Anthony Mundine: ‘Women should not wear skirts above the knee’

CONTROVERSIAL boxer Anthony Mundine has again aired his sexist views on I’m A Celebrity, but says he only wants to “stop other men lusting over my women”.

CONTROVERSIAL boxer Anthony Mundine says women shouldn’t wear skirts above the knee.

Speaking to campmate Jackie Gillies in the South African jungle camp on I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here!, the 42-year-old said the belief is a protection to stop “other men lusting over your women”.

“You want to protect your women,” Mundine said.

“You don’t want other men having prerogative thoughts about your girl or your daughter.”

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Boxing rivals Danny Green and Anthony Mundine have traded barbs on I’m a Celebrity ... Picture: Channel 10

Mundine is Muslim and prior to going into the jungle told News Corp he doesn’t believe in homosexuality, abortion or contraception. He has seven children to four different women.

“She can wear a dress … not a short skirt, not above the knees. That is just the way I am, it is the way I feel, the way I think.”

When asked by Gillies if it is right to tell “somebody what to do”?

“For their own good,” he responded.

“Everything in society that the creator has made unlawful, the west are making it lawful. It doesn’t matter if we were born naked. There’s garments. That was back in that time. You don’t understand because you are not built like me, you wouldn’t understand a man’s point of view. You can’t understand.”

Later, Mundine told producers: “I’m not sure if I got through to her [Jackie Gillies]. I just had to let her know where I was coming from.”

Some viewers weren’t impressed by Mundine’s comments and took to Twitter to label him a “sexist a**hole”.

Yes, he’s genuinely an arrogant sexist asshole #ImACelebrityAU

— victoria.👩🏽‍💻☕️🦄 (@JustMeVictoria_) February 5, 2018

Mundine is primitive in his sexist belief system - teach men to control their lust instead of telling women how to behave #ImACelebrityAU

— Hannah Grace (@HannahGrace_M) February 5, 2018

A lusting man says more about the man than it does about the women. #ImACelebrityAU

— Cappa 🇦🇺☀️ (@CraigP014) February 5, 2018

Digging himself a bit of a hole the old Mundine#ImACelebrityAU

— Countdown Music Aust (@CountdownAus) February 5, 2018

Anthony Mundine is about as genuine as a 3 dollar coin #ImACelebrityAU

— Janelle Berner (@missnellebelle) February 5, 2018

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Mundine has made a series of controversial comments on I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here! Picture: Nigel Wright

Meanwhile, Mundine showed a softer side when he told a story of one of his fans, who he claimed he saved his life. Depressed and suicidal, the man found a new lease on life after meeting Mundine.

“I saved this dude’s life,” he said, crying as he recalled the story.

“He wanted to meet me before he died. That moment he come and met me, he said, ‘your courage, your strength, helped me out of this dark place’ and that touched me man. I know I am doing something right. That’s why it gets me emotional.”

As camp leader, a position appointed him by producers, Mundine had the job of allocating camp chores.

Mundine has nicknamed his rival ‘Dunny’ Green. Picture: Nigel Wright/Channel 10

In punishment for supporting rival Danny Green, Mundine chose comedians Fiona O’Loughlin and Peter Rowsthorn for dishwashing duties, while Jackie Gillies and Simone Holtznagel were giving the job of collecting fire wood.

“Jackie, I wanted to give her a little taste of men’s work,” he said.

Shannon Noll was appointed Mundine’s deputy and Josh Gibson camp cook.

And the boxer predictably gave the worst job to his enemy with Green allocated toilet cleaning and given a new nickname, Dunny Green.

“When I was a young kid, I worked with a company that we dealt with a lot of sewage so this doesn’t bother me one bit,” Green responded.

* The journalist is in South Africa as a guest of Channel Ten covering I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here!

Originally published as Anthony Mundine: ‘Women should not wear skirts above the knee’