OLIVIA Attwood’s fiance Bradley Dack has revealed his shock at finding out she has been forced to quit I’m A Celebrity.
The former Love Island star – who made history as the first person from the dating show to go to the jungle – had to pull out of the ITV competition on medical grounds today.
Olivia, 31, was spotted at the airport in Brisbane, Australia heading back to the UK after she was pulled out for medical checks.
After just 24 hours in the jungle, she is due to return home to fiance Bradley, 28, who admitted he found out she was coming home “like everyone else” when the news broke earlier today.
The footballer explained that he was yet to hear from the reality star, but knew that she would likely be “gutted”.
He told the MailOnline of his shock at finding out that Olivia was on her way home: “I’m really not sure what’s happened. I just saw it in the news, like anyone else. I’m waiting for a call.”
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Olivia has already been spotted at Brisbane airport making her way back to the UK after being involved in a “medical drama”.
A show insider said: “Olivia was involved in a medical drama overnight. She really wanted to go back into the camp but medics won’t let her.”
A rep for I’m A Celebrity added: “As a precautionary measure Olivia needed to leave the jungle to undergo some medical checks.
“Unfortunately the medical team has advised it is not safe for Olivia to return to camp as there needs to be a further investigation.
“She has been absolutely brilliant and she’ll be very much missed on the show.”
Last night viewers watched Olivia make her entrance, when she was told by Ant and Dec that she had been voted as a Jungle VIP and was allowed to choose one person to join her for a meal – she picked Chris Moyles.
The reality TV star said: “I am equal parts flattered and unnerved the public voted for me to be a VIP… I’m guessing they know more of what that entails than I do.”
The pair enjoyed their meal before they got a taste of the high life as they were tasked with jumping out of a chopper at 10,000ft.
After completing the jump first, an emotional Olivia said: “Oh my god I’m crying, that’s the most amazing thing I’ve ever done, ever. That is incredible. Top 10 experience of my life. Just amazing.”
But things took a twist as the Jungle VIPs finally united with one another after Boy George and Douglas had to row a dinghy away from the yacht to join Olivia and Chris on an island.
The group then discovered they were actually “Very Isolated People” and would spend the night marooned on the island together before taking on the first trial of the series and re-joining the camp.
Speaking before entering the jungle, Olivia, who rose to fame on the 2017 series of Love Island, admitted that she would be disappointed in herself if she uttered the famous line, “I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!”
She told The Sun: “I think if you say you are never going to say it you are jinxing yourself. I would hate to say it and I think it would take a hell of a lot for me to say it because I am quite determined and I have watched the show for years.
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“You don’t want to be the person coming back with no stars if you have not had a go.
“If you have had a proper go and you get no stars it is what it is but I would hate to walk away from a trial and not be able to honestly say to myself that I gave it my best shot.”
