"It was unbecoming": Domenica Calarco opens up on her feud with Kerri-Anne
Domenica Calarco has opened up on her fiery feud with Kerri-Anne Kennerley in the I'm a Celeb jungle.
The outspoken MAFS contestant was booted from the jungle in a shock elimination on Monday night, and has spoken out her now infamous argument with the TV presenter.
While in the jungle, Domenica and Kerri-Anne clashed over Kerri-Anne's refusal to participate in team challenges, prompting Dom to tell her she had “no respect” and that she’d never met anyone “so selfish”.
Fellow celeb Dicko also revealed after his exit last week that Calarco had also called Kennerley a “c**t” in scenes that didn’t make it to air.
Chatting exclusively with news.com.au, Calarco confirmed that she did drop the C-bomb, admitting that her language during the argument was “unacceptable”.
She also privately asked producers to pass on an apology to Kennerley, who abruptly quit the show after just three days after the clash.
“I haven’t spoken to her personally because I was in the jungle but I had passed on a message to her,” Calarco said.
“I have apologised for my language, it was unbecoming. I wouldn’t use that language again, now that I’m fed."
“But in the heat of the moment, I was struggling mentally. The sleep deprivation, the food deprivation, it gets to you. So for me, it was a culmination of all of that."
“I’m not proud of the language, but I stand by how I felt. And I still feel that [way].”
Despite the explosive fight, Domenica said she was shocked at Kerri-Anne's decision to leave the jungle.
“I kind of thought KAK had a little bit more in her. I didn’t think she’d throw in the towel,” she said, before adding one final blow, “[But] she did have to get back to Port Douglas on April 22 for a golf tournament, so …”
Calarco said Kennerley’s refusal to attempt any of the difficult challenges in order to “get her campmates fed” became the source of her frustrations, and ultimately led to her outburst.
“KAK was constantly getting voted in [to do challenges] because people wanted to see her push herself out of her comfort zone, but before we even headed in, she was adamant she wasn’t going to try,” she said.
“And I was terrified of the food challenges, I have a phobia of vomiting, it was my nightmare fuel situation, but I knew I was going to try because we needed to bring home stars, everyone was starving."
“You’ve got to be selfless, it’s not about you, it’s about feeding everyone. So it was that frustration of knowing we were gonna get nowhere with her.”
Now that Domenica has recovered from her deprivations of the jungle, she said she is open to a reconciliation with Kerri-Anne and a chance to apologise in person.
“[If I saw her] I’d say, ‘I’d love to get a Pinot gris with you, my shout,’” she said.
“Obviously she’s no longer in Africa but if the chance comes up I’d happily have a chat with her.”
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