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Kirsten McStay

Olivia Attwood worried she was pregnant after I'm A Celeb medics sent her to hospital

Olivia Attwood appeared on This Morning today to open up about the real reason she was forced to leave I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!

The Love Island star joined Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on the ITV sofa to talk about why she returned home from the jungle prematurely.

On the first day in camp, Olivia was taken out for routine medical checks, and when she had blood taken, the results came back saying she was anaemic with low iron and low potassium.

The 31-year-old addressed the rumours that were circulating online that she left the jungle because she was pregnant. She said: "There were loads swirling around on the internet, "Olivia Attwood pregnant" was trending on Twitter - it's not that I can assure you.

"It's not that exciting I can promise you that. The results came back that my iron was low...I was showing that I was anaemic and basically all the markers you can look for were low. They consulted with a doctor outside of camp and they said I would need to go to A&E. They re-ran the tests and their checks came back normal!"

On the way to A&E, Olivia felt perfectly fine and not ill at all, which worried her and she began to wonder if she was ill or pregnant. She said: "It felt like forever because then I was thinking 'God, am I pregnant?', or 'have I picked up a virus?' and also I felt well, there was nothing and I felt healthy so I was even more confused. It was all really strange."

(ITV)

Phil then asked her why she decided to fly home straight away, and she said after 12 days of isolation and the first few days of filming, it meant she was already away from the UK almost three weeks by that point and she just wanted to go home.

She said: "There was a pause in proceedings, it was late at night, and they were like 'look taking you back in camp tonight doesn't work', and basically conversations went on through the night, with production wanting me back in but the medical team... I think it's an insurance thing."

(ITV)

Olivia made history as the first Love Islander to ever enter the jungle. Previously, there was a rule that meant former contestants of the ITV2 show couldn't appear in the much-loved survival-based show.

The blonde beauty shot to stardom after appearing on season three of Love Island. She was partnered up with Chris Hughes, 29, but the pair's rollercoaster journey wasn't written in the stars.

Since her appearance in the Majorcan villa, she's also featured on TOWIE and hosted her own documentary titled Getting Filthy Rich, which focused on the sex industry.

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