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Jessica Sansome

Amir Khan explains I'm A Celebrity exit after fans left 'switching off' and fume 'have you been watching'

Amir Khan has addressed his exit from I'm A Celebrity... South Africa after he was voted out by his own campmates in a show first. History was made in the spin-off of the ITV reality show after the celebrities took part in a secret ballot to eliminate a fellow campmate.

Hosts Ant McPartlin and De Donnelly revealed the result of the ballot at the start of Tuesday night's episode, confirming that it was Amir who had gotten the most votes and would therefore be leaving camp in the new setting of South Africa's Kruger National Park, instead of the Australian jungle.

The former professional boxer, who was the third contestant to be eliminated from the first-ever spin-off of I'm A Celeb, said he had had a “great experience” on the show, having overcome his fears of spiders and snakes, but that it was now "time for me to go".

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