I'm A Celebrity: Chris Packham slams Ant and Dec for association with animal cruelty
06.02.2022 - 00:45
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Naturalist Chris Packham has once again urged I’m A Celebrity to stop the ‘cruel stereotyping’ of animals and says the ITV series would be ‘just as good’ without involving them. Packham is currently helping with coverage of National Geographic’s Big Cat Week, airing from February 7, as he lends his voice to multiple documentaries. The annual TV programming event aims to highlight the National Geographic Society’s commitment to conservation through its Big Cats Initiative, which supports on-the-ground research and efforts to help protect big cats and their habitats.
But whilst chatting about the project, he once again brought up his continued frustrations with another series – I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!. He’s been very vocal about his anger over certain elements of the show, telling them in 2021 to ‘shape up or shut down’ over the use of animals in trials. While the TV star said he has ‘nothing against the show, per se,’ his issue lies with: ‘The fact that they misrepresent and abuse animals.
’He told Metro. co. uk: ‘It not tolerable in the 21st century on UK TV.
I mean, you’ve got people like myself on one programme, saying all of this is beautiful, all of it’s important, we need to love it and understand it and protect it, and then people can switch over and see some horrible stereotyping where they’re saying that basically, insects are vile and worthless, therefore, we can abuse them because it doesn’t matter. ‘Rats, crocodiles, spiders, and they can reinforce all of these silly stereotypes, which paint these animals as useless, obnoxious or dangerous when they’re the opposite of all three. ’Packham said he can’t understand why the broadcaster ‘can’t simply modify their programme, with the exception of the
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