Jamie Lynn Spears leaves I’m A Celebrity on medical grounds

Nov 29, 2023 at 6:55 PM
Jamie Lynn Spears leaves I’m A Celebrity on medical grounds

Jamie Lynn Spears has change into the second contestant to go away I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! on medical grounds.

A spokesperson for the ITV present confirmed to Sky News that Britney Spears‘ sister had left the jungle on Wednesday afternoon.

She follows Grace Dent, whose departure was confirmed on Saturday. She instructed her fellow campmates that her “heart is broken” after leaving the programme early.

'I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!' TV show, Series 23, Campmates, Australia - Nov 2023
Grace Dent

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Grace Dent was the primary contestant to go away the present this 12 months. Pic: ITV/Shutterstock

“Jamie Lynn Spears has left I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! on medical grounds,” the spokesperson mentioned.

“She’s been a fantastic campmate who has triumphed at trials and bonded well with her fellow celebrities.”

Sky News understands the 32-year-old has now left the camp and her fellow campmates are conscious that she will not be returning.

Her final look on the present shall be on Wednesday evening’s episode.

Spears had threatened to stop final week after just some days when she turned emotional as a result of she was lacking her kids.

During the episode on 21 November, she instructed her campmates she was discovering it troublesome to be so distant from her household.

Jamie Lynn Spears on I'm A Celebrity Pic: ITV/Shutterstock
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Spears had spoken about lacking her kids whereas on the present. Pic: ITV/Shutterstock

Her feelings bubbled up additional when 4 celebrities have been tasked with a problem to win the contestants’ luxurious objects, with hers being a photograph of her two daughters.

Spears additionally appeared to make use of the camp cellphone – which usually solely rings throughout challenges – in final evening’s episode to attempt to name her household within the US.

During her time on the present, Spears additionally mentioned her relationship together with her sister Britney, who she mentioned she had talked to earlier than getting into the jungle.

Spears revealed the pair had a “very complicated upbringing” which result in them having points with one another.

U.S. singer Britney Spears (R) and her sister Jamie Lynn Spears watch the NBA game between the Washington Wizards and Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles December 17, 2006. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES)
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Jamie Lynn Spears and Britney Spears in 2006

However, she added that she felt Britney can be “worried” about her within the jungle and believed she can be “checking in” frequently.

“She’s (Britney) a good big sister, she is,” Spears mentioned. Yeah, I like her… Me and her throw down. The world’s seen that.

“I’ve learned to stop talking about it publicly, but you know what, families fight. Listen, we just do it better than most.”

Spears additionally mentioned the challenges she confronted after falling pregnant as an adolescent whereas starring on TV sequence Zoey 101, and the way she turned Catholic after her daughter survived a freak accident the place she almost drowned in a household pond.

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Other celebrities on this 12 months’s present embody former UKIP chief Nigel Farage, First Dates star Fred Sirieix and JLS singer Marvin Humes.

The present has up to now attracted a decrease viewers than final 12 months’s sequence, which featured former well being secretary Matt Hancock.

This 12 months’s launch was watched by seven million folks in its first week – down from a consolidated viewers of almost 12 million final 12 months.