John Barrowman has reportedly quit 'Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins' after less than 30 minutes.
John Barrowman has reportedly quit Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins after just 30 minutes
The 56-year-old 'Doctor Who' star flew to New Zealand to take part in the gruelling challenge show alongside famous faces including Rachel Johnson and Bianca Gascoigne but he's said to have walked away from the series after filming started on the first episode last week.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "John’s exit from 'Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins' will go down in the show’s history as the fastest ever.
"They’d all got kitted up in their uniforms and had started filming in New Zealand when he chose to walk out.
"It is an incredibly mentally and physically challenging television show and the task they were facing was difficult.
"Most of the stars were shocked when after 30 minutes John said he did not want to take part any longer.He left pretty much then and there. It was all a bit strange and naturally, the producers who make the show weren’t best impressed to see one of their biggest stars turning on their heel and quitting before an hour was up."
Other stars taking part in the show include former 'Love Island' contestant Ovie Soko, 'TOWIE' regular Pete Wicks, 'Geordie Shore' star Marnie Simpson and gymnast Ellie Downie.
John was previously seen as a judge on ITV skating show 'Dancing On Ice' but he was given the boot after a series of claims about "inappropriate behaviour' on the set of his show 'Torchwood' emerged.
Speaking on an episode of 'Lorraine' in 2021, John said his behaviour was just "silly" and insisted the claims had been "exaggerated".
He explained: "I think that if it was now, it would be crossing the line. I think that something that happened 15 years ago, it was bawdy behaviour, silly behaviour, it was being done in the confines of the set, and we were like a family, working together.
"The fact that it was stories that I’ve already told. I’ve been telling them for years. I haven’t hidden anything, they’ve been exaggerated, and they’ve tried to turn them into sexual harassment which it absolutely is not ...
"The one thing for me, all the people that are making the fuss about it, they weren’t there, they don’t know the context of things that were done. The continued bashing is not good. We've moved on.
"Like I said, I would never do it now but what we’re not allowing people and myself to do … we’re not allowing people to learn to adapt and to change, and that’s the most important thing."
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