Richard Madeley reveals dramatic weight loss and sparse diet after four days on I’m A Celeb

RICHARD Madeley has revealed his dramatic weight loss and sparse diet after just four days on I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!.

The 65-year-old star was forced out of the ITV reality show after he fell ill and his hospital dash broke the show's Covid bubble.

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He went on Good Morning Britain earlier today to spill the beans about his experience - and his co-stars were shocked by his "gaunt" appearance.

Insisting that the show was much more gruelling than people realised, Richard explained: "You've got the physicality of it - you are hungry, because we were in the clink all we were getting is rice and beans.

"People think that can't be too bad but it's tasteless - they don't put salt or any kind of seasoning and you don't get much. I was on about 750 calories a day, I've lost at least three pounds.

"If I'd been there two weeks or more…"

Ben Shephard interjected: "You don't have three pounds to lose!", which Richard repeated in agreement adding: "I'm gaunt."

But the TV favourite made up for lost time once he got home, revealing he ate "10 spam sandwiches" in just two hours.

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To the shock of the hosts, he explained: "Between 9am on Saturday morning and about 11.30am I ate two large tins of spam.

"I'd had rice and beans most of the time - spam is quite highly flavoured and I suddenly developed an absolute passion for it.

";And I was starving, absolutely starving. I had about 10 spam sandwiches."

It came after Richard said he'd never return to "freezing" Grwych Castle - but hinted he could return to I'm A Celeb next year if it goes back to Australia.

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The star was forced out of the show after just four days after suffering a medical emergency, with his hospital dash breaking the show's strict Covid bubble.

He recalled the "disturbing" moment he woke up "incoherent", telling the hosts: "Basically, I woke up and I didn't know where I was, what was going on, and I could hardly string a sentence together. As it turned out, it was harmless."

After being rushed to hospital and given "every test imaginable" Richard was given the all clear - with the star putting the scare down to severe dehydration.

I'm A Celeb has been plunged into chaos since the star's exit - with the show sensationally pulled off air for two days after the set was battered by Storm Arwen.

In a shock move, the stars were evacuated from the castle and returned to their quarantine, with bosses hoping to get back on telly as soon as possible.

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