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The Honey Badger Literally Went Off Like A Cut Snake On ‘I’m A Celebrity’

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The Honey Badger proved he was as “tough as woodpecker lips” last night, by managing to successfully complete a challenge on I’m A Celebrity, even after being viciously bitten by a pretty bloody big python.

Admittedly, there’s a lot to unpack here. Honey Badge, real name Nick Cummins but otherwise known as The-Bachelor-who-picked-no-one, was dropped into the jungle and sent off on a food trial to earn dinner for his campmates.

He was allocated a series of challenges to compete in exchange for some grub. One of them involved digging around for a token in a glass case that a coiled-up python was relaxing in.

Cummins barely hesitated before shoving his hand in the case (take notes Kerri-Anne Kennerley). As he tentatively reached out for the star token, the python snapped and dug its fangs into the reality star’s hand while simultaneously wrapping its entire body around his wrist.

“Haha! Holy snappers,” the Honey Badger, quite excitedly, exclaimed.

A look of horror fleetingly made its way across hosts Julia Morris and Dr. Chris Brown’s faces. The vet asked Nick if he “was okay?”, a question he didn’t manage to answer, as he was, quite literally, tied up by a cut snake going off.

Nick (somehow) managed to stay perfectly still and the snake released its bite but stayed wrapped around his arm.

“He actually had a bite of you there, and now he’s just crawling around you,” Dr. Chris exclaimed, and yep, thanks captain obvious. Chris added, “Don’t worry that snake is non-venomous, it is a python.”

Welp, it might not be venomous but I’m pretty sure that snake was trying to cut off all the blood supply to Nick’s fingers.

Fortunately, a medic arrived and slowly uncoiled the snake from the rugby player’s arm. After he retracted his arm out of the case-from-hell, Nick was told he’d won three whole stars!

Apparently, the Honey Badger thought the whole debacle was worth it, as he told the hosts it was “intense” while cackling somewhat hysterically. “What an epic experience though. That is awesome,” he added.

“That’s one way to review it,” Chris quipped.

But the Honey Badger didn’t stop there. After being assessed by a medic, he continued on with the remaining challenges, both of which required significant use of his hands, which were dripping in blood mere moments prior.

To cut a long story short, he went off like a cut snake in the remaining trials and accumulated a total of ten of the thirteen possible food tokens.

The whole situation is quite a contrast to KAK who refused to eat a testicle at a food trial last week and sacrificed dinner for the whole group, before backdooring it out of the jungle and (probably) ordering room service at her hotel.