Scarlett Lee responds to Simon Cowell’s SHADE over Fleur East’s I’m A Celeb stint

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Scarlett Lee and Fleur East

by Carl Smith |
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Remember when Simon Cowell threw some major shade in Fleur East's direction on The X Factorfinal; telling 2018 finalist Scarlett Lee he didn't want to see her in the I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! jungle this time next year? Well, Scarlett's got something to say about it.

Chatting to heat Radio's Emily Segal in the latest episode of Big Night In with TalkTalk TV, Scarlett claimed mentor Simon's comments were a bit 'naughty.'

Scarlett said: "She's an inspiration, I don't see how that's bad," before insisting she couldn't hack it in the jungle herself. She added: "Oh my God, I don't like spiders. I'll sit in front of an alligator, but [not] a spider."

Looks like Simon got his wish, eh?

WATCH heat's Big Night In with Scarlett Lee below:

Scarlett also reckons she 'knew' Dalton Harris would win the show following Simon's comments. She told us: "I think Simon knew Dalton was going to win. A couple of the things he said, I thought 'why has he said that?' Not that I knew Dalton was going to win, but I think that when your own mentor has a contestant you don't care; you're focused on that. It was a bit like 'ugh.'

"He'd say that about Dalton. He'd say 'that was the best performance.' [I can hear] those comments. I know that vocally I wasn't the best and Dalton was another league, but I was a bit 'ugh.'

"[Simon] gets me, but I do think he's in competition with the other judges. I can tell by his face."

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