Anthony Mundine's stunning homophobic rant ahead of reality TV appearance

Anthony Mundine was announced as part of the cast for a reality TV show. Photo / Getty Images

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."

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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 and Eve, not Adam and Steve," Mundine wrote.

In a pointer for the show, Mundine described himself as "probably the best athlete you'll ever see" as his participation 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."

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