A grub has yet to be eaten in anger, but the controversy over Linford Christie’s selection for this season’s I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! squad continues to rage.
Despite a positive test for nandrolone in 1999, the record-breaking British sprinter is a hot tip to be among those claiming a coveted place around the fire next Sunday, a decision that has left plenty of people in the celebrity challenge arena feeling uneasy.
The argument reverberates that someone under the cloud of a drugs ban is not the kind of person television’s most revered camping contest should be getting into bed with — or rather, getting into a damp sleeping bag with. Some argue that even a coaching or mentoring role for