The final of I'm a Celebrity Get me Out of Here is underway and the 2022 series will soon be over. Former health secretary Matt Hancock, Hollyoaks actor Owen Warner and ex-England footballer Jill Scott made the final three, with Hancock the first to leave. Follow live I'm a Celebrity updates here.
Olivia Attwood, 31, who was the first Love Island contestant to enter the jungle, withdrew from the ITV reality television show just 24 hours after appearing on screen, citing medical issues that needed further evaluation.
She appeared on This Morning on Monday, November 14 to address what actually happened and thanked her supporters for the "love and support" she has received since leaving I'm a Celebrity.
She wrote on Instagram: "Besties, I honestly don't think words will ever be able to explain my gratitude for your love and support over the last couple of weeks. I know there is a lot of noise and click bait floating around. So just be mindful of what your buying into, there are big problems in our world at the moment, and this isn't one of them haha.
"I'm grateful to be completely healthy (what's more important than that?!), and there is so so much to look forward to this year and next." She added: "I'll make it up to you guys with something bigger and better! That's my promise, to you and myself)."
The message came after she appeared on popular morning show This Morning speaking to Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield about the real reason for leaving the jungle. She 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."
Of being told she wouldn't be able to return, she told the show's presenters: "I was like 'shall we go back?' and I knew there would be Covid tests and things like that but there was a pause in proceedings there, and it was late at night and taking me back into camp doesn’t work logistically.
"So I went to a hotel and basically as I now know the conversations went on all through the night with production obviously desperate to have me back in, but the medical team… I think it’s an insurance thing."
She added: "I’m grateful that I’m healthy but it makes it harder to accept."
