EXCLUSIVE: Olivia Attwood's first TV interview since leaving the jungle
‘Devastated’ is how Olivia Attwood describes feeling after being told her jungle journey was coming to an end just days after it began. In her first TV interview since that shock jungle exit, Olivia tells us what happened in her own words.
Joining Phillip and Holly on This Morning, she described the reason she left as being 'not that exciting'.
After a series of conspiracy theories and even pregnancy rumours being shared online as one of the reasons she left the jungle, Olivia said: 'It is not that I can assure you.'
Olivia went on to explain that she felt healthy and it wasn't until a routine medical check that things took a turn. The results of her test revealed that Olivia had low iron, potassium and sodium levels, and was anemic despite having normal results before leaving the UK.
After discovering the results, Olivia was taken to A&E and was eventually forced to abandon her jungle journey. On realising that she couldn’t return to camp afterwards, Olivia explained: 'I was like ‘shall we go back?’ and I knew there would be Covid tests and things like that but there was a pause in proceedings there, and it was late at night and taking me back into camp doesn’t work logistically.
As I now know the conversations went on all through the night with production obviously desperate to have me back in, but the medical team… I think it’s an insurance thing. Because they had those readings, they had to seek other party opinions and it’s a collective decision. I think they thought the readings might drop that low again and they wouldn’t be covered because it’s already been flagged up.'
She added: 'I was looking forward to showing a different side to myself. I am not a quitter, I'm not scared of much. I was loving it.'