I’m A Celebrity’s Dean McCullough ‘forced off afternoon show amid bullying row’

I'M A Celebrity's Dean McCullough faced allegations of bullying BBC Radio One production staff - before being "forced off" his afternoon show.

The DJ was moved from 1pm until 3.30pm with his co-host Vicky Hawkesworth to the graveyard shift as the host of Early Breakfast in February this year.

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It came after producers refused to work with the 32-year-old, making his job on the afternoon slot "untenable".

A Radio 1 source told MailOnline: "Quite a few people who worked with Dean were really unhappy – and some of them made it very clear with bosses.

"They accused him of being a bully to staff, and they just didn't want to keep working with him any longer.

"To be honest by the end it was just chaos – there were cover presenters drafted in and producers moved around to try to keep things on track but it became untenable."

His former co-host Vicky now presents on weekends, while Dean is based in the Manchester building instead of BBC's London HQ.

A BBC spokesman said: "We don't comment on individuals but we take any allegations of inappropriate behaviour very seriously and the BBC has robust processes in place to investigate them thoroughly."

Dean has caused controversy in camp after an argument with Coronation Street's Alan Halsall.

He was unhappy about being woken up by the Corrie star to complete his chores.

Hosts Ant and Dec also voiced their frustration after Dean continued to be voted to do Bushtucker Trials.