Colin Fassnidge confirms that Pete Evans was dumped from I’m A Celeb

Colin Fassnidge has confirmed his polarising former co-star Pete Evans was in fact booted off I’m A Celeb after posting Nazi symbolism online.

Colin Fassnidge has confirmed that disgraced celebrity chef Pete Evans was definitely meant to appear on I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! despite reports that he was never officially on board.

While chatting to KIIS FM’s Kyle and Jackie O Show on Friday morning, Jackie asked Fassnidge straight up whether or not he replaced Pete on the show.

“Were you always meant to go in?” she asked. “There were rumours that Pete Evans was going in and then they gave him the flick.”

“So, I got asked six weeks before, and the money wasn’t very good,” replied Colin. “And then my missus was like, ‘You’re not leaving me for this amount of time,’ and then obviously Pete got hired, and then Pete got un-hired … and they said, ‘Can you come tomorrow?’”

“And then you got a bit more coin,” said Jackie.

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Colin Fassnidge confirmed Pete Evans' was set to go into the jungle. Picture: Channel 10

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The former My Kitchen Rules host was set to appear on the past season of the show but was dumped by Channel 10 after sharing a cartoon on social media that included the Black Sun symbol from Nazi Germany.

At the time, Evans denied that he knew what the symbol stood for.

“Just when you thought 2020 couldn’t get any more bizarre, the mainstream media have come out and labelled me a racist and a neo-Nazi,” he said in a video.

“The fact that I actually had to Google what neo-Nazi meant is pretty telling. So I just want to tell you this once and one time only, it is completely untrue, unfactual and a load of garbage.”

In a deleted scene from I’m A Celeb, Fassnidge spoke about Evans to camp mates Grant Denyer and Abbie Chatfield.

“I speak to him every now and then, (but) not since he got in trouble,” Fassnidge said. “I don’t agree with what he says but I worked with the guy for nine years.”

One of the camp mates asked if Evans, who often promotes conspiracy theories on social media, was always “alternative”.

“Yeah, but not as out there,” Fassnidge replied. “He’s off the leash now.”

Fassnidge added that while filming My Kitchen Rules, Evans would often discuss Donald Trump off-camera.

Colin and Pete worked on My Kitchen Rules together. Picture: Channel 7

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“He was always pro-Trump. Me and Manu (Feildel) would be like, ‘What?’ And then you’re just like, don’t get into an argument. It’s not worth it because he can go for hours.”

At one stage Fassnidge suggested it was unfair how much attention from the media Evans receives, but he was quickly shut down by Denyer.

“It’s not nice to get that much media,” Fassnidge said. “Non-stop every day.”

“He courts it,” Denyer said.

Fassnidge continued: “For your kids as well, they’re the collateral damage.”

Again, Denyer replied: “But he does court it.”

Speaking to the camera later on, Fassnidge seemingly referenced Evans’ controversial cartoon, saying: “There’s jokes and there’s jokes and there’s clever and there’s clever, you’ve overstepped the boundary on that one. There’s some things you just don’t do.

“He’s gotten in a lot of trouble lately for his views,” he continued. “I do not agree with any of the views. (But) the media is absolutely hounding him, whether that’s his own making, well, you know.”