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Lisa McLoughlin

Grace Dent’s Bushtucker Trial replacement revealed after star quits I’m A Celebrity

Grace Dent's replacement on Monday night’s Bushtucker Trial has been revealed after the star quit I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

The Masterchef star’s shock departure from the jungle was confirmed by ITV on Monday morning, citing that Dent had left on “medical grounds”.

A show spokesperson said: "Unfortunately Grace Dent has left the show on medical grounds.

"She has been a great campmate and will be missed by her fellow celebrities and viewers alike."

A source close to the MasterChef star told the Mail Online that Dent being voted to do a trial - called Touchdown of Terror - with This Morning's Josie Gibson was "the straw that broke the camel’s back" and was the reason she opted to leave.

With Dent cutting her time in camp short, EastEnders actress Danielle Harold will now take her place in the trial, Down the Tubes, after she was the third most voted celebrity in the public vote.

Her departure comes after scores of viewers took to social media to voice concern over the appearance of Dent, 50, on Sunday night's show - with many saying she looked "ill".

Danielle Harold will take Dent's place in Monday's Bushtucker Trial (ITV)

Fans said they didn't recognise the usually glam and outspoken Guardian columnist after her 10-day stint in the jungle.

One commented:  "Is Grace Dent ok? She doesn't look alive to me..." 

Another said: "She looks really ill doesn't she!"

Dent has previously admitted she doesn't think she suits being "skinny" - adding she looks "ill right away" when her weight drops.

In an interview with Wales Online, the critic said she "has to monitor every day how much food I have to eat for work, how many restaurants I have to go to, just trying to keep a balanced diet."

She added: "I don't think I suit skinny. I look ill right away. I'm quite a curvy, busty type of person.

"I have to be very careful about what I eat because I put on weight really easily. My family are just those types of people who come from an entire background of women who naturally fit about a size 16-18. Every woman in my family looked like that.

"But I know that when I get bigger, I then stop exercising. Once I stop exercising, I start feeling sadder. And then my health goes and I haven't got enough energy."

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