I’m A Celebrity campmates praised for rallying round Anne Hegerty after she broke down

She was struggling with the conditions

Anne Hegerty

by Emma Dodds |
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The brand new series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! kicked off with a bang last night (18th Nov). Although viewers were sad that Ant McPartlin was not in the jungle with Declan Donnelly, they seemed to be more than happy with how temporary stand-in presenter Holly Willoughby got on.

After a series of challenges, the campmates were divided into two teams - the Reds, made up of Harry Redknapp, Nick Knowles, Sair Khan, John Barrowman and Malique Thompson-Dwyer, who won the final challenge which allowed them to reside in Croc Creek, the much nicer camp.

The highlight of the episode was when Harry Redknapp told the others he wasn't keen on the idea of eating emu, and had been convinced that once the cameras stopped rolling, everyone would pile round the back for a bacon butty. We're afraid not, Haz.

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©The Red team are staying in Croc Creek © Shutterstock

However, after losing the first challenge, the Yellows - made up of Rita Simons, James McVey, Fleur East, Anne Hegerty and Emily Atack - arrived at Snack Rock; a decidedly worse camp with a bag of beans and rice each to last them 24 hours.

After realising what they were in for, The Chase's Anne Hegerty couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed, and broke down in tears, telling her fellow campmates, "I'm really close to saying I can't do this."

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Anne, who revealed earlier in the show that she has Autism, was immediately comforted by the other campmates, and was visibly feeling better after they all came to her aid.

Emily told the Bush Telegraph, "Anne got a bit upset so we gave her a cuddle. It's overwhelming. I think she was just expressing how we were all feeling, we just didn't want to admit it!"

Fleur added, "I feel like we all have to be there for her and the minute that we all rallied around her, she just felt so much better."

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©Anne found the experience overwhelming © Shutterstock

Viewers praised Anne for being so brave and also commended her fellow campmates for taking care of her. One wrote, 'I wish I was joking when I say I fully started crying when Anne started crying on I’m a celeb, she’s so cute that it breaks my heart,' as another added, 'I’m sitting here crying because poor Anne is crying in I’m a celeb, bless her.'

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