In one of the most emotional and controversial eliminations in I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! history, comedy legend Ruby Wax has become the fifth campmate to leave the jungle – leaving her fellow celebrities in floods of tears and viewers at home absolutely fuming.
The comedian bid farewell to the jungle in Wednesday’s show, with many of the remaining seven celebrities breaking down in tears as they learned of her exit
The 72-year-old icon walked across the famous bridge on Wednesday night after the public vote delivered a result that stunned everyone. As Ant and Dec revealed her name, the remaining seven campmates crumbled. Tom Read Wilson, who had formed an extraordinarily close bond with Ruby, broke down completely, sobbing uncontrollably as he said goodbye to the woman he described as his jungle soulmate.
Speaking to the Geordie duo moments after her exit, an emotional Ruby struggled to process the shock. “I can’t believe it,” she said, eyes wide. “It was fantasy land… suddenly there’s a light. We were just a cluster of loving people. We totally forgot the outside world – we shaved each other, investigated each other’s lower regions. I was checking Lisa’s bowels this morning; it doesn’t get any closer than that!”
She went on to describe the camp as her new “family,” admitting she was heartbroken to leave them. “When I signed up I thought, ‘Let’s give this a go,’ but I wasn’t expecting THIS. This is family and I’m sad I lost them. I was the queen – how can she be abducted?!”
Ruby had ruled the camp with charm and humour, even declaring during her brief reign as leader: “They were my servants!” She joked about beheading someone for minor crimes and promised severe punishment for Aitch and Ginge when she discovered they’d taken extra milk bottle sweets in the now-infamous “Milkgate” scandal.
Her special connections ran deep. She revealed a surprisingly tender romance with the flamboyant Tom Read Wilson (“He wooed me and won me”), a maternal bond with Lisa, and an unexpected friendship with younger campmates Aitch and Ginge. “We all became slightly hysterical and turned five years old,” she laughed. “I lay on Lisa’s breast every night and regressed to about three.”
Speaking to hosts Ant and Dec about her experience, Ruby described her remaining campmates as ‘family’ and said she was ‘sad’ to bid farewell to them
After crossing the famous jungle bridge Ruby was reunited with her husband Ed Bye, who flew out to Australia to greet her
Wednesday’s episode also saw the ‘hungover and knackered’ camp deal with fallout from ‘milkgate’ – with Ginge taking aim at Kelly Brook in a bid to clear his name
Kelly dropped a huge bombshell when she admitted what the trio had done, but then conveniently didn’t have to deal with the aftermath because she had been voted off
Back in camp, the tears flowed freely. Tom was inconsolable, while others looked shell-shocked that the woman widely regarded as the heart and soul of the series had been voted out before the final.
Fans were incandescent with rage. Social media exploded within seconds:
– “WHAT THE HELL??? RUBY WAS ROBBED OF A PLACE IN THE FINAL!”
– “Ruby Wax gone?! I’m RAGING!”
– “How have we lost Ruby???? This is a travesty.”
– “Ruby taking up half the remaining airtime just walking the bridge… oh we’ve lost an absolute ICON.”
Many declared the vote a national injustice, with thousands insisting the comedic genius was destined for the final three.
Meanwhile, the camp was still reeling from the fallout of “Milkgate.” After Kelly Brook dramatically confessed on Tuesday that she, Ginge and Aitch had secretly eaten extra milk bottle sweets won in a trial (leaving the others short), she was conveniently voted off before facing the music. On Wednesday, with a raging sugar hangover from the Jungle Arms party, Ginge frantically tried to pin the entire blame on Kelly – even lying to his campmates’ faces.
“There were 13 bottles,” he insisted. “Kelly took the first one – she’s to blame!” In the Bush Telegraph, Aitch grinned: “I think we got away with it!”
The drama shows no sign of slowing down. With Ruby’s crown now empty and Milkgate conspiracies swirling, the jungle has never felt more explosive.
The queen is dead. Long live the chaos.