I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!'s Olivia Attwood has revealed medics were worried about her routine blood test results as she was pulled from the camp.
The star who found fame on Love Island sensationally left the ITV camp just days after first venturing into the main camp when medical staff became concerned about her health.
Speaking for the first time since landing back in England, the 31-year-old revealed she was "frightened" when bosses decided she needed to be rushed to the nearest A&E department.
She told The Mail on Sunday that despite her health scare, she is now "absolutely fine".
Routine blood test results flagged that Olivia was dangerously anaemic as well as having low sodium and potassium levels, instantly raising alarms.
Each contestant on the programme undergoes random testing to ensure they are healthy while in the jungle.
She told the publication: "I didn't know what to think, I was wondering if I had picked up a virus, was I pregnant, all of these things were going through my head, it was absolutely frightening."
However, the same tests were carried out while Olivia was in the hospital but came back normal and she assumed she would be allowed to return to camp.
Instead, Olivia was taken to a hotel while ITV bosses came up with a plan before being informed she would be returning to the UK.
"If I went back into camp, they feared my levels might drop and it could be detrimental to my health and wellbeing, they were not willing to authorise my return and therefore I wasn't insured," she said before adding that she started to cry and was left "heartbroken" after being told she was the "favourite to win"
Her exit had been guarded as a top secret but while in the air on the extremely long flight, the news was confirmed that she had left the camp and was returning to London.
In order to respect Olivia's privacy, ITV ensured she was quickly taken through the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport – a lounge most commonly used by members of The Royal Family, reports the Mail.
Upon her arrival back home, Olivia had blood tests which again came back as normal, leaving the star utterly devastated.
At the time of her exit, a friend of the star said: "Olivia was very keen to continue and was gutted when she was told that having left camp for tests she was not going back. Her I'm A Celebrity journey was only just beginning and she is devastated."
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