I'm A Celebrity: Olivia Attwood withdraws on medical grounds

Olivia Attwood has had to retreat from this year's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! aft conscionable 1 day, connected aesculapian grounds.

The Love Island prima appeared successful Sunday's archetypal episode, skydiving retired of a chopper connected arrival, alongside chap contestant, DJ Chris Moyles.

A amusement spokesperson said Attwood had near arsenic a precaution earlier medics advised it was not harmless for her to return.

He said she had been "brilliant" and would beryllium "very overmuch missed".

The long-running ITV world amusement enjoyed a bump successful ratings for its opening occurrence connected Sunday, compared with 2021's opening amusement successful Wales.

An mean assemblage of 9.1m tuned successful for the programme, which returned to Australia for the archetypal clip successful 2 years aft the pandemic.

Last year's debut, acceptable successful a Welsh castle for the 2nd twelvemonth running, was seen by an mean of 8.03m.

Singer Boy George and erstwhile England sports stars Mike Tindell and Jill Scott were among the different celebrities landing successful the jungle connected Sunday.

Some of them had to locomotion disconnected a plank suspended from the apical of a precise windy skyscraper to participate - with MP Matt Hancock owed to articulation aboriginal arsenic an other campmate.

Attwood had an auspicious commencement to her abbreviated clip connected the show, arsenic she and Boy George were voted for by the nationalist arsenic jungle VIPs. But this turned retired to mean Very Isolated Person, alternatively than Very Important Person.

After discovering the news, she said: "I americium adjacent parts flattered and unnerved the nationalist voted for maine to beryllium a VIP."

They were joined by their chosen guests, Moyles and Scarlette Douglas, with the foursome having to enactment marooned connected an land extracurricular the campy for their archetypal night, which besides turned retired to beryllium Attwood's last.

Attwood, who has besides appeared connected The Only Way Is Essex, precocious fronted the documentary Getting Filthy Rich, exploring the satellite of radical "selling sex" online.

The 31-year-old has had erstwhile acquisition of bush tucker trials, having appeared connected I'm A Celebrity's spin-off show, Extra Camp, wherever she was made to devour sheep brains.

"As a precautionary measurement Olivia needed to permission the jungle to acquisition immoderate aesculapian checks," a amusement spokesperson told the BBC connected Monday.

"Unfortunately, the aesculapian squad has advised it is not harmless for Olivia to instrumentality to campy arsenic determination needs to beryllium further investigation.

"She has been perfectly superb and she'll beryllium precise overmuch missed connected the show."

Presenter Dec Donnelly joked that they had managed to support the identities of 2 other campmates a "complete secret", adding: "You are going to beryllium surprised, guys. We are going to beryllium rolling retired the invited mat for them soon", with notation to Hancock.

Hancock was precocious suspended arsenic a Conservative MP implicit his determination to look connected the world tv show.

On Sunday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told The Sun paper that helium was "very disappointed" successful Hancock - who past twelvemonth resigned arsenic wellness secretary aft helium breached societal distancing guidance by kissing a workfellow - due to the fact that "MPs should beryllium moving hard for their constituents".

Mr Sunak, who was speaking connected his mode to Cop27 clime alteration conference, said helium "genuinely won't person the time" to ticker the programme.

Business Secretary Grant Shapps concurred, saying helium thinks his chap Tory MP should beryllium present "looking aft his constituents".

Asked if helium was looking guardant to seeing Mr Hancock having to devour parts of a crocodile's anatomy [as erstwhile contestants person done], Mr Shapps told Sky News: "Tempting arsenic that is, I deliberation I'll astir apt beryllium focusing connected my occupation arsenic concern secretary, and I'll beryllium disconnected astatine Cop27 aboriginal this week arsenic well, truthful I fearfulness I mightiness miss him, depending connected however agelong helium survives."

In its review, The Guardian described the archetypal occurrence of this year's bid arsenic "two hours of sheer Matt Hancock-free hell".

"We are each waiting to spot Hancock devour a kangaroo penis - but the failed wellness caput hasn't adjacent turned up yet, leaving america with a clump of radical we've hardly heard of," wrote Stuart Jefferies.

The Telegraph's Michael Hogan, meanwhile, awarded 3 stars, noting however the "unflappable" erstwhile England rugby national prima and ex Lioness footballer Jill Scott "already look similar winners". The Independent's Sean O'Grady gave it 2 stars: "I've seen much thrilling episodes of Countdown."