Richard Madeley quits I’m A Celebrity as hospital visit breaks Covid bubble

Jack and Chloe Madelely may be the children of TV royalty Richard and Judy, but that does not mean they do not get up to the same tricks as any other siblings. The son of the I'm A Celebrity contestant revealed a potentially fatal festive eating incident in which his sister had to be taken to hospital on Christmas Eve.

I'm A Celeb fans are confused after Richard Madeley returned to the show on Friday to discuss his early exit from the ITV competition with hosts Ant and Dec. It was announced on Thursday that the Good Morning Britain presenter, 65, had been forced to pull out of the show after he was taken to hospital in the morning.

Ysbyty Glan Clwyd in nearby Bodelwyddan, he found the canteen and satisfied his pangs of hunger with a sandwich. READ MORE: I'm A Celebrity 2021 - Fans think they know why Richard Madeley became illThe 65-year-old told hosts Ant and Dec what had happened to him at Gwrych Castle and the hospital during a brief interview at the start of this evening's show.

Chloe Madeley has reunited with her dad Richard Madeley after he was forced to leave I’m a Celebrity on Thursday. Richard fell ill after competing in the Castle Kitchen Nightmares trial and was immediately taken to hospital to be treated, breaking the Covid bubble restrictions set up for contestants to be able to appear on the show.

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Instagram account just hours after the news emerged that he has dramatically left the show and been taken away in an ambulance for treatment. In the update, he insisted that he was "absolutely fine" but that because he had felt briefly unwell in the morning, he was taken to hospital as a precaution.

READ MORE: ITV I'm A Celebrity: Richard Madeley rushed to hospital after falling illThe 65-year-old wrote: "Hello all!"Richard here – firstly just to say that I’m absolutely FINE. I started to feel briefly unwell in the small hours of the morning and was taken to hospital as a precaution.

The GMB presenter was unwell in the early hours and was immediately seen by I'm A Celebrity's on-site medical team. Richard was taken to hospital as a precaution, but in doing so forfeited his place on the show.

sent a paramedic in a rapid response car and an emergency ambulance to Gwrych Castle, where the show is being filmed, shortly before 6am. In a post on social media, Mr Madeley, 65, insisted that he was “absolutely fine”, explaining that he “started to feel briefly unwell in the small hours of the morning and was taken to hospital as a precaution”.

told Metro before he went into the castle: “I really hope I do get voted for the trials. The thing about this programme is you mustn’t go into it if you take yourself remotely seriously.

I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here has lost its first contestant as Richard Madeley was forced to quit the show after being rushed to hopsital.

Holly Willoughby has offered her well wishes to I'm A Celebrity star Richard Madeley after he was rushed to hospital in the early hours of Thursday morning.MORE: I’m A Celebrity 2021 full line-up revealedAn ITV spokesperson confirmed that he had taken poorly and was taken to hospital as a "precaution".

Richard Madeley has confirmed he has left I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here because he "broke the Covid ‘bubble'” after he was taken to hospital in the early hours of the morning.

TV presenter Richard Madeley has been taken to hospital after falling ill on the set of reality TV show I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here.