Richard Madeley rushed to hospital after falling ill overnight in I'm A Celeb camp

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.

Richard Madeley has spoken out on his exit from ITV's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! as he returned to Good Morning Britain on Monday, 29 November.

I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! is famed for its torturous trials and tough challenges. The show, which began back in 2002, puts a string of famous faces through their paces each year as they endure up to three weeks living outdoors with limited food.

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.

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”.

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".

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! star Richard Madeley has unfortunately been forced to pull out of the show after he was taken to hospital Thursday morning.The Good Morning Britain presenter fell ill while staying on-set in Gwrych Castle at the ITV show’s Welsh location. While the TV personality insisted he’s “fine”, due to his stay in a hospital with other people he has had to bow out of the show for the “safety” of his other celebrity campmates.

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.