Reality star Olivia Attwood has spoke out for the first time since she left the I'm A Celebrity jungle after just 24 hours.
She appeared on This Morning on Monday to speak to Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby to explain the reason for her exit.
Rumours circulated after the former Love Islander left the show last week.
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In her first television interview since, Olivia said: “There’s loads [of rumours] swirling around the internet and I think ‘Olivia Attwood pregnant’ was trending on Twitter - and it’s not that I can assure you - and it’s not that exciting when it boils down to it.
"I was pulled out on my first day in main camp for routine medical checks - which can be blood pressure, giving blood - so I had my blood taken and the results came back that my iron was low, I was showing that I was anaemic.
"Potassium was really low, sodium was really low, so basically all the markers you would look for were low so they consulted with a doctor outside of camp and they said I would need to come to A&E basically off the back of those readings, so I was taken to the nearest A&E department, admitted in there where they ran their own checks and their checks came back normal, so…”
She added: “Just before leaving the UK I’d had all those checks and everything was normal and the first thing I said to the camp doctor was ‘is that possible for things to change in such a short time?’ and he didn’t really have an answer, but that it was not normal and why we need to see what’s going on…”
Holly asked Olivia: “Well you do have to be safe in those situations. If you see results like that and you don’t do something and god forbid something happened, so wouldn’t want it to be that way round either, but during the journey to hospital you must’ve been panicking that something was really wrong?”
She replied: “Yeah, it was quite long [the journey] because everything’s so far away in Australia and I was thinking ‘oh am I pregnant?’ or ‘have I picked up a virus?’ and wondering how things have changed so much, and also I felt well. I didn't feel ill. I saw things online saying, ‘I bet she fainted’ but there was nothing… I was loving it [in the jungle] as you can see, I was really in my element and I felt healthy so I was even more confused. It was all really strange.”
On realising that she couldn’t return to camp afterwards, Olivia said: "I think it’s an insurance thing.
"Because they had those readings, they had to seek other party opinions and it’s a collective decision. I think they thought the readings might drop that low again and they wouldn’t be covered because it’s already been flagged up.”
Holly replied: “You can understand it but it is so frustrating, especially for someone like you who’s grown up watching this show and is a big fan of the show and to be teased by being there and around the fire…"
Olivia agreed: “I’ve been a big fan of the show all my life, and those conversations about joining the jungle happened when I left Love Island the first year, so it’s been like five years in the making…and it was the first time they’ve put someone from the show on there."
The 31-year-old also said she felt "massively" that she had something to prove.
"I think when you come off reality shows, you get a huge opportunity, and I’ve done amazing things, but also, I think you can be put in a box and I was looking forward to showing a different side to myself. I am not a quitter, I am not scared of much, and I was just loving it. I was looking forward to having that exposure to a new audience," she explained.
To see the full interview visit itv.com/hub
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