JAMES Haskell filmed his friend having sex by hiding a camera inside a cupboard when they were teenagers in college.
The Mirror reports I’m A Celebrity star James was suspended – and school pal Paul Doran-Jones excluded – over the secret sex tape 17 years ago.
Schoolfriends Paul Doran-Jones and James Haskell
The England rugby player laughed off the “stupid mistake” in an interview eight months ago after details of the romp video emerged.
James, now 34, told JOE: “We decided to set up a home video club and it went horribly wrong. It was a stupid mistake that we both regret.
“The worst thing was I was portrayed as having been involved… I was nothing to do with it apart from, obviously, it was my idea.”
James – who is now married to Chloe Madeley – filmed Paul sleeping with his 17-year-old girlfriend at Wellington College, Berkhamstead in 2003.
She had no idea the intimate moment with TV presenter Zoe Hardman’s now-husband was being recorded.
The footage was destroyed when the girl discovered it – but not before the boys showed it to their pals.
James was an England rugby hopeful when he was hauled into the headmasters’ office over the incident.
Despite getting his future teammate Paul excluded from the 19,000-a-year school, the pair remain friends.
James retired from international rugby in May 2019 after representing England 77 times.
He’s now fighting it out in the I’m A Celebrity jungle where he’s been entertaining viewers with his pop at Declan Donnelly and mouth-to-mouth with Roman Kemp.