Robert Kilroy Silk
The difficulties of camp life in the Away Camp led to tensions mounting between Robert and Carly.Â
After dinner, Robert washed up the pots but was disturbed by Carly watching over him. ‘I came down here (to wash up) to save you lot the trouble and you come down here to supervise!’ he exclaimed.
Carly replied,  ‘I came down to see if we were doing it right and be happy we’re doing it right – know what I mean.’
‘No I don’t’ snapped back Robert. ‘You’re a control freak. There are lots of signs and you like it’ he said.
Later Carly asked Robert if he was one too. ‘Yes but I’m not as bad as you. You’re going to be a nightmare’ he joked.
‘It’s not causing any harm to you is it’, she asked. ‘You would be the first to know’, he replied. ‘If I wanted to offend you, I’d tell you straight up’ he added.
Robert later told Carly and Simon to stop talking as their fellow celebrities tried to sleep. He joked that if they needed to talk they should do so in the loo to prevent themselves from waking up the other celebrities.Â
Simon later explained, ‘Carly’s a bit defensive at the minute because every time Robert says something he’s really sarcastic and I think she’s taken it to heart.
Later in the Bush Telegraph Robert said ‘There’s going to be problems with the women. Esther clearly – and I’m not going to say anything critical about them and I’m interested to see how it develops – Esther likes being in control as perhaps we all do. I think the other two are quite feisty and they’re quite opinionated and Carly in particular. I’ve just said to her, she’s a control freak.’
Robert and Simon went to get some wood and Carly wanted to come. However, as Camp rules state there must be three people in the Camp, she had to stay behind. She said later ‘I did think that Robert being a gentleman would have stepped down and said you go first.’
But Robert said ‘I wasn’t being naughty. But I though I’m not going to give into you again. Sometimes you have to be straightforward and say no. She’s more forward, pushy and intrusive and perhaps wanting to take over.’
The Away Camp discussed Carly. Roberts said he might be a control freak but he was ‘third division compared to her.’ And Nicola said ‘I do think she’s bossy but not in a bad way.’ However Esther had some kind words for her. She told Carly ‘It’s a very tricky situation this. You’re meeting us for the first time, we’re God knows where, where everything is new and different and you’re one of the problem solvers in the team actually. You came up with some really good plans.’