Nicola McLean says Timmy Mallett “genuinely seems a bit simple”.

Both Nicola and former Blue singer Simon Webbe blasted camp newcomer Timmy in a conversation yesterday, both saying they couldn’t understand his constant laughing at Robert Kilroy Silk’s Bushtucker Trial on Friday.

Simon said: “It might have been a nervous laugh, because Robert went ‘don’t laugh’ so he carried on because - I mean - if that was me and someone tells me not to laugh, what would I do? "He carried on laughing and laughing, and that’s when I thought ‘you’re playing a game, mate'.”

Nicola, 25, said: “But when you speak to him, he genuinely seems a bit simple."

Simon countered: “I think he’s a kid in a man’s body - and there’s nothing wrong with that.

"But [he has a] different personality compared to us, which is why we look at him and go ‘you what’. “There are some people I’ve met, like, comedians who are really funny, and when I met them they’re total d**kheads. "It’s hard to warm to him. [Timmy] got under my skin when he first came in.”

Earlier Nicola had attempted to get to know Timmy a little better, asking him about his life back in England and whether he always dresses in loud clothes.

Timmy, 53, said: “I like colour. I wear shorts quite a lot. "I go into Maidenhead three miles away and people go ‘oh!’ [in recognition]. I’m used to it and its part of my job.”

When Timmy asked if she gets recognised, Nicola said: “Not a tremendous amount walking down the street.

"In a nightclub, or at the football - my market is all lads - so it all depends where I am.”

When asked if she was polite, she replied: “Sometimes yeah, sometimes not.”