Amir Khan voted out from British reality TV show amid 'bullying' scandal
A jungle is not the best place to be, and boxing champ Amir Khan is glad that he's out of it.
The Pakistani-British boxer, who's been one of the most talked-about celebs in recent entertainment news, was voted out from the British reality game show I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here after a bullying scandal involving comedian Iain Lee, British media reported.
Amir is the seventh campmate to be evicted from the jungle. And it just so happens it was the boxer's 31st birthday when he got the boot but Amir was more than fine with it.
On his exit interview, he was asked about comic Iain Lee having a "hard time" in camp, making it the first time that claims of bullying were addressed on the show.
There was a strawberry debacle in the jungle, where Amir and campmate Iain Lee were caught devouring the treat without their campmates. When the word got out and Amir was questioned, he let Iain take the blame, the boxer said.
"He suffered a little bit, a bit more than me," Amir said.
"I was scared. Iain, when he came into camp, he didn't have the best reputation. The way he acted," he said. "My teammates would never have expected me to do that. I put my hand up - Iain provoked me to do that."
"I did feel guilty but I kind of fixed it a bit by saying 'you wouldn't have liked those strawberries and that cream was so hot'."
He added: "Poor Iain."
And though he was voted out by viewers, he trusts his fans and knows they've got his back, including wife Faryal Makhdoom who's been vocal in her support for him after the two patched things up.
"I can't wait to have Amir home," Faryal said on UK's ITV morning show. However, her absence in the episode didn't go unnoticed. It is not known if she's currently in Australia.
The couple has just recently reunited after a rough patch in their marriage after Amir publicly accused Faryal of infidelity.
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