Grace Dent has broken her silence on her shock I’m A Celebrity exit.
Posting on Instagram on Thursday, after arriving back in the UK from , Grace admitted she was feeling ‘overwhelmingly sad’ about her exit which wasn’t what she ‘planned or wanted.’
In her lengthy message to fans, the restaurant critic blamed the wet weather and being apart from her loved ones.
She admitted surviving 10 days in the jungle ‘has showed me that I am physically stronger than I thought.’
Grace shared a photo of herself sitting with a plate of baked treats, Grace started her post by thanking fans for ‘the outpouring of love I’ve received since I was removed on Monday.’
Grace Dent has broken her silence on her shock I’m A Celebrity exit, admitting she was feeling ‘overwhelmingly sad’ about her exit which wasn’t what she ‘planned or wanted’
She wrote: ‘I am overwhelmingly sad right now, but determined to keep alive in my heart the huge personal breakthroughs I made over the weeks.’
‘I spent 15 days without a phone or any contact with loved ones, living much of the time outdoors in a rain forest in very wet weather. It gave me a short, sharp glimpse into the pain some folk worldwide endure. Normal life, forever, will always feel beautiful.’
Referencing the Bushtucker Trials she took part in, Grace continued: ‘Until now, I had no idea I could find a mental space where I could calmly climb down the side of a sky scraper and then slide out on a pole, unlocking stars, as the cars below on the street felt the size of ants.’
‘I had no idea it was possible to be shown an American football helmet and be informed I was shortly to be locked in at the neck and filled to the eyebrows with cockroaches, and for me to think ‘OK this is doable, the trick is to breathe’.’
She also referenced the infamous moment in camp when a live cockroach got stuck in her ear after a trial, admitting that ‘for as long as I live, I shall never forget the cockroach that entered my ear canal and the sound of its little feet creeping closer down to my brain. It took us two goes to lure him out. Sat on the grass behind the ‘Scarena’ he finally washed up.’
‘The jungle showed me how quickly I could become blasé about sleeping with hungry rats, noisy toads, moths and Huntsman spiders. It taught me that when you have to sleep close to the enemy the trick is to stay calm, have empathy and that screaming achieves nothing but wasted calories.’
After fans voiced their concerns for Grace’s health in her final days of the show, she admitted that she surprised herself with her physical strength, writing: ‘The jungle showed me that I am physically stronger than I thought; I can carry a lot of logs and water up hill, build fire and eat hare innards at dawn for breakfast.’
‘I hope I gave you all a smile. I didn’t go out as I planned or I wanted, but I did what I could, and I did it in a siren red gel manicure without chipping a nail. I didn’t cry when I took off my bra to find a family of mealworms living in the right cup. At some level, this *must* be an achievement.’
Grace ended her post by revealing that ‘my plan is to recover…and when the adrenaline finally ebbs away, to make some serious plans for dinner. Three courses, extra potatoes, definitely pudding. I think I deserve it.’
‘I love you all and miss my jungle crew. Miss Grace Dent xxx’