Adam Collard wants to see his ex-girlfriend Zara McDermott’s current boyfriend Sam Thompson do an eating trial on I’m A Celebrity

Adam Collard has joked that he wants to see Sam Thompson undergo one of the disgusting eating Bushtucker trials during his stint on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

The former Love Island star, 28, previously dated Sam’s current girlfriend Zara McDermott after they met on the ITV2 dating show in 2018, but split in February the following year.

Reality star Zara, 26, then started dating Made In Chelsea’s Sam, 31, in May 2019 after sliding into his DMs.

They briefly split in the fall of 2020 after news broke that Zara cheated on Sam last year, but they quickly reconciled a few months later.

The couple have gone from strength to strength since then, with Zara sharing herself on her social media cheering Sam on in the jungle.

And now her ex Adam has voiced his opinion about Sam being a campmate in the ITV series in a new interview.

While he insisted there was no bad blood between him and Sam, he admitted he would love to see the reality star undergo the dreaded food trials.

Speaking to Lucky Block, Adam insisted he and Sam had no rivalry, saying: ‘People definitely love drama – Sam and I are doing well.

‘It just becomes a thing every now and then, because we’ve shared previous interests, people want to pit us against each other.

“I honestly think even if I did see Zara, it will happen at some point. We were kids, no one cared.”

But he added, “Him [Sam] will probably be very funny in the jungle. He’ll probably do very well, and he couldn’t be more like me if he only tried.

“I think if he did that by eating one, he’s a funny guy, so I think that would be good.”

Adam also threw his hat in the ring for next year’s series of I’m A Celebrity, saying: “I would love to go into the jungle but I don’t know if there are any rumors about that at all.”

He also expressed an interest in appearing on the grueling reality show Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, but said it wouldn’t be enough of a challenge unless he was up against heights.

He said: ‘Of course I would like to do SAS, but I think the problem with that is, and we talk about it a lot in the gym, they said, ‘It will be pointless, you would be good at everything’.

‘Where people don’t actually know that I’m afraid of heights, but that would be the most important thing for me.’

Zara has also expressed her wish for Sam to eat one of the despicable foods in the eating challenges, in exchange for his leaving. her to spend three weeks Down Under.

On Instagram, a very proud Zara posted a sweet black and white photo of the couple cozying up together before Sam left.

She wrote: ‘HE’S GOING DOWN!!! the rumors were true, I am so proud of you and so excited for you and for this adventure.

“I can’t wait to watch you every night and support you every step of the way. ‘

She then made it clear what her only demand was for his time on I’m A Celebrity, adding: ‘ps can we all please vote for Sam to do one of the eating challenges?

“I think it would be great entertainment considering how prudish he is.”

Adam and Zara dated for seven months after Love Island and even moved in together in Essex before going their separate ways.

Announcing their split in a statement, Zara said: ‘I am heartbroken to announce that Adam and I have parted ways. I love him very much and will always have a special place in my heart for him and our time together.

“I tried so hard to be the best person I could be and to make it work. Sometimes in life you are just not enough for someone; no matter what you do for them or how much you try to be.”

Adam, who has been branded a love rat and previously came under fire from Women’s Aid, denied the romance ended because anyone did anything wrong in the relationship.

However, following their split, Zara shared a reflective post on social media in which she referred to their relationship and called it ‘toxic’.

Reflecting on her year, she wrote at the time, “At the beginning of the year, I finally walked away from a toxic relationship that was more damaging than I knew. It robbed me of all my confidence having to endure this in the public eye.

‘I had almost given up on this whole life and I wanted to go back and work in the government, and I wanted things to go back to how they were before Love Island. However, I have decided not to do that.’

Zara and Sam confirmed their romance in June that year and she said the couple had been ‘inseparable’ since the day they met.

She explained: ‘My best friend and I went away, then we took months to explore new places, to have so much fun, to laugh until we couldn’t breathe, to make myself feel good again.

‘And it worked. I unexpectedly got a date with a man named Sam. I barely had a clue who he was, I had actually never watched ANY of the shows he was on, all I had heard were great things from mutual friends about how nice he was, like a few people I knew that had worked with him.

‘The best part was that we didn’t know anything about each other. We were inseparable from the day we met. And I couldn’t ask for a more wonderful person!’