Vernon Kay from I’m a Celeb was the phantom dribbler, but Shane Richie covered him to keep ‘fancy’ wife Tess from finding out

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I’M A Celebrity’s Vernon Kay has been revealed to be the ghost dribbler from the castle’s toilet, but he got undercover because he didn’t want the “fancy” wife Tess Daly to find out.

Onlookers had seen fellow campers trying to find out who had been urinating on the floor of the common bathroom, but were never told if they had gotten to the bottom of the matter.

Shane Richie has revealed that Vernon Kay was the ghost dribbler from I'm A Celebrity, but he asked his campmates to cover for him. — Shane Richie has revealed that Vernon Kay was the ghost dribbler from I’m A Celebrity, but he asked his campmates to cover for him.Credit: Rex Features

At that point, all the boys distanced themselves from the nasty leak, and Vernon, 46, covered his tracks saying, “It’s a little awkward.

“How do you teach people over 25 to urinate?”

Now Shane Richie, 56, has exposed Vernon as the show’s phantom dribbler, claiming that the former Family Fortunes host begged his co-stars to keep it a secret because the Strictly Tess host wouldn’t approve of it.

Speaking during the Daily Drop, Shane revealed, “Let’s clear up a few things, okay? When that all started, the phantom dribber.

“He was sick. He couldn’t stand up. I remember Vernon, because he’s eight feet tall, he’s a tall boy and it’s a long way from him to go to the bathroom.

Vernon asked fellow campers to keep his bad toilet habit a secret from his wife TessCredit: Getty Images

“He went to the bathroom and he came back and we said, ‘Vernon, have you dribbled?’ And he said ‘Oh, don’t’ because Tess is watching.

“Oh please don’t say anything.”

“And we had to cover it up because I was worried about what Tess would say. It was Vernon.

Vernon joked with his castle co-stars that the Strictly Tess host is 'very classy' and wouldn't approve of it — Vernon joked with his castle co-stars that the Strictly Tess host is ‘very classy’ and wouldn’t approve of it Credit: Instagram

“Vernon kept saying ‘Oh Shane, don’t say anything,’ because Tess is watching and she’s on Strictly. She’s very classy, my wife.

“So Vernon, if you’re looking, it was you and you know it was you!”

Shane made the reveal after being accused of being the phantom dribbler by the hosts of I’m A Celebrity Ant and Dec.

Dec openly asked him during his exit interview on Thursday: “There are a couple of things we have to cover with you, who is the ‘phantom dribbler’? It’s you, right?”