Domenica Calarco has revealed why she called TV icon Kerri-Anne Kennerley a ‘c**t’.
The reality star, 28, who feuded with the TV veteran, 69, on the final season of I’m A Celebrity broke up the feud with her Join our podcast.
The Married At First Sight alum blamed Kerri-Anne’s previous controversial comments on their series of heated confrontations on the jungle reality show.
Speaking to co-host Ella Ding, Dom explained that she felt offended by Kerri-Anne’s comments on Australia Day in January 2019.
“I didn’t mind Kerri-Anne getting involved in this [filming] because of course I haven’t seen her on TV for a while,’ Domenica began.
Domenica Calarco has shot Kerri-Anne Kennerley again as she tried to explain why she called the TV icon a ‘c**t’
“The last I saw of Kerri-Anne was in Studio Ten a few years ago, and she said some pretty awful things about First Nations people,” she added.
Dom admitted to calling the star a “c**t,” but said she was open to “debate.”
‘[She had] what retarded thinking. It didn’t sit well with me. I really like debates and those conversations with people. That’s where magic happens.
‘I love educating myself. If I could learn something from Kerri-Anne. Of course I would have loved to have that conversation [about her remarks].’
“The last I saw of Kerri-Anne was in Studio Ten a few years ago, and she said some pretty awful things about First Nations people,” added Dom.
Kerri-Anne famously got into a fight with co-star Yumi Stynes during an Australia Day panel discussion in January 2019.
Kennerley called out protesters at an Australia Day event and wondered if they could do more to help the people they defended.
“Okay, the 5,000 people who took to the streets to express their point of view and say how inappropriate the day is,” she began.
Kennerley famously called out the 2019 Australia Day protesters and wondered if they could do more to help the people they defended
“Has any of those people been to the Outback, where children, babies, five-year-olds are raped?
Their mothers are raped, their sisters are raped. They don’t get education. What have you done?’
The panel sat in shocked silence for several seconds before Stynes went straight for the jugular vein.
‘That’s not even remotely true, Kerri-Anne. You sound pretty racist now,” she said.
Dom, who called Kerri-Anne a “c**t,” said she’d be open to talking to her. pictured
Kennerley responded by saying she was offended, but Stynes doubled down on her insult.
“Go on, because every time you open your mouth, you sound racist.”
Kerri-Anne was later cleared by the Australian Communications and Media Authority following an investigation into the segment.
Kerri-Anne was later cleared by the Australian Communications and Media Authority following an investigation into the segment
Kerri-Anne sensationally walked away from I’m A Celebrity after Domenica labeled her “the most self-absorbed b**** she’s ever met” during a fiery argument.
It later transpired that Dom also called KAK a “c**t” for refusing to participate in an eating challenge – even though this moment was cut from the air.
Speaking to The Daily Telegraph’s Sydney Confidential shortly after her departure, Kerri-Anne was upset because she quit within the first week of the show, but she “loved” living in camp with some of the “fabulous” famous faces.
“I’m very disappointed I couldn’t stay,” she said, adding that the challenges were tough.
Kerri-Anne admitted that she had never camped before and “never wanted to” until she went into the jungle, but noted that she learned a lot about camping life.
She also addressed Dom’s “hurtful” comments before leaving.
“I’m a tough old bird, but that doesn’t mean what people say isn’t hurtful,” she added.