Grace Dent has left I’m A Celebrity after one week on ‘medical grounds’ (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Restaurant critic Grace Dent is ‘doing fine’ after her shocking I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! exit.
The MasterChef star, 50, was pictured at Brisbane Airport hours after ITV announced on Monday morning that she was exiting the reality show early on ‘medical grounds’.
In Monday night’s installment, hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly offered an update as they addressed her departure.
While the Geordie duo didn’t go into details of the ‘medical’ issues that led to Grace leaving, they assured viewers that she’s ok.
‘Sadly, Grace Dent has left the camp for medical reasons but she’s doing fine and we all send her our best,’ Ant said.
As for the rest of the camp, they found out when actor Nick Pickard read out a statement in which Grace said leaving at this stage is ‘one of the saddest things in my life’.
Grace took on her fair share of trials (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)
Her statement said: ‘My dear campmates, I’m so sorry to let you down. I have left the camp for medical reasons.
‘My heart is broken, I have loved and enjoyed getting to know you all. You’ve held me up and it’s been a pleasure being your friend through this experience.
‘Leaving you all at this stage will be one of the saddest things in my life. I love you all.’
‘Your friend, Miss Grace Dent,’ she signed off.
The campmates shared messages of support, with a tearful Danielle Harold shouting, ‘Love you, Grace’ and praising her for doing ‘really well’.
JLS star Marvin Humes said he would miss Grace, adding: ‘She hasn’t let us down.’
A statement from a show spokesman previously said: ‘She has been a great campmate and will be missed by her fellow celebrities and viewers alike.’
Last week, Grace admitted she was struggling in the jungle before facing the Touchdown of Terror trial, telling campmate Josie Gibson: ‘I’ve had enough. I’ve completely had enough. I just want to go home.’
She had previously admitted to struggling in camp (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)
During the trial, she had to wear a helmet filled up with jungle critters, and afterwards a medic had to examine her ear as a cockroach had crawled into it. The bug was flushed from her ear and removed.
Grace had been due to take part in the next trial, dubbed Down The Tubes, alongside Josie, but Danielle took her place as she had the next highest amount of votes from the public.
The former EastEnders actress said the ‘shock’ of taking on the task at the last minute might be helpful to her and that she was ‘glad’ she could support This Morning host Josie.
The trial saw the pair strapped into large tubes suspended high above the jungle floor and filled with critters.
Josie had to throw the stars to Danielle who had to catch them. They got eight stars in total with only two falling to the ground.
Viewers were assured that Grace is ‘doing fine’ (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)
For the final two stars, they had to hold on to one large star each before being dropped from their boxes on their harnesses, which they both managed successfully.
Danielle told Josie she was ‘so proud’ of her while Josie said: ‘Danielle is a golden nugget in life. You’ve got to look after your golden nuggets in life. I’m so happy that Danielle was there with me.’
Elsewhere in the episode, it was revealed that TV star Sam Thompson was taking over as camp leader.
He chose Marvin as his deputy, saying in the Bush Telegraph: ‘We’re going to smash it. The reason I picked Marvin is because he’s the one, when I’m being stupid, to be like, “Mate, you probably shouldn’t do that”.’
They had to allocate the chores, with First Dates star Fred Sirieix and actress Jamie Lynn Spears put on cooking duties, while Josie and YouTuber Nella Rose were tasked with washing up.
Boxer Tony Bellew and Danielle were put in charge of the dunny, jockey Frankie Dettori and former politician Nigel Farage were given water duties and Nick was put on camp maintenance.
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! continues on Tuesday at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
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Grace said her ‘heart is broken’ after leaving.