I’m A Celeb star Scarlette Douglas ‘devastated’ to learn of Jonnie Irwin’s cancer diagnosis

22.11.2022 - 01:25 / dailyrecord.co.uk

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! star Scarlette Douglas was shocked to hear her A Place In The Sun co-star Jonnie Irwin had been diagnosed with terminal cancer following her exit from the jungle.

The 35-year-old TV presenter worked with Jonnie on the house hunting programme but only heard the news of his diagnosis following her departure from the jungle on Monday morning Australian time.

Scarlette, 35, admitted that although the stars rarely presented the show together as they always work in different locations that she always looked up to Jonnie. The property expert looked to Jonnie for guidance, and often watched his episodes to take inspiration from the star.

Jonnie, who opened up on his health news last week, revealed he had been battling the disease in secret for two years. Doctors gave him six months to live in 2020, and the property expert has been living against the odds ever since.

"I had heard but I didn't realise it was terminal, which makes it sound imminent," the evictee, who was sent home from the jungle second after Loose Women presenter Charlene White, told the Mirror.

"On A Place In The Sun we're always in different locations and we never really get to see each other. Sometimes our paths might cross but I think I probably only met Jonnie in person maybe three times, a handful of times, but it was always just brilliant.

"And I remember when I was doing my screen test for it, I'd watch a lot of his shows because he was confident with the house hunters," the star continued. "He was just on it. He knew everything, you know, you never question Jonnie. Jonnie was just so knowledgeable."

"Any questions the house hunters had, he knew the answer to and I remember taking a lot of inspiration from him when I