The reason Tulisa Contostavlos and Reverend Richard Coles were exempt from the latest I’m A Celebrity trial has been revealed.
Before voting opened for Monday night’s Bushtucker trial, hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly announced that the N-Dubz singer, 36, and reverend, 62, would be ruled out.
As they later announced that radio DJ Dean McCullough will take part in the challenge, Contostavlos could be heard in the background saying: “I know it's heights because that's what I'm medically exempt from.”
She has Bell's Palsy, a condition that causes sudden weakness or paralysis on one side of the face, and it could be dangerous to suffer a flare-up while at a height.
As for Coles, the reverend previously revealed he has a crippling fear of heights.
The former Church of England vicar told The Mirror before entering the camp: "I actually froze with fear on a stepladder the other day on the second rung up. Anything up high.
“So anything which means walking from a horrible rickety tightrope or something, that will be scary."
It is unclear whether he has been diagnosed with acrophobia but it’s likely Coles has been excused from the trial due to his fears.
Viewers were quick to share their confusion over Tulisa’s exemption on medical grounds as the former X Factor judge had entered the camp by skydiving from a helicopter.
“How can she be exempt from a heights trial?” one asked on X, formerly Twitter.
Another replied: “She wasn't in control when she jumped out of a plane, she was attached to somebody.
'If her face flared up due to her Bell's Palsy, she had someone to help her. In a trial, if she had a sudden flare-up at a height, it wouldn't be safe to continue the trial.”
