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I’m A Celeb’s Paul Burrell ‘heartbroken’ after crew member loses his £10,000 jewellery-Stella Akinwumi-Entertainment – Metro
Paul was reportedly ‘devastated.’
Paul Burrell is one of the stars on this year’s I’m a Celebrity…South Africa spin-off (Picture: ITV)
Paul Burrell was reportedly ‘devastated’ after the I’m A Celebrity…South Africa crew allegedly lost his £10,000 wedding ring.
The former royal butler, 64, is taking on the bushtucker trials once more, alongside the likes of Carol Vorderman, Phil Tufnell and Shaun Ryder for a special all-stars spin-off.
Reports claim that Paul – who is married to cooperate lawyer Graham Cooper – was advised to take his ring off before doing the signature Bushtucker trials, and gave it to a production team member
A source shared: ‘Paul was told off-camera and was left heartbroken. Production had a team deployed to search the area high and low where the ring had been.
‘They searched for hours on end but had to give up after it failed to surface.’
The Sun also claimed that the staff member in question ‘cried’ after losing Paul’s ring and the star broke the news to his fellow campmates.
Paul is married to cooperate lawyer Graham Cooper. (Picture: Instagram)
Paul starred on I’m A Celeb back in 2004 (Picture: REX)
Paul previously told Metro.co.uk and other press that he’s starring in the I’m A Celeb spin-off for ‘gay men’ and ‘married men who don’t know they’re gay yet’.
The father-of-two came out as gay in 2017 after splitting from his wife of 32 years in 2016.
Paul told us: ‘I did it for 64-year-old men, I did it for gay men, I did it for married men who don’t know they’re gay yet. I did it for all of those people.
‘It was going to be tough. I knew the trials were going to be tougher.’
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The TV personality, who completed his cancer radiotherapy treatment earlier this month and actually credits I’m A Celebrity for ‘saving his life’ after the medical checks found his cancer early on, was filming in South Africa when Queen Elizabeth II died, aged 96.
At the time, he was given the choice to return home, but decided to stay on.
Asked if he watched the coverage when he did return from South Africa, Paul told Lorraine Kelly on Friday: ‘I did. But you know, whilst I was there in South Africa, the ITV team said, “Do you wanna go home Paul? You can go home if you want to?”
‘I said, “Listen, I’m better here. This is my sanctuary right now. If I go back home, it’ll be a circus and I’ll be sucked into that world. So let me stay here with the other celebrities, and I’ll share my grief with them.” Because it was their Queen too!’
Metro.co.uk has reached out to Paul Burrell’s reps and ITV declined to comment.
I’m A Celebrity… South Africa starts Monday at 9pm and all week on ITV1 and ITVX.
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