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Katie Price quits I'm A Celebrity | Katie Price quits I'm A Celebrity |
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Model Katie Price has walked out of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! after a week on the ITV show. | |
Viewers of the programme, which is set in the Australian jungle, have voted repeatedly for the former model to be put to the test in "bushtucker" trials. | Viewers of the programme, which is set in the Australian jungle, have voted repeatedly for the former model to be put to the test in "bushtucker" trials. |
Explaining her decision to leave, Price said: "It's not about the money, it's not about winning for me - I just don't want to be here anymore." | |
A spokesman said there were "no current plans" to replace Price on the show. | |
The 31-year-old added: "I really miss my kids, I've done my challenges and people can see that I'm genuine." | |
'Closure' | 'Closure' |
On Sunday, when Price was picked for another trial involving a snake pit, she told her campmates: "Someone else will have to do it - I'm just not doing it any more." | |
"I don't need to be here, I've done my bit. I'm not in it to win it - it makes no odds to me career-wise if I win or lose." | |
Price, also known as glamour model Jordan, had begged viewers to stop nominating her for tasks. | Price, also known as glamour model Jordan, had begged viewers to stop nominating her for tasks. |
Dallerup quit the show after struggling to cope with conditions | |
But on hearing she had been chosen again, she said: "I suppose you get into a routine. | But on hearing she had been chosen again, she said: "I suppose you get into a routine. |
"The routine is I go out to work to bring back the food... I'm the breadwinner." | "The routine is I go out to work to bring back the food... I'm the breadwinner." |
The 31-year-old returned to the Australian jungle last week, five years after first appearing on the programme. | The 31-year-old returned to the Australian jungle last week, five years after first appearing on the programme. |
She said she hoped it would bring "closure" to her relationship with ex-husband Peter Andre, with whom she became close while appearing on the show. | She said she hoped it would bring "closure" to her relationship with ex-husband Peter Andre, with whom she became close while appearing on the show. |
Meanwhile, Andre wrote in New! magazine that he has not watched Price in the jungle. | |
He said: "I know everyone is desperate to know what I think of I'm A Celebrity this year, but I swear on my life I have not watched one episode. | |
"I know if I do watch it, people will ask me what I think all the time! The kids haven't seen it either, as it's on far too late for them," he added. | |
Price is the second celebrity to quit the show - former Strictly Come Dancing dancer Camilla Dallerup left after a matter of days after struggle to cope with the lack of food and sleep. |