ITV ‘struggling to maintain up’ after Jamie Lynn Spears’ I’m a Celeb exit

ITV has been plunged into chaos after a Jamie Lynn Spears give up the present simply two days after meals critic Grace Dent walked out of the present.

Insiders on the channel say that they’re ‘struggling to maintain up with the drama’ following the American actress’s exit for medical causes.

One supply describes the scenario on the favored programme as a ‘mess,’ whereas they concern there may very well be extra departures within the coming days because the ambiance within the jungle turns into much more tense.

It is the primary time within the present’s 23-series historical past that two contestants have left on medical grounds, with insiders claiming employees on the programme ‘aren’t sleeping’ as a result of stress.

While questions will likely be raised over what has modified this yr, one nameless supply insisted the producers carried out stringent psychiatric checks on the individuals earlier than they joined and blamed the issues on ‘unhealthy luck’.

On Wednesday afternoon, a spokesman for the present confirmed Ms Spears – the youthful sister of singer Britney Spears – had left.

He stated: ‘Jamie Lynn Spears has left I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! on medical grounds.

‘She’s been a incredible campmate who has triumphed at trials and bonded effectively together with her fellow celebrities.’

Ms Spears has had a really emotional time in camp and has regularly been filmed in floods of tears over the tough circumstances and lacking her household again house. 

She left the present days after Grace Dent left the jungle amid fears over her ‘unwell’ look and after Nella Rose was taken out of the camp to be handled by medics – though she has since returned. 

Food critic Ms Dent had shocked her camp mates after saying the night time earlier than: ‘I simply wish to go house.’ Meanwhile, whereas TikTookay star Nella Rose was briefly taken the camp to obtain therapy from medics on Tuesday, sparking fears she would additionally give up altogether.

One supply instructed the Mail: ‘People engaged on the present aren’t sleeping, it’s a mess. Nobody can sustain with what’s going on, it’s like nothing we’ve ever seen earlier than. 

‘Hopefully issues will cool down however it’s honest to say issues have been chaotic. As with all of these items, the reality is anticipated to return out within the coming weeks.

‘As for now, everybody else concerned within the present is pondering ‘no matter subsequent?’

ITV is more likely to now face questions over what has been totally different this yr. Never earlier than have two contestants left inside two days of each other – or one other competitor be taken off for medical therapy so near the departures.

However, sources on the broadcaster insist that the identical – if no more stringent – psychiatric checks have been carried out for the contestants.

One stated: ‘The typical protocol is in place, all of it simply appears to be unhealthy luck this yr. Perhaps they simply have not gelled in the identical method this yr.’

Another added that the unusually temperamental climate within the jungle this yr may need had an affect on the morale of campmates. 

A spokesperson for the Channel instructed MailOnline: ‘We have rigorous and strong processes in place to evaluate all of our camp mates forward of being confirmed to take part within the present. 

‘We have an on website medical workforce and psychologist to make sure that well being and wellbeing, and responsibility of care in the direction of the individuals, is prioritised always.’

Meanwhile, ITV bosses are additionally livid with Nigel Farage‘s workforce who’ve complained to the channel after he was seen nude within the bathe. 

They declare the community has damaged an ‘indecency’ clause in his contract. They are additionally whinging that the producers are left wing.

One ITV insider stated: ‘It is turning into actually tiring and annoying now.’

Viewers will see Jamie Lynn’s exit from the present in Wednesday night time’s episode, and the campmates are conscious of her departure. It has been confirmed that she is not going to get replaced.

Ms Spears overtly admitted she missed her two youngsters, daughters Maddie, 15, and Ivey, 5, however in current days appeared to have settled into camp life.

Jamie Lynn is anticipated to obtain her full payment for participating within the present, as any star who stays within the camp for longer than 72 hours is anticipated to be paid in full. 

Following the information of Jamie Lynn’s departure, viewers took to X, previously generally known as Twitter, to share their disappointment.

One posted: ‘So happy with Jamie as a result of she’s com to date in such a brief period of time typically it simply will get an excessive amount of for somebody particularly Jamie who’s from the States she ought to be happy with herself.’

‘I’m not shocked after final night time’s episode, cannot say I’m not disenchanted,’ one other shared, whereas a 3rd added: ‘Given final night time’s episode I can not say I’m shocked.’

One added: ‘Shame, I assumed she was rising into it.’ 

Some wrote: ‘That’s a correct disgrace coz I favored her.’

‘Really warmed to her after the primary few days, she was among the finest in there, disgrace however sort felt inevitable’.

‘That’s unhappy. Good luck to her. It’s brutal in there. I assume it is the survival of the fittest’.

‘Jamie ought to be so happy with herself she’s held out for so long as she presumably may. Sometimes you simply need to say sufficient is sufficient. So happy with her it doesn’t matter what.’

‘Feel unhappy for Jamie Lynn Spears as she has change into the second to go away I’m A Celebrity because of medical causes. She has needed to put her psychological well being first which I respect.’

‘Can’t say I’m shocked however I feel it is a disgrace she was actually good in challenges and trials’.

‘Gutted Jamie Lynn has left ImACeleb. She was my favorite’.

It comes simply two days after Grace Dent determined to go away the jungle on Monday, after ‘shedding all her vitality’ in camp and reaching breaking level as she confronted the prospect of doing one other Bushtucker Trial.

Within three hours of the announcement being made Grace was noticed at Brisbane Airport as she made her return to the United Kingdom.

The 50-year-old meals critic refused to speak to press on the airport and stored her head down as she rushed by means of the terminal.

During Tuesday’s present, viewers noticed Jamie Lynn break down in tears as soon as once more  after being supplied a small sq. of chocolate by her campmates.

She started crying after consuming the tasty deal with, as she took herself away for time alone and was later comforted by former boxer Tony Bellew. 

The chocolate bar got here as a reward after Marvin, Sam and Tony’s successes at The Misery Hotel, providing the campmates their first style of chocolate since coming into the jungle. 

Sam, as workforce chief, determined to crack open the chocolate for a morale increase after the camp skilled extraordinarily moist climate. 

Speaking within the Bush Telegraph he stated: ‘The heavens have opened. I’ve by no means seen a wetter day than proper right here, proper now. In my whole existence by the best way. It’s like a monsoon. I’m workforce chief, I’m on my throne, I would like individuals to be pleased.’

Sam rallied his camp by saying: ‘Do you understand what we want? A bar of chocolate!’

The information went down very effectively as everybody started to have a good time and Fred painstakingly chopped the bar up into equal elements. 

This meant that by the point the chocolate was divided into 11 elements, everybody solely had a tiny morsel to style every. 

Sam stated within the Bush Telegraph: ‘The camp went wild! Everyone’s clapping. It was like we would received the World Cup!’

As they shared out each crumb Tony laughed: ‘The wrestle is actual!’ and Josie selected to save lots of hers for one more time, saying she would have ‘chocolate rice’. 

In the Bush Telegraph Tony stated: ‘I let a chunk of chocolate soften on my tongue in my mouth. That was a really unusual factor to do. The jungle has made me smooth.’

But the chocolate didn’t go down effectively with everybody as Jamie Lynn took herself away from camp to cry. 

When she walked again in, fellow campmates Tony and Danielle Harold checked up on her.

Tony stated: ‘OK, mate?’ whereas Danielle gave her a cuddle. 

Jamie Lynn stated: ‘That little sq. of chocolate p*****d me off.’

Danielle stated: ‘It’s as a result of it provides you a style of what is outdoors…’

Jamie Lynn laughed: ‘I in all probability ought to have simply let somebody eat it. I really feel just a little higher possibly. I simply wanted to cry.’

Nick inspired her: ‘Have just a little cry J.’

Jamie Lynn within the Bush Telegraph stated: ‘I simply need extra chocolate.’

In the Bush Telegraph Tony stated: ‘She’s simply getting annoyed, she misses her children. She’s so distant from house. It’s good to only go and ask somebody how they’re doing. Just look out for one another. Everyone ought to have that angle with all people.’

Checking on her close to the creek, Tony requested her: ‘How you doing woman?’

Jamie Lynn stated: ‘I wanted a change of surroundings. I used to be struggling earlier.

‘I’m simply bored with sitting up there. I’m sorry I did not imply to make you come all the best way down right here.’

Giving her a hug Tony stated: ‘Don’t be foolish, I used to be coming to see the way you was.’

During her time within the camp, Jamie Lynn mentioned her fractured relationship together with her sister, insisting she’s discovered to not communicate publicly about any difficulties between her and her pop star sibling, 41, however admitted her household ‘fights higher than most’.

American star Jamie claimed each she and Britney had ‘sophisticated’ upbringings which they’d each handled in numerous methods however, regardless of their variations, Britney can be ‘involved’ about her struggling within the jungle.

She insisted Britney can be ‘checking on me closely’ and would have been involved about her each day crying initially of this yr’s ITV collection. 

In camp, Sam requested Jamie Lynn: ‘Do Britney’s children actually such as you? Are you just like the cool aunt? Do you assume she’s watching you on this?’

Jamie Lynn stated: ‘I can think about she’d be frightened about me on right here. I feel she’s in all probability checking in on me closely. 

‘I do assume she’s in all probability like, ‘Why would she try this?’ She requested me that earlier than I got here right here, she was like, ‘You’re actually going to do it?’ I used to be like, ‘I’m going to go to Australia and test it out.’ 

‘My crying, she’d in all probability be like, ‘Ya’ll get her the f*** out of there, proper now!’ She’s a very good large sister, she is. 

‘Yeah, I really like her. Me and her throw down. The world’s seen that. I’ve discovered to cease speaking about it publicly, however you understand what, household’s struggle. Listen, we simply do it higher than most.’

Sam replied: ‘But everybody does man. Everyone’s bought stuff they argue about on a regular basis.’

Jamie Lynn stated: ‘Me and her each have had a really sophisticated upbringing. We’ve had very sophisticated circumstances and we each needed to cope with them in numerous methods. 

‘Sometimes we took it out on one another when maybe we should not have. 

‘I’ve by no means, ever… I’ve been the one individual in her life – and she will say this – I’ve by no means taken something from her, you understand? I’ve been the one individual in her life who’s all the time stated, ‘I simply wish to be your sister’.

‘We simply had a extremely bizarre life so we won’t clarify it to many individuals, however on the finish of the highway I do know that that is my household, I really like them.’

Viewers mocked Jamie Lynn Spears because the camp fell into silence when she insisted she cherished her well-known sister Britney.

Jamie Lynn insisted ‘I really like my sister’ when retired jockey Frankie Dettori, 52, requested her if it was true she and her older sister didn’t get alongside throughout Friday’s episode.

While Jamie Lynn didn’t deny rumours of a falling out, she did say she cherished her sister, prompting the remainder of her campmates to sit down in silence after listening to her phrases.

Jamie Lynn additionally shared perception into Britney’s wacky rider throughout her Las Vegas residency,

Outside of her exhibits on the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, The Hit Me Baby One More Time celebrity stayed in an expensive three-floor suite on the Rio, which had beforehand been inhabited by Elton John. 

After Made In Chelsea‘s Sam Thompson described to Jamie Lynn how he imagined her house life can be, she revealed Britney is an enormous fan of crawfish – and that it was her particular request in Vegas.

Britney was stated to have imposed a strict ban on her sister Jamie Lynn forward of her stint on I’m A Celebrity, warning her to not point out her title because the pair try to rebuild their relationship. 

The hitmaker reportedly finds it ‘unhappy’ that her estranged youthful sister continues to make use of her stardom to generate profits, and has inspired her to land contracts in her personal proper. 

Viewers of the present took to Twitter to mock the scenario after the scene aired on Friday, with one individual writing: ”Yeah I really like my sister…’ I guess you do Jamie Lynn after hiring the girl who created her conservatorship as your small business supervisor.’

Someone else wrote: ‘Big Brother’s fowl noises would’ve had extra persona than Jamie Lynn admitting to loving her sister ‘enthusiastically’.’

Another individual wrote: ‘Love Frankie for asking Jamie Lynn the questions nobody else is courageous sufficient to ask!’

While another person shared: ‘Love Frankie straight to the purpose with Jamie Lynn.’

‘Britney banned Jamie Lynn from speaking about her,’ a supply instructed DailyMail.com solely. ‘She instructed her to, for as soon as, make her cash with out feeling the necessity to use her sister’s title to get a contract.

‘For Jamie Lynn’s whole profession, each present, each look, each interview is Britney, Britney, Britney. It’s simply unhappy.’

The insider cited Jamie Lynn’s short-lived spot on Fox’s Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test – which aired a clip of Jamie Lynn in tears whereas discussing her vanity points introduced on by being Britney’s sister.

‘The producers used it as a chance for her to dish on Britney and she or he did, tears and all. It was excellent for what they wanted out of her,’ the supply continued.

Britney’s request for Jamie Lynn to maintain her title out of her mouth comes after a slew of actuality tv appearances, and interviews, by which she introduced up her sister.

In January, Jamie Lynn was forged in Fox’s grueling actuality competitors present, Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test.

During the primary episode, Jamie Lynn broke down in tears as she mentioned Britney reaching world fame when she was only a baby, admitting she desires to show that she is ‘price one thing’ too.

‘Growing up, my sister grew to become well-known, worldwide well-known, after I was very younger,’ Jamie Lynn stated.

‘I assume I simply wanna like [proving that] I’m identical to price one thing. I’m so happy with her, love her to demise, however I do not know. Sometimes I really feel like I do not actually have something for myself,’ she added.

Jamie Lynn give up throughout episode two, citing her daughters as the explanation for her departure.

‘Like, I simply cannot do it another night time. I can not do it,’ Jamie Lynn stated whereas confiding in Spice Girl Mel B initially of the episode.

In October, Jamie Lynn grew to become a contestant on Dancing With The Stars and, in accordance with Variety, earned $125,000, which is the usual pay for a celeb who completes rehearsals and two weeks of competitors.

Jamie Lynn and her companion Alan Bersten, have been booted throughout week two after scoring 16 out of 30 for his or her cha-cha routine.

Bosses have been stated to be livid at her early exit – as a result of they’d allegedly been planning for an ‘unbelievable’ on-screen reunion between the actress and Britney.

In Britney’s current memoir The Woman In Me, she dragged Jamie Lynn for a response she bought from her sister when she reached out in regards to the abusive conservatorship she was held in by her father Jamie Spears, for 13 years.

In a textual content message, Britney claimed that Jamie Lynn instructed her: ‘Stop combating it. There is nothing that you are able to do about it, so cease combating it.’

I’m A Celebrity bosses have been already stated to be fearing extra stars may give up the present after Grace Dent‘s departure, because the campmates battle with attempting circumstances in Australia.

The group have been left hungry after Nella Rose and Frankie Dettori did not win any meals for camp within the newest trial. 

The present’s producers are actually frightened extra campmates could sensationally give up the jungle. 

A supply instructed The Sun: ‘Nella and Frankie’s trial fell flat. No cash or stars. What’s worse backstage is it was a two-month construct to create that set and it is resulted in a s*** trial.

‘Her going again empty handed – and this terrible climate – have left an actual sense of distress.’ 

On Tuesday, Nella was faraway from camp to be handled by on-site medics, sparking fears she’d additionally give up the present.

Insiders have now confirmed she sought therapy for a ‘bodily medical emergency,’ with the timing deemed ‘unlucky’ as she needed to be seen urgently throughout the stay phase of the present.  

The emergency was not linked to any harm sustained in a trial. Just hours earlier than her removing from camp, the social media star was tended to by animal handlers after a snake wrapped itself round her throughout her newest trial.

A supply has instructed The Sun: ‘It was unlucky timing that Nella needed to be taken out of camp simply earlier than the stay scenes.’

‘She needed to be seen by the workforce with a bodily, medical emergency nevertheless it was handled swiftly.

‘Nella has had a tough time to date however she is a troublesome cookie and will likely be again smiling and laughing with the opposite campmates very quickly – this wasn’t something to do together with her psychological well being.’

An ITV spokesperson confirmed to MailOnline that Nella has since rejoined the camp after her go to to the medic on Wednesday morning, Australian time.  

‘During final night time’s stay broadcast, Nella Rose required medical therapy on website and was deemed unable to participate within the trial. Nella has since rejoined camp,’ they confirmed. 

Nella was noticeably absent in Tuesday night time’s stay phase of the present which was filmed between 7am and 8am on Wednesday morning in Australia.

Earlier within the episode, the general public voted Nella in for her sixth Bushtucker Trial alongside the champion jockey Frankie Dettori  however viewers claimed they missed out on successful any stars due to how gradual Nella was.