I’m Famous actress Grace Dent made sick “jokes” about colleague Nigel Farage’s near-fatal plane crash.
As the pair face off on tomorrow’s show, a source close to the politician has branded her tweets “stupid”.
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Grace Dent made jokes about Nigel Farage hours after he was pulled from the wreckage of the plane crash Credit: Hyde News & Pictures
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The Masterchef food critic, 50, also said she hoped to make ‘lifelong friends’ in the jungle Credit: Rex
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Farage feared he would burn out after the plane crashed into a field in Northants in 2010 Credit: Rex
The 50-year-old Masterchef food critic made jokes about the then Ukip leader hours after he was pulled from the wreckage.
She tweeted: “I hope none of the people who saved Nigel Farage’s life today are boring immigrants.”
Grace, who also writes for The Guardian, added of the former MEP who hates the European Parliament: “Ukip claims Nigel Farage’s unhappiness was caused by Europe’s nonsensical laws of gravity.”
Grace claimed she hoped to make “lifelong friends” in the jungle before the series began on ITV.
However, Farage, 59, is unlikely to be the least bit impressed by her reaction to his accident in 2010.
A source close to the politician said yesterday: “Nigel is the first to remove his own penis.
“But the truth is that he almost died in that accident. He’s lucky to be alive. Any joke about a plane crash is stupid and tasteless.
“No one who saw them will forget the pictures of him being pulled from the wreckage.
“Nigel is always up for a debate – especially with those who may not like him – but bringing up the collision is a step too far.”
Farage’s spokesman declined to comment. We’ve reached out to Grace for comment.
Farage feared he would burn to death when the two-seater crashed into a field in Brackley, Northants, on General Election Day 2010.
The Ukip flag got tangled around the tail, causing it to fall and Farage “spent the next five minutes waiting for it to come crashing down”.
He said things got even scarier after he hit the ground at about 80km/h.
He recalled: “I could smell petrol in my hair and I was trapped in this thing and I was talking to the pilot. We were saying to each other: ‘Are you okay? Are you OK?’
“He panicked more than I did about the gasoline and just that horrible feeling that we survived the impact, but are we going to burn to death? And yes – it’s pretty scary.”
Farage later underwent major spinal surgery after breaking his sternum, ribs and two vertebrae.
Pilot Justin Adams was airlifted to hospital and later suffered from depression.
He was found dead at his home in Eastbourne, East Sussex, in 2013 aged 48.
Farage’s mum Barbara Stevens said in 2019 her son prayed for a quick death as the plane hurtled towards the ground.
She told Piers Morgan’s Life Stories: “His character got him through it, but he still suffers from that plane crash. Wasn’t he lucky to get out of it alive?”
Grace also criticized Farage in a newspaper column in 2014, branding him “a slob, a dinosaur and a patriarchal bully”.
But she told The Sun on Sunday shortly before entering the jungle that she was not afraid of meeting the people she attacked.
She said: “Everything I’ve said over the years has always been full of humor and silliness.
“I’m a big fan of television. I’m a big fan of reality television. So everything I’ve ever said has been in a really, really good mood, I hope.”
Grace, left, said she comes from a “very normal” family, adding: “I like people from all backgrounds.
“Anyone who reminds me of the people I grew up with and the people I go home to see at Christmas is going to be fantastic.”
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The then Ukip leader later underwent major spinal surgery Credit: Rex
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