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The latest star to leave I’m A Celebrity 2025 has spoken, as Eddie Kadi told hosts Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly who he wants to win, and who may have contraband

After his I’m a Celebrity elimination on Sunday night, Eddie Kadi was ready to go – but not before dropping a claim about a campmate.

The comedian was the latest name to be booted out of the jungle, as confirmed by ITV hosts Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly. Two days on from waving off the first celebrity to leave the show, Alex Scott, Eddie said “it’s time” as he fled over the bridge and waved goodbye to his jungle pals.

Joining Ant and Dec in the studio live on air, Eddie told them: “I’m happy and sad at the same time, I’m had I’m sappy, honestly what a great time. I’ve had such an incredible time.

“I have made amazing friends, faced some fears and to be fair, it feels very surreal to be on such an iconic show, but most of the time you forgot you were on a show.”

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Eddie went on: “I feel like I’ve been there for a year, I’ve changed. It has changed my life. Things will never be the same. Even when you’ve got no food and you are hungry it goes to show we are enough as people. As human beings we are enough.”

He also discussed his friendship with Jack Osbourne, praising the way he taught everyone how to “survive” in the jungle. He said: “Jack went straight through, for me it was like survival.

“It’s like the first day of school when you’re not sure who to be friends with. He knows what he’s doing. He taught me how to start a fire, from that moment… he knows everything.” He now wants Jack to win the whole show.

It’s then that Eddie let slip that he thinks after the contraband scandals, there could be more in camp. He joked: “Ruby Wax has got some stuff, she’s probably got her cats.”

It comes after Alex confirmed she would not remain in Australia after her departure, confirming her return to the UK. Her partner Jess Glynne recently confirmed that her mother had suffered a stroke, with Alex now keen to be with her to support her.

The evicted celebrities usually stay until at the hotel until the final. But Alex wanted to be there for Jess, and said: “I want to be there for the wrap party but I need to get home straight away.

“She is my Jessica – I am going to go home and be her rock.” Before she even flew to Australia, Alex agonised over whether to pull out of the show.

In the end, it was Jess who told her she had to go. Speaking to the Mirror previously, 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 got 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.”

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Aitch and Angry Ginge got an unexpected reaction from their I’m A Celebrity 2025 cast mates on Monday, as a change in camp sparked a divide and risked a row on the ITV series

The cracks were starting to show in camp on I’m a Celebrity on Monday, as two stars were called out.

In a bizarre moment, Aitch and Angry Ginge managed to get on the wrong side of three of their jungle co-stars, with one of them left “scared”. Despite Aitch and Ginge often being at the centre of humour in camp, in the latest episode it was a different tale.

Ruby Wax was quick to call the stars out over something she had noticed, and she wasted no time in sharing her thoughts. She wasn’t alone though, as both Eddie Kadi and Jack Osbourne also had something on their minds after the pair became Camp Leaders.

The duo took over from previous leaders and new arrivals Vogue Williams and Tom Read Wilson. Following the change, campmates began to notice a “big difference” in leadership styles, but also in Aitch and Ginge’s behaviour.

Enjoying their new camp status, the pair, who now got the comfy beds, decided to sleep in. It didn’t go down well with their co-stars, as Eddie joked about Ginge still being asleep when the leader, Aitch, was awake. He said: “He’s still asleep and then he comes out in a sleeping bag and starts roaming around like The Little Mermaid, I don’t understand.”

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As the duo sat down for the community meeting with their co-stars, Ruby shared her “confusion” over their new roles, saying she was “thrown”. She explained: “We were all on an even plane. [It] has thrown me a little bit.”

Suggesting the pair had changed and made her feel inferior, she asked: “Are we playing king and deputy, and we’re the low people?” She even suggested she felt “frightened” of the pair, something she did not feel when it was Vogue and Tom in charge of the camp.

When they asked if she was “scared” of the previous leaders, she said no “because they never took it seriously,” leaving the boys confused. Ruby added in the Bush Telegraph: “I think we’re divided.” As Aitch tried to reassure Ruby there was nothing changing at all asides him not having a chore to do, she replied: “No but there’s a vibe. A little.”

Aitch was baffled by how the stars had taken his “performance” which he called a joke, seeming deflated by the drama. Jack then took a moment to share his own concern, implying he didn’t know whether he could trust Ginge after he lied about how many stars he’d won in the previous trial.

Jack said: “I know this isn’t intentional Ginge but it got in my head about how well you played saying you only got five stars. I was like, can I trust Ginge? It played with me.” Martin Kemp then said it played with Ruby too, with Ginge not wanting a division in camp, trying to clear the air with his co-stars.

Fans watching backed the duo though, with one writing: “I think Ruby is taking it way too seriously it’s not that deep.” Another agreed: “Are the celebs so hungry that they can’t even take a joke?” as a third said: “Is humour banned in camp today?”

It comes as one I’m a Celebrity star was caught flouting the show’s rules in camp. Alex Scott smuggled in contraband, which violates the strict code enforced by I’m a Celeb bosses.

She was spotted with salt, which is on the banned list of items, and was seen putting it onto the crocodile feet on Sunday night’s show. Ant and Dec later confirmed it was “contraband” and said viewers would have to wait to see what the punishment was.

It is not known if the other campmates were aware of Alex’s rule-breaking at the time, or if she was going rogue. On the spin-off show, Unpacked, guest Jill Scott said: “I am surprised by Alex doing it as I thought she would follow the rules actually.” Seann Walsh added: “I was surprised by how indiscreet Alex was with putting the salt on.”

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Shelley Spadoni reflects on the time she interviewed comedy legend Ruby Wax and how after a wobbly start, the I’m A Celebrity star won her over completely

The one and only time I ever interviewed the inimitable Ruby Wax was in 2023, a long time before she had to contend with eating camel’s penis, or deal with run-ins with YouTube stars ‘blocking her light’.

The no-holds-barred I’m A Celebrity star, 72, has already made her mark in the jungle with her straight-talking ways and abrasive humour – and to be honest, I’m not surprised. She’s a force of nature.

Getting ready to speak to her on the phone two years ago as she prepared to set off on the UK tour of I’m Not As Well As I Thought (also the name of her book at the time), I was a little apprehensive.

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I had this idea in my head – and how wrong can these preconceived notions be – that she was a brash, at-times rude, if supremely-talented comedian, writer and TV star who if she was having a bad day, would make mincemeat out of me.

And as we began chatting, my fears were, in part. realised. I kicked off by asking Ruby about some of her favourite showbiz memories over the years, of which there are too many to mention here. In hindsight, perhaps I should have warmed her up a little first.

I recall cringing after asking how she felt about finding herself in 2000 sharing a plane with the now-US President Donald Trump, which she’s already talked about around the I’m A Celeb campfire.

Quick as a whippet, she responded, slightly irritated, with, ‘Shelley, I’ve talked about this many times before – as well as hanging out with Pamela Anderson. What else would you like to know that I haven’t said before?”

Fair play. She’s got a bag full of tricks when it comes to A-lister anecdotes. But she’s also got another huge passion in life – campaigning for mental health, and getting people to open up about theirs.

Over that little hiccup, we began discussing her stage show at the time, exploring mental health – as well as her Frazzled Cafe, the online space Ruby founded in which people can share their mental health stories and struggles in a safe space.

And the star slowly came to life. The more we spoke, the more I realised, Ruby just wanted to get to the nitty gritty, the thing that clearly is a huge part of what drives her.

And during the course of our interview, she showed not only her dark sense of humour, but also a vulnerability that is quite rare in the world of celebrity.

At one point, discussing her own mental health struggles, she brought up the idea that we all have an inner voice, ‘negative loops’ inside our head s that try to bring us down, and which she still has to try very hard to ignore.

Hers, she admitted with that throaty laugh, tells her, “I’m old, I’m finished and nobody likes me. And I tend to hear them when I’m feeling anxious. It’s like chewing a wad of gum and feeling exhausted.”

Her honesty was disarming. Mindfulness, she confessed, helps her deal with those intrusive thoughts. With her typically dark humour, she said she had first read about it while being treated in a mental institution, following a devastating bout of depression.

She suggested I try it, that we all do. And by the time we said goodbye to each other, I was a big fan – and have been, ever since.

We haven’t seen much of this vulnerable, reflective side of Ruby in the jungle yet, but I think we will. And though she may have divided fans at times, the more we see of her, the more viewers will understand what makes her tick.

Meanwhile, of course, she’ll continue to be absolute TV gold. She may say it like it is if someone rubs her up the wrong way, but she’s hugely entertaining.

The mother of three is also very insightful about the human condition, something that is sure to come through Down Under, during those famous deep and meaningfuls around the campfire at night.

As she told me before I hung up the call, “We’re all on different boats Shelley, but believe me, we’re in the same storm!”

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