ANTHONY Mundine won’t be pulling any punches during his appearance on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! if interviews used to promote his presence on the Channel Ten reality show are anything to go by.

Mundine spoke to journalists from the Daily Telegraph and Fairfax who were flown to South Africa by the network to cover the show and was asked about his stance on homosexuality.

“My biggest fear is Allah and if Allah prohibits it, then it’s wrong,” the Islam convert told Fairfax. “I was always taught that two genders together is natural; it’s what’s meant to be. Male and male, or female and female, is just confusing to society.”

Mundine said he had gay friends but had warned them their lifestyle would be judged. “That’s their prerogative, all I can do is warn them,” Mundine said. “I always tell my gay friend, ‘You’ve got to find a lady ... god will judge you, not me’.”

“For me the creator, Allah, who created us, who knows us better than we know ourselves, made it (homosexuality) forbidden,” he added to the Daily Telegraph. “That is what the creator has set, these are his perimeters, not mine, and I follow them.”

Mundine will become the first intruder on the show on Monday night after a mixed bag of celebrities — including tennis player Bernard Tomic and former AFL footballer Josh Gibson — were unveiled on Sunday.

It’s not the first time he has publicly voiced his opinion on gay people, using Facebook to express his disappointment in an ABC program that looked at indigenous same sex couples who wanted to have children.

“Watching redfern now & they promoting homosexuality! (Like it’s ok in our culture) that ain’t in our culture & our ancestors would have there head for it! Like my dad told me GOD made ADAM & EVE not Adam & Steve,” Mundine wrote.

In a pointer to Monday night’s episode which ran at the end of Sunday night’s program, Mundine described himself as “probably the best athlete you’ll ever see” as his participation in the show was revealed.

He offered an insight into his beliefs by declaring “I should have been born in the ‘40s and ‘50s”.

“I’m from their sort of era, their traits and their beliefs back then,” Mundine said. “Where the men were the men and the women were the women. Not the man trying to be the woman and the woman trying to be the man.”

His comments have already drawn a strong reaction on social media.

"People mistake my confidence for arrogance. I'm actually quite a shy, humble person. I treat people the way I want to be treated, and I hope Australians get to see that side of me in the jungle." - Anthony Mundine.



LAUGH MY GAY ARSE OFF AND SHAKE MY GAY HEAD. — Casey Conway (@caseyconway_) January 28, 2018

I was really looking forward to this season of I'm A Celebrity... but I just can't support anything that involves the consistently gross Anthony Mundine. pic.twitter.com/S0IQaWJH1R — Shannon Molloy (@sleemol) January 28, 2018

If Mundine starts bashing gays or offering distasteful takes on 9/11 I’m out. That’s not light entertainment or escapism. #imACelebrityAU — Matthew Denby (@MrMattDenby) January 28, 2018

There have been rumours Mundine’s longtime rival Danny Green will join him on the show, which is being filmed in South Africa.