I'm A Celebrity Coming Out: Why is Alex Scott not at the reunion? Ex-Lioness stars absence explained as reunion scenes air
Stars from this year’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here will reunion in scenes to be shown on ITV tonight (December 12), but one campmate will be missing...
The ITV series came to an end last week as social media star AngryGinge, whose real name is Morgan Burtwistle, was crowned King of the Jungle following three weeks in the jungle.
However, the action isn’t quite finished for fans as a reunion episode showing the moment the campmates left the jungle and reunited against the the post-show wrap party it hitting screens later this evening.
While most celebrity campmates stuck around in Australia in order to make it to the 2025 series send-off, there is one star who will be missing.
Why is Alex Scott not at the I’m A Celebrity reunion?
Former Lioness and Football Focus presenter Alex Scott was the first star eliminated from the 2025 series of I’m A Celebrity. However, the ex-footballer revealed that she would be jetting straight back to the UK amid a family emergency.
Her girlfriend, singer-songwriter Jess Glynne, previously revealed that she hadn’t made the journey to Australia to meet Alex when she left because her mum had suffered from a huge stroke and underwent brain surgery.
Jess told fans on social media at the time of Alex’s elimination: “I know people will wonder why I wasn’t there at the end of the bridge, so I wanted to share something person. Over the last few weeks, my mum suffered a major stroke and needed urgent brain surgery. It’s been a really serious, life-altering time for my family, and I’ve had to stay close to home.”
In an interview with companion show I’m A Celebrity: Unpacked, Alex confirmed that she would be missing out on the wrap party and reunion to immediately jet back to the UK and support Jess and her family.
Alex said: “It’s been a hard couple of months. Obviously it’s such an opportunity to even be asked to come on the show. Jess was the first one… she was like, ‘I want you to go on the show and do it for my mum’. I knew there would be a chance she wouldn’t be at the end of the bridge. Straight away, when I walked over, I knew then things had got worse.”
She added: “I want to be here for the wrap party, but I have to get home straight away. She’s my Jessica, and I’m going home to be her rock, because she’s been my cheerleader all through this. My campmates knew what I was going through. I just thank everyone at ITV and my campmates because they’ve all shown me so much support.”