Cyrell Paule was embroiled in her fair share of drama with Deni Hines on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Australia.
On Sunday, January 25, the pair became embroiled in a fierce row, with Deni branding Cyrell “fiesty” after the Married At First Sight star called her opinionated.
A “huge divide” then formed in camp as Deni rubbed people the wrong way, before she sensationally quit the show on Tuesday, January 27, in a dramatic walkout.
Though Deni insisted her exit was not because of her clashes with campmates, but instead the bathroom hygiene, Cyrell has hinted that their feud is far from over off-screen.
“She has a very abrupt leaving, and she says sorry to people. But, you know, they apologise in the moment, but then afterwards, later on, they’ll keep the grudge,” she told Chattr.
“So, it’s like, just for now, in front of the cameras. On TV, it will probably show that we’ve made up. But really, now that we’re back in reality, you can see, I don’t think we’ve quite forgotten what’s happened.”
Cyrell also claimed that Deni has ignored some of her co-stars’ follow requests on social media, hinting at a further camp feud, despite her supposedly amicable exit.
“I didn’t even bother… But apparently, there have been a few people who tried to add her, and she hasn’t followed back,” she added.
Since leaving the jungle, Deni has also made a bombshell remark about her feud with Cyrell, saying she was offended when the MAFS star asked her if she could sing.
“I didn’t know Cyrelle because I haven’t lived in Australia for eight years. But I thought, well, for somebody who’s 36. Okay, maybe I don’t know you. It kind of put me on the back foot. Like, you’re Australian, you’re 36, and you’re asking me if I can really sing,” she told The Kyle and Jackie O Show.
“It not just rubbed me the wrong way. It just seemed very… Like, you’re Australian. How can you not know that I sing? And you’re 36, you’re not 22. And that’s a bit like, do I need to hit you right now?”
However, Cyrell has claimed that she did know she was the daughter of Marcia Hines, but didn’t realise that she had a music career and sold records in her own right.
What has Cyrell Paule said about the I’m A Celebrity feud?
Cyrell previously revealed that a “huge divide” formed in the camp when the eliminations kicked off.
The 2026 series has been prerecorded, with filming already having wrapped, meaning the eliminations weren’t decided via public vote. Cyrell has revealed that campmates were instead able to “nominate” each other, leading to some drama in the camp.
Deni was the first celebrity to leave the jungle when she quit on January 27, with more eliminations still to follow.
“A huge divide does happen when eliminations start happening, especially when you start realising that there’s a chance that you’d have to nominate one another,” she told Chattr.
“I can’t tell you how the eliminations work, but they do it to be fair, in the sense of picking how the people are selected and who they vote for is what really triggers people.”
Cyrell admitted that she would have preferred a public vote, because she believes that “cliques and bonds” contributed to the results.
What happened between Cyrell and Deni on I’m A Celebrity?
On Sunday, January 25, the first signs of tensions kicked off in the South African jungle, with Cyrell and Deni coming into conflict.
The drama kicked off when Cyrell, who is hoping to ditch her “Cyclone Cyrell” nickname from MAFS, decided to use the mirror at the same time Deni was trying to fill the water bottle.
“I might quickly check myself out again in the mirror cos I’m very vain,” she told her campmates.
However, Deni, the daughter of Marcia Hines, didn’t respond well to the interruption.
“Sorry, girl, not right now, not right now, got to fill the water bottle,” she said.
Cyrell commented on Deni not wanting to “check her beauty”, prompting the singer to snap back with an apparent dig at Cyrell’s “vanity”.
“I don’t look in mirrors, I don’t need to. I’m 55, I’m not into myself that much… You can, but not me, babes,” she said.
Later, tensions continued to rise between the pair as Cyrell accused Deni of always having “something to say”.
“Oh, you’re fiesty, aren’t you?” Deni hit back with.
“I am very feisty, very, very feisty,” Cyrell said, before Deni told her to “watch” herself.
“You’re boring me, please don’t talk to me,” Cyrell then fumed.
“You don’t know me, so don’t assume, and if you want to know me, Google me when you get home,” Deni snapped.
Though the pair made an effort to make up later in the day, it’s clear there are still underlying tensions between the rivals.
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