RADIO 1 DJ Jordan North was repeatedly sick after being tasked with abseiling down a cliff face as part of the entrance to this year’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
The broadcaster, who is now the joint favourite to win the ITV show, was comforted by his campmates as he chucked up on top of the rocks in Anglesey, North Wales.
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Father-of-two Vernon Kay, 46, was seen rubbing the 30-year-old’s back after the challenge got too much for him.
The task was the first part of their entrance into Gwrych Castle, more than an hour’s drive away.
The ten contestants were split into two groups, with Jordan’s cohort including EastEnders actress Jessica Plummer, 28, newsreader Victoria Derbyshire, 52, and podcaster Giovanna Fletcher, 36.
The other half of the initial ten going into the show – Sir Mo Farah, 38, Beverley Callard, 63, Shane Richie, 56, Strictly dancer AJ Pritchard, 26, and Paralympian Hollie Arnold, 26 – took part in a separate secret task elsewhere on the Welsh island.
An onlooker said: “Jordan looked completely overwhelmed by the challenge in front of him.
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“He had barely put on his harness when he started chucking up. He was told not to look over the edge, but he didn’t even get that close. He doesn’t like heights, clearly.
“Vernon was the first to comfort him. They’d only met minutes before.”The contestants were blindfolded and bundled into cars from their various luxury cottages all over North Wales.
They were then given a task by producers, and told to get changed into their warm camp clothes before taking the challenge on.
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Once they got to the bottom of the cliff face they were loaded into helicopters, one-by-one, and flown onto the next part of the entrance challenge.
It’s thought hosts Ant and Dec watched their efforts from the comfort of a helicopter, which circled overheard for more than an hour while they struggled.
A show source said: “This is just the first part of their adventure. If Jordan was being sick now, he’s going to have a very long three weeks.”
The show, which is being filmed in North Wales rather than Murwillumbah, New South Wales, because of COVID-19, starts on Sunday night.
