There are now just eight celebrity contestants remaining on the ITV reality show
Ant and Dec host the ITV show(Image: ITV screengrab)
I’m a Celebrity viewers were “heartbroken” as Beverley Callard made a shock exit from the jungle.
The Coronation Street actress had to leave the ITV reality show on medical grounds after becoming unwell.
In February this year she revealed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, telling fans she was in the “early stages”. However, the show was filmed last September.
As she left the jungle, Bev told her surprised campmates that medics had said she had to leave the series.
“Hi guys, I’ve just got something to tell you all,” they said. “I didn’t feel very well this morning… and the medics have advised I can’t return to camp. I’ve got to go home.” “I don’t want to go,” Bev added. “I’m absolutely gutted. I wanted to finish.”
Beverley Callard has left I’m a Celebrity(Image: ITV screengrab)
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The unexpected withdrawal means eight contestants remain in the competition, where they will vie to be crowned an I’m a Celebrity ‘legend’ during Friday’s (April 24) live final.
The rest of the campers were left reeling from the news, which came not long after David Haye and Gemma Collins exited the jungle, with Adam Thomas breaking down in tears in the Bush Telegraph.
Viewers were also upset, with one posting on X: “Feel so sorry for Bev bless her, she has been amazing!!”
“Bev crying is gonna make me cry,” said another. “Aw my heart’s breaking for Bev,” another fan wrote on the platform, which was formerly Twitter.
The actress was in tears as she said goodbye(Image: ITV screengrab)
Another said that seeing the star in tears was “heartbreakng” and others posted heartbroken emojis on social media.
“I can’t deal with I’m a Celeb,” admitted another viewer on X, adding a string of crying emojis.
“Devastated over Bev, she is a queen,” said another. “That was really sad, Beverley going,” admitted someone else, as others noted that she had come actross as a “lovely person” during her stint in the camp.
“So gutted,” said another viewer, as somebody else posted: “What a woman.”
I’m a Celebrity… South Africa airs on ITV.
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