things that I'm just ashamed of.

"This is such a hard video, I've never wanted to have to make anything like this, I never wanted to feel like I've let you guys down so much, with something so careless and inconsiderate to other people.

"I was young I was careless, I just wasn't thinking, this was back when I had just left school and I didn't know what I was doing."

You can see the full video (which already has over 1 million views) below: