I’m A Celeb: Paul Burrell ‘heartbroken’ after crew loses his £10K ring

Paul Burrell was reportedly ‘devastated’ after the I’m A Superstar…South Africa crew allegedly misplaced his £10,000 marriage ceremony ring.

The previous royal butler, 64, is taking up the bushtucker trials as soon as extra, alongside the likes of Carol Vorderman, Phil Tufnell and Shaun Ryder for a particular all-stars spin-off.

Studies declare that Paul – who’s married to cooperate lawyer Graham Cooper – was suggested to take his ring off earlier than doing the signature Bushtucker trials, and gave it to a manufacturing crew member

A supply shared: ‘Paul was informed off-camera and was left heartbroken. Manufacturing had a crew deployed to look the realm excessive and low the place the ring had been.

‘They looked for hours on finish however had to surrender after it did not floor.’

The Solar additionally claimed that the employees member in query ‘cried’ after dropping Paul’s ring and the star broke the information to his fellow campmates.

Paul beforehand informed Metro.co.uk and different press that he’s starring within the I’m A Celeb spin-off for ‘homosexual males’ and ‘married males who don’t know they’re homosexual but’.

The daddy-of-two got here out as homosexual in 2017 after splitting from his spouse of 32 years in 2016.

Paul informed us: ‘I did it for 64-year-old males, I did it for homosexual males, I did it for married males who don’t know they’re homosexual but. I did it for all of these folks.

‘It was going to be robust. I knew the trials have been going to be harder.’

The TV persona, who accomplished his most cancers radiotherapy remedy earlier this month and truly credit I’m A Superstar for ‘saving his life’ after the medical checks discovered his most cancers early on, was filming in South Africa when Queen Elizabeth II died, aged 96.

On the time, he was given the selection to return dwelling, however determined to remain on.

Requested if he watched the protection when he did return from South Africa, Paul informed Lorraine Kelly on Friday: ‘I did. However you recognize, while I used to be there in South Africa, the ITV crew stated, “Do you wanna go dwelling Paul? You may go dwelling if you wish to?”

‘I stated, “Hear, I’m higher right here. That is my sanctuary proper now. If I’m going again dwelling, it’ll be a circus and I’ll be sucked into that world. So let me keep right here with the opposite celebrities, and I’ll share my grief with them.” As a result of it was their Queen too!’

Metro.co.uk has reached out to Paul Burrell’s reps and ITV declined to remark.

I’m A Superstar… South Africa begins Monday at 9pm and all week on ITV1 and ITVX.

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