The actor was distraught on Monday (01.12.08) when Nicola McLean revealed the singer had told her he was trying to manipulate 'I'm A Celebrity. Get Me Out OF Here!' contestants and encouraged the glamour model to make Joe - previously an ally of the Dollar star - jealous in a bit to have him evicted from camp.

Upset Joe confided in his camp mates while David was tackling the Celebrity Chest with Simon Webbe.

He said: "You know what does my head in the most with it is that he has been here 14 days and I campaigned for him, I've stood up for him. I've helped him mingle into the group and then he wants to make me jealous. That's a really, really quite a low down thing to do.

"I'm not going to say nothing to him, I'm just going to let ride.

"People come in here and play a game but there's playing a game and then there's dragging someone else into it trying to trip them up, he tried to use me."

Nicola tried to reassure the 26-year-old star, explaining David's behaviour as being desperate to regain his fame, not a personal attack.

She said: "Some people like David are just so desperate for a career afterwards, its last chance saloon for him."

'Star Trek' actor George Takei then branded David a "snake in the grass", adding: "I think David is basically that kind of person, a manipulator."