I’m A Celebrity bosses cut witchetty grubs from the gruesome Bushtucker trials to avoid offending aboriginals
Wildlife presenter Chris Packham and survival expert Ray Mears slammed the show for disrespecting Australians
TELLY bosses have cut witchetty grubs from the I’m A Celeb menu — to avoid offending aboriginals.
The wood-eating moth larvae have featured regularly in the gruesome eating challenges.
But the contestants in the jungle have not been fed them this year.
Wildlife presenter Chris Packham and survival expert Ray Mears recently accused the show of disrespecting Australian aboriginals who rely on the wriggly critters for food.
Mears said: “It’s rather like someone coming to Britain and saying, ‘Eating a roast potato, isn’t that weird?’
“The witchetty grub that the aboriginal people depend upon is an important source of protein.
“It has a religious significance. For us to go and make fun of that is very disrespectful.”
