The former footballer and now pundit was the first celebrity to be evicted from the jungle
Alex Scott is first to leave the jungle camp in Australia. (Image: Tim Merry/Staff Photographer)
I’m A Celeb’s Alex Scott sought medical attention in scenes not broadcast after a tick embedded itself into her shoulder. Actress and model Kelly Brook insisted to producers that the former footballing star and pundit needed medical help after she started to panic.
Alex was the first celebrity to be voted out of the jungle after just under two weeks in camp. Following her exit, Alex opened up on how she had to be seen in a medical tent after chaos erupted following a tick bite.
The football pundit said: “I was sitting next to Martin (Kemp) after carrying the logs and I felt my shoulder, and I was like, ‘Oh, that’s a big spot that’s come up.’ I asked him to have a look, then Kelly jumps up and says, ‘It’s a tick.’
“I was panicking as she was shouting that I needed to get to medical. I knew about ticks and leeches, but I always thought it wouldn’t happen to me; they got it off, but no one else has had one.”
Alex also revealed that Angry Ginge had been troubled by leeches due to the damp conditions. In an extensive interview with the Mirror, she shared her disappointment when she discovered that her partner Jess Glynne wasn’t there to greet her upon her exit.
The former England footballer was aware that her pop star partner might not be waiting for her. She had also been hit with family heartbreak, as just prior to her departure for Australia, Jess’s mother had suffered a stroke, leaving Alex torn over whether to withdraw from the show.
Ultimately, it was Jess who encouraged her to go on I’m A Celebrity. She said: “It’s been a tough time for us and obviously her family, and it was a tough decision to come into the jungle, but then Jess never wanted me to step away from not doing it.
“I knew there was always a possibility of her not being across the bridge if her mum hadn’t gotten better or if things had been getting worse, which they have been. But it was a big decision for me to not pass this opportunity, and Jess was the one that pushed me to be here.”
Hours after Alex departed the jungle, Jess took to social media to explain her absence from the bridge. In a heartfelt message, she disclosed how over recent weeks her mother had “suffered a major stroke and needed urgent brain surgery”.
Alex Scott is evicted from camp(Image: James Gourley/ITV/Shutterstock)
She continued: “It’s been a really serious, life-altering time for my family, and I’ve had to stay close to home. Alex would always want me to be where I’m needed most; I can’t wait to have her back by my side.”
When questioned about whether she contemplated withdrawing from the ITV programme, Alex responded: “Oh, yeah, absolutely, 100 percent. But Jess was the one that wanted me to do this, so that’s why I wanted to go in and still make her proud.”
Alex also discussed being caught up in one of the camp’s most controversial moments: her contraband seasoning scandal. The camp lost a star after she was caught secretly adding spices to their meal of crocodile feet.
She told the Mirror: “I felt like such a naughty schoolgirl, like I should have been put in detention or something. We had stopped at a service station, and they just had all these little sachets of salt and pepper. I was staring at them for ages, like, ‘Shall I? No…they’ll frisk me.’ But I put them down my socks and didn’t get checked.”
She disclosed that several fellow campmates were aware of her clandestine seasoning supply. She said: “Jack (Osborne) knew about it, Ginge saw me one night…he just kept giving me the eye; Shona (McGarty) knew about it from early days.”
And regarding her predictions for this year’s winner, Alex believes it will come down to the public’s darlings. She said: “Personally, I think, from the public and how the trials have been going, it’s going to be Ginge or Aitch between those two.
“Because of their fan base and how they’ve come across. I’d love for Shona to win; that would be a beautiful story. But I think it’ll be between one of the boys.”