Snoochie Shy has opened up on how Richard Madeley's shock exit from I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! left campmates emotional.
Last week, the 65-year-old campmate's departure came after it was revealed that he had been taken to hospital after feeling unwell.
TV favourite Richard then confirmed he had left Gwrych Castle - where the hit series is being filmed - with a statement and shared that he had to exit because of Covid-19 protocols.
And now Radio 1Xtra host Snoochie Shy, 29, has told how the departure of the star worried other stars in the camp and that they were sad to lose the big personality.
"In the middle of night, he just got ill, and then we was all told to just go to the campfire room, and then he just left, really,' she shared with The Sun.
"I think we were definitely worried. Obviously, he's our campmate. And I know that obviously, he was at The Clink so we only had, in the main camp, 24 hours of him.
"But then when we got the video message from him, I'm pretty sure the majority of us cried. But he seemed like he was in good spirits, as well. So it was really nice to have that video message, just because we had been worrying a lot."
Snoochie, who was the third celebrity to be voted off the show after Dame Arlene Phillips and Kadeena Cox, said the campmates were all relieved when they heard he was doing ok.
She told presenters Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly that she had "the best time" in the camp.
Earlier this week, upon returning back to the Good Morning Britain studios, Richard explained what happened.
"I think I got dehydrated. It was actually quite disturbing. I'd been up for 20 hours, I don't think I got to bed until 4, 4.30 in the morning...
"I'm bad at remembering to drink anyway. As I snuggled in for the night, I thought I haven't had a drink, I'll have a big drink in the morning, I woke up babbling, I didn't know where I was, I couldn't string a sentence together.
Richard said: "I got a clean bill of health. But that's COVID precautions isn't it? If it wasn't for COVID I'd have been out for 2 hours and I would've been back by half 10 in the morning."
"I wanted to go back but there was no way I could risk going back in. It just wasn't an option, they are so strict about it. If I had the bug and went back to camp and it spread, it would have killed the series.
'We're all sleeping in the same dormitories, if anyone has the bug it's gonna spread. ITV has a proper duty of care. If you have someone in that castle talking nonsense, they have to check it out."
Speaking of the moment he was told he had to leave he said: "It wasn't until I picked up my meds, the producer was very upset, so here I am."
There were suggestions that the trial had made him ill but he debunked them, adding: "'I don't think there was anything dangerous in the trial, I thought the trial was impossible to achieve. The knots had been tied incredibly tight."
Richard praised the show, giving credit to its authenticity: "'It's a cultural phenomenon, it's not what I expected it to be like. It feels real. There's no behind-the-scenes chill-out zone.
"We were freezing and cold and bored and it wasn't pleasant at all."
