Grace Dent leaves I'm a Celebrity 2023 on medical grounds

The food critic has left the jungle after a week.

I'm a Celebrity 2023 contestant Grace Dent wearing her camp gear while sitting on a log in front of some trees ahead of the 2023 season. — ITV

Lidia Molina-Whyte

Published: Monday, 27 November 2023 at 10:39 am

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Food critic Grace Dent has left I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! due to medical reasons, ITV has confirmed.

The MasterChef UK pundit, who had been chosen to undertake the latest Bushtucker trial alongside This Morning host Josie Gibson, had been struggling in the jungle, saying in Sunday night's episode: "I just want to go home."

The 50-year-old echoed the sentiment in the Bush Telegraph, adding that she didn't have "a lot left in me at the moment. I’m just keeping on a face for everybody.”

Now, ITV has said in a statement: "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 Dent wearing a flowery dress, smiling into camera — Grace Dent. Andrew Benge/Redferns

Her exit means that another member of the I'm a Celebrity line-up will take her spot in tonight's trial – Danielle Harold.

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The EastEnders star was the third most-voted campmate to take part by the public, and is expected to face the dreaded challenge in the wake of Dent's exit.

Ominously titled 'Down the Tubes', the trial is sure to test the pair in new, horrific ways.

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This year's edition features an eclectic line-up, with the likes of Fred Sirieix, Jamie Lynn Spears and Nigel Farage all taking part.

Dent became the first celeb to leave the jungle, with the first official elimination expected to air this week.

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