CHRISTOPHER Biggins has sparked fury after saying food is "terrible" in "Scotland and the provinces".
The forthcoming series of I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! is to be filmed in the UK instead of Australia and will be broadcast live every night from a ruined castle in the countryside.
Ant and Dec will host the series as celebrities undertake gruelling trials and challenges to win food and treats in the lead-up to one of them being crowned king or queen of the castle, rather than the jungle.
But Biggins, who won the show in 2007, said getting the celebrities to taste Scottish food would be "terrifying" for them.
Christopher Biggins there, winning friends and influencing people in Scotland and "the provinces" pic.twitter.com/SjesfYK4IZ
— Tom Hourigan (@TomHourigan) August 7, 2020
"There's a lot of Scottish food you could have which would be quite terrifying I think," he told ITV news. "Anywhere in the provinces there could be some terrifying food. I can think of a few things."
Biggins did not specify what those foods were. Haggis? Shortbread? Aberdeen Angus Beef? Cullen skink?
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Twitter users asked why the English actor is so scared of Scottish food.
If this is to take place in Scotland, will itv be informing the Scottish Government of this decision in light of the present COVID 19 situation, and I don’t take to kindly to Christopher biggins’ comments either 😡😡
— 45+🏴🇪🇺#LeaveALightOnForScotland🕯 (@marieaspencer) August 7, 2020
Curious about what foods in particular you think we have in #Scotland that are “terrifying” @onebiggins? 😂 You + Neil should come lunch w/ me + the @badponymedia team, we’ll show u some of the most AMAZING #food in the world, my lovely! 💖#Scotland #Scottish #ChristopherBiggins pic.twitter.com/oW6Vlth9ah
— Frank McGowan (@glasgowfranko81) August 7, 2020
So Christopher Biggins thinks Scottish food is bad enough to replace 'bush tucker'trials if I'm a celebrity" is filmed in Scottish castle. Expect reaction to that won't be favourable!
— Evelyn Baird (@EvelynB79323400) August 7, 2020
Glad you got your response to Christopher Biggins' comment on Scottish food in before the complaints started!
— Janis Shinie🏴🏴 (@janshinie) August 7, 2020
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