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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Holly Bishop

I’m a Celebrity’s Beverley Callard gives update to ‘confused’ fans after cancer diagnosis

I’m A Celebrity’s Beverley Callard has addressed fan confusion following her breast cancer diagnosis.

The 69-year-old, who played Rovers Return bartender Liz McDonald for three decades on the ITV soap, announced in February that the illness is in its “very early stages”. She has since given regular updates to her fans.

On Monday (6 April), Callard took Instagram to address any confusion regarding her appearance on the ITV show, which premiered the same night.

"I know everybody thinks I'm suddenly going away to South Africa, I'm not, we did film it a little while ago,” she said.

The second season of I'm a Celebrity... South Africa, which features returning campmates, was filmed in September 2025.

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