The Celebs Go Dating Receptionist’s Polished Voice and Theatrical Mannerisms Spark a Torrent of Complaints – Ofcom Hits 1,200 and #TomReadWilsonOut Trends Worldwide

 The I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! jungle has turned into a battlefield of viewer frustration, with late entrant Tom Read Wilson facing an unprecedented wave of backlash for what fans are calling “annoying,” “pretentious,” and “unbearable” camp behaviour. The 39-year-old TV personality, best known as the flamboyant receptionist on Celebs Go Dating, entered as a wildcard on Thursday alongside Vogue Williams, but just four days later, his theatrical delivery, relentless vocabulary, and constant “darling”-dropping have sparked a firestorm. “It’s driving me crazy,” one viewer vented on X, echoing thousands as #TomReadWilsonOut surged to the top of worldwide trends with over 18,000 posts and Ofcom complaints rocketing past 1,200 – the highest single-episode total this season.

The breaking point came during Sunday’s episode, when Wilson – a Royal Academy of Music-trained singer with a penchant for Shakespearean flourish – attempted to mediate a rice-rationing dispute with phrases like “Let us not descend into acrimony, my dearest companions” and “Perhaps a harmonious redistribution?” While some campmates like Ruby Wax found it endearing (“Tom’s like a walking thesaurus – I love it!”), others visibly cringed. Jack Osbourne was caught rolling his eyes, and Aitch muttered “Mate, just say ‘share the rice’” off-mic. The moment Wilson launched into a five-minute monologue about “the existential burden of communal sustenance,” the camera cut to Maura Higgins mouthing “Kill me now” to the Bush Telegraph.

Social media detonated. “Tom Read Wilson has been on screen for 72 hours and I already want to yeet myself into the sun,” one viral tweet read, garnering 42k likes. Another: “His voice is like nails on a chalkboard mixed with a Victorian butler – GET HIM OUT.” Ofcom complaints cited “irritating behaviour” and “overacting,” with one viewer writing: “It’s not entertainment, it’s torture.” The backlash even spawned memes of Tom superimposed over Downton Abbey scenes with captions like “When you accidentally join the wrong century.”

Wilson, unfazed, addressed the hate in Monday’s confessional: “Darlings, I am who I am – a touch of the dramatic never harmed anyone!” His ally Vogue Williams defended him: “Tom’s positivity is infectious – people just aren’t used to kindness with a vocabulary.” But the numbers don’t lie: betting odds for first elimination flipped overnight, with Tom now 1/2 favourite to leave.

ITV insiders admit surprise at the intensity. “We expected quirky charm, not this level of rage,” a source told The Mirror. “Tom’s polarising faster than any celeb in years.” With the public vote opening Tuesday, the jungle faces its first real test: will viewers evict the “posh pest” or keep the chaos?

Love him or loathe him, Tom Read Wilson has done the impossible – united Britain in one collective eye-roll. The question now: will the camp survive him… or will he survive the camp?