The hit ITV show was cancelled over the weekend as a precaution as the storm intensified, and the celebrities were removed from Gwrych Castle as a safety measure. I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! hosts Ant and Dec updated fans this morning to say they weren’t sure if tonight’s show would go ahead, and just hours later Philip Schofield was able to confirm the news that viewers would once again be missing out on another instalment.
While hosting This Morning, Phillip explained: “It’s been announced that there’s no live I’m A Celebrity tonight after the castle was hit by Strom Arwen over the weekend.”
Holly Willoughby continued: “Well, here with the latest on the crisis at the castle is former campmate Matthew Wright.”
The TV presenter and former contestant remarked: “Friday night we see Ant and Dec telling us that it’s bad – the net, effectively, has been that it’s destroyed the production.
“And I don’t know how much the viewers can imagine this, but it’s like a sort of Glastonbury Festival, it’s a huge village that’s under canvas.
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“Everything’s filmed there – it’s dozens and dozens of cameras filming everybody 24 hours a day, all of it has to be edited, whittled down and turned into a programme.
“At the moment, as you can see, no one can work under those conditions because they’re really dangerous.”
He added: “And lest we forget, three people have died in this storm around the UK.”
“I’m assuming they’ve lost a lot of kit as well?” Phillip asked.
It was announced last Friday that the live show would not be running, with the programme airing pre-filmed scenes only.
Then on Saturday, ITV confirmed the programme would be cancelled completely for the weekend as the weather posed a safety threat.
Now that Monday’s episode has also been axed, viewers began to take to social media to question whether or not the series should continue.
Twitter user Lew Jefferies: Flux wrote: “#ImACeleb is cancelled tonight. Again. At this point, they may as well just postpone the entire show until the new year and start again, when Richard can rejoin.”