Beverley Callard ‘absolutely gutted’ as she shares heartbreaking health update and pulls out of I’m A Celebrity live final
Beverley is 'gutted'I’m A Celebrity star Beverley Callard has revealed that she has been forced to pull out of tonight’s live final (Friday, April 24).
The star, who is currently battling breast cancer, sparked concern earlier this week that she wouldn’t be able to attend.
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I’m A Celebrity star Beverley Callard forced out of live final
Taking to her Instagram last night (Thursday, April 23), Beverley revealed that, unfortunately, due to medical advice, she can’t attend tonight’s final.
The star admitted she was “gutted” by the news, in a video for her 290k followers.
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Speaking from her home in Dublin, she said: “Yesterday, I should have flown to England to get ready for the I’m A Celeb final.
“I was so excited and looking forward to it but on medical advice, I can’t go, I am absolutely gutted,” she then said.
Continuing, she said: “I was dying to see them all and it would have been brilliant. I can’t go and yesterday, the flights were booked and everything but no, they said, it is basically too long a day with flying there and then a very late night, so here I am.”
Beverley Callard supported amid I’m A Celebrity live final disappointment
The star then revealed that she will be attending in some form.
“I will be watching and I will be on Zoom chatting to everybody. So I’ve got to make the best of a bad job but I am resting and I am doing as I am told. Thanks to everybody,” she said.
In the caption of the post, she wrote: “A last minute change of plans…Absolutely gutted but I know it’s for the best. Resting up and getting well is more important at the moment.”
Fans flooded the comment section with support. “Bless ya Bev. We will miss ya,” fellow campmate Ashley Roberts commented.
“Glad they can Zoom you in to be part of it. Rest is recovery sending lots of love,” another follower wrote.
“Ah Beviely thats hard for you. But you will be on telly. Rest up and enjoy being a part of it. We are all rooting for you,” a third said.
“You’re our legend and our queen Beverley .., big hugs .. and we will all be watching you on zoom tomorrow night … rest and take time for you,” another added.
Beverley emotional re-watching her I’m A Celeb exit
Earlier this week, Beverley grew emotional watching her exit from the show.
The star was forced out of camp on medical grounds after having a “funny turn”.
“I just watched my exit on I’m A Celeb, and it made me cry all over again. Of course, I didn’t know then that I had cancer but I just knew that it was the last couple of days there that I hadn’t felt very well,” she said.
“What happened was, I went into the Bush Telegraph, and apparently, I lost consciousness for a little while. I just wasn’t feeling myself. They took me to a medical hut, and they were amazing. They really looked after me, and they said, ‘You can’t go back’,” she said.
“And I said, ‘Don’t say that, don’t send me home, I’ll be fine.’. I wanted to succeed and make it through to the end, but that was the start of everything. It’s made me really emotional, but I will beat this. I will beat it.”
The I’m A Celebrity final airs tonight (Friday, April 24) from 7.30pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
