I'm a Celeb 2021: Contestant accidentally confessed to cheating on his wife

The executive producer of I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here! has revealed that a former contestant accidentally confessed to cheating on his wife while on the show. Photo / Getty

The executive producer of I'm a Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! has revealed that a former contestant accidentally confessed to cheating on his wife while on the show.

TV producer Alex Mavroidakis was interviewed by Benjamin Norris on the TV Reload podcast and was asked for his "go to funny story" about working on the Channel 10 reality show.

"How can I tell this story without putting the person in it?" Mavroidakis said. "Everyone is going to know who I'm talking about."

Choosing his words carefully, the producer then recalled: "The celebrity in camp talked about a girl that he had been with and he talked about specifics in terms of what he had been doing on that day, what time of the year it was."

But immediately after telling the story to his camp mates, the Aussie star quickly realised he'd incriminated himself and pleaded with producers not to air the whole scene.

"He then came running up to the Tok Toki straight after that conversation and was in the Tok Toki saying, 'it's OK for you to use that scene, but please don't say the time or the place because I've just realised I was still married at the time'," Mavroidakis said on the podcast. "Basically he just outed himself."

The producer explained that they agreed to edit the scene, saying: "Why would we throw him under the bus? If someone goes in and tells a story that is going to negatively affect their career, why would we run it? We all want them to be heroes.

"They're all playing for charity and … the more you love them, the better the show is going to rate," he said.

Chris Brown and Julia Morris host I'm a Celeb. Photo / Supplied

The latest season of I'm a Celeb kicked off on Channel 10 last night with nine celebrities entering the camp.

Grant Denyer, Paulini, Jack Vidgen, Travis Varcoe, Mel Buttle, Ash Williams, Abbie Chatfield, Toni Pearen and Jess Eva were unveiled as this year's contestants.

Another celeb, whom viewers are convinced is former AFL star Robert 'Dipper' DiPierdomenico, will enter the camp tonight.