{"id":7848,"date":"2025-11-30T09:43:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T10:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/?p=7848"},"modified":"2025-12-01T12:23:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:23:43","slug":"im-a-celebritys-joel-dommett-insists-in-apology-i-would-never-make-light-of-knife-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/30\/im-a-celebritys-joel-dommett-insists-in-apology-i-would-never-make-light-of-knife-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m a Celebrity\u2019s Joel Dommett insists in apology: \u2018I would never make light of knife crime\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Unpacked’, recognising it as inappropriate<\/li>\n<li>The comment drew criticism due to its nature, with ITV and knife crime organisations acknowledging the sensitivity of the matter<\/li>\n<li>Dommett previously competed on ‘I’m A Celebrity’ in 2016 and now co-hosts its spin-off with Kemi Rodgers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ai-disclaimer\">\n\t\t\t\t\tCreated with AI assistance. Quality assured by Metro editors.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"metro-disclaimer\" data-nosnippet=\"true\"><em>Metro journalists select and curate the products that feature on our site. If you make a purchase via links on this page we will earn commission – <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/affiliate-disclosure\/\" title=\"Affiliate Disclosure\" rel=\"nofollow\">learn more<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Host of I’m A Celebrity… Unpacked, <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/joel-dommett\/\">Joel Dommett<\/a>, made a ‘joke’ about using a knife on somebody if they stole his sweets.<\/p>\n<p>In Tuesday’s episode of the spin-off show for <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/im-a-celebrity\/\">I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here<\/a>, Dommett was chatting with hosts of the main programme, <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/ant-and-dec\/\">Ant and Dec<\/a>, about an incident in which Ruby Wax <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/11\/25\/im-a-celebrity-viewers-demand-itv-take-action-stars-selfish-behaviour-24816154\/\">stole a bag of sweets<\/a> following a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>The comedian said: ‘If someone stole my Haribo, I\u2019d shank them’,before asking: ‘Is that alright to say on telly? Was that too much?’ <\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tGet personalised updates on I'm A Celeb\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p> Wake up to find news on your TV shows in your inbox every morning with Metro’s TV Newsletter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/newsletters\/tv-newsletter\/?ito=tv-article&signup-source=tv-article-link\">Sign up to our newsletter<\/a> and then select your show in the link we’ll send you so we can get TV news tailored to you.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ant responded: ‘Not really’, and Dec told him he’d ‘overstepped the mark.’ In the moment, Joel said: ‘I’m sorry about that.’<\/p>\n<p>But now, he’s issued a further apology. <\/p>\n<p>In a statement shared with <strong>Metro<\/strong>, he said: ‘I would like to once again apologise to anyone offended by the language used in Tuesday’s show.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"521\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24989883 lazyload\" alt=\"This image and the information contained herein is strictly embargoed until 19.00 Monday 10 November 2025 From Lifted Entertainment I?m A Celebrity? Unpacked! SR2 on ITV2 and ITVX Pictured: Kemi Rogers and Joel Dommett. This photograph is (C) ITV Plc and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme or event mentioned above, or ITV plc. This photograph must not be manipulated [excluding basic cropping] in a manner which alters the visual appearance of the person photographed deemed detrimental or inappropriate by ITV plc Picture Publicity. This photograph must not be syndicated to any other company, publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of ITV Picture Publicity. Full Terms and conditions are available on the website www.itv.com\/presscentre\/itvpictures\/terms\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEI_273826536-826e.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Joe Dommett hosts the spin-off show alongside presenter Kemi Rodgers (Picture: ITV Picture Publicity\/Yoshitaka Kono)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"911\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24989924 lazyload\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 18: Joel Dommett attends the "28 Years Later" World Premiere at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on June 18, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer\/Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEI_270479004-c0b0.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The comedian is also host of The Masked Singer (Picture: Jeff Spicer\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>‘I realised the error in the moment and immediately apologised live on air. <\/p>\n<p>‘This was not a pre-written joke and I would never make light of such a serious issue as knife <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/crime-news\/\">crime<\/a>.’<\/p>\n<p>An <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/itv\/\">ITV<\/a> spokesperson also responded to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>They said: ‘We would apologise to anyone offended by the language used in Tuesday\u2019s show. <\/p>\n<p>‘Joel recognised this unfortunate choice of language in the moment and immediately apologised to viewers.’<\/p>\n<p>In England and <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/wales\/\">Wales<\/a> there were around 53,000 offences involving a sharp instrument, in the year ending in March 2025. This is according to information <a href=\"https:\/\/commonslibrary.parliament.uk\/research-briefings\/sn04304\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published by UK Parliament<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The Ben Kinsella Trust is a <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/charity\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\">charity<\/a> educating young people on the dangers of knife crime. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24653283 lazyload\" alt=\"Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by James Gourley\/ITV\/Shutterstock (14915860a) Ant and Dec 'I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!' TV show, Series 24, Australia - 17 Nov 2024\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEI_273453545-0cb9.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Hosts of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here, Ant and Dec, told Joel he’d gone too far (Picture: James Gourley\/ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"969\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24989925 lazyload\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 10: Joel Dommett and Hannah Cooper-Dommett attend the NTA's 2025 at The O2 Arena on September 10, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Joe Maher\/Getty Images for the NTA's)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEI_265514198-f99a.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Joel Dommet is married to model Hannah Cooper-Dommett (Picture: Joe Maher\/Getty Images for the NTA’s)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CEO Patrick Green told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/37484161\/father-teen-stabbed-joel-dommett-shanking-im-a-celeb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Sun<\/a>: ‘I am sure that when Joel made this comment, he was not intending to cause offence or trivialise knife crime, as indicated by his immediate apology.<\/p>\n<p>‘However, it does highlight how knife crime has become so ingrained in our society that it has entered everyday language, when in reality it is something we should strongly oppose and never joke about.’<\/p>\n<p>Dommett hosts the extra I’m A Celebrity show alongside presenter Kemi Rodgers.<\/p>\n<p>He was in the jungle himself for the 2016 season, where he came second to <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/scarlett-moffatt\/\">Scarlett Moffatt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This wasn’t the last apology he made on the show this week. <\/p>\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/26264031\" data-secret=\"oMEwBWkQBs\"><\/div>\n<p>After being attacked by a critter live on air during Friday’s episode, <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/11\/29\/im-a-celebrity-chaos-host-swears-attacked-massive-critter-24954316\/\">he swore as he tried to shake the bug off<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The ITV presenter then looked at the cameras and said: ‘I’m sorry I swore’. <\/p>\n<p><em><strong>I\u2019m A Celebrity airs on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itv.com\/watch\/itvx-premium\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ITV1<\/a> at 9pm. 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