I'm A Celebrity fans want to hug Oti Mabuse after she breaks down in jungle
Viewers posted messages on social media saying how much they felt for the star
What did you miss?
I'm A Celebrity fans said they wanted to give Oti Mabuse a hug after she broke down in tears over missing her daughter and family.
The former Strictly pro hit a rough patch in the latest instalment of the ITV jungle show, saying she was having a “dip”, and bursting into tears. Her fellow campers gathered around and did what they could to boost her spirits, with Tulisa Contostavlos telling her she still had her “jungle family”.
But Mabuse continued to be tearful, touching viewers who posted messages on social media saying how much they felt for her.
What, how and why?
In the instalment on Thursday, 28 November, the campers were taking part in their new cash challenge but Mabuse was quieter than usual. Crying in the Bush Telegraph, she said: “I just have to remind myself why I’m here, I just have to push and dig deep."
"I’m here for my daughter and I have to be strong," said the TV star, but she admitted: "It’s just exhausting sometimes to be strong.”
Opening up to the other contestants about how she was feeling, Mabuse said: “You know they say you have a dip, and I don’t think I’ve had one until now."
She continued: “You don’t have your normal support you know, you don’t have your spiritual support, you don’t have your emotional support, you don’t have your physical… It’s the mental and physical support for me which for me I was just like, ‘Wow, OK none of my family’s around’.”
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They all tried to comfort her, with Contostavlos hugging her and saying she was “superwoman”. “Your jungle family’s here though," she reminded the dancer.
What did viewers say?
Fans were upset for Mabuse too, and many posted messages on social media sending their love. One said on X: “Seeing little Miss Sunshine Oti having a little dip missing her people, husband and little baby breaks my heart.”
“Awww not our Oti,” wrote someone else. “I’m almost in tears listening to them all comforting Oti,” said another person on the platform.
One viewer said they “just wanna hug her” after her tears, while someone else shared a video of a woman running along with bags in their hands as they joked: “Me on my way to Australia to give Oti a hug and to tell her how loved she is by the public.”
"WHO MADE MY GIRL OTI CRY SPEAK UP!" said one viewer. “I’m not ready for Oti to have a dip, stay strong Queen,” urged someone else.
I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! airs nightly on ITV1 at 9pm, and streams on ITVX.
