Food critic Grace Dent has pulled out of the 2023 series of I’m a Celebrity.
According to an ITV spokesperson, the former Masterchef star left the show on “medical grounds”. The statement read: “Unfortunately Grace Dent has left the show on medical grounds. She has been a great campmate and will be missed by her fellow celebrities and viewers alike.”
Grace’s exit comes after fans commented on her appearance, noting that she looked unwell on camera.
© ITV/ShutterstockTaking to X during Sunday night’s episode, one person wrote: “Grace looked super unwell during those live shots…. Hope she’s okay,” while another added: “Seriously concerned about Grace and her mental welfare, please somebody from the prod team check in on her, she looks unwell.”
Grace expressed a desire to leave the jungle in the latest instalment, during which she was chosen to face the next Bushtucker trial, Down The Tubes. The 50-year-old told viewers: “I just want to go home.”
© ITV/ShutterstockAhead of her jungle stint, Grace expressed her apprehension about heading into the jungle and the lack of food. “Everything is filling me with a real sense of dread, she told ITV. “But I am especially dreading being really hungry because I tend to eat four or five posh meals out a week because I am a restaurant critic.
“I know they are going to give me an eating trial and I am dreading putting even worse things in my mouth than I have in the past in fancy restaurants! I think I will be writing very stiff columns about the jungle food when I come out!”