Freddie Starr rushed to hospital after trial

Freddie Starr rushed to hospital after trial
Freddie Starr rushed to hospital after trial

Freddie Starr has been taken to hospital after suffering what's thought to be an allergic reaction during a bushtucker trial in I'm a Celebrity... According to the Daily Mail, doctors were called to check on the comedian, 68, after he started feeling sick following the Greasy Spoon Bushtucker Trial. An ITV spokesman said: "Freddie Starr was taken unwell in the jungle. He was immediately attended to by on-site medics and taken to hospital where he was assessed by doctors. "He will remain in hospital overnight as a precaution, and further tests continue. However, Freddie is in great spirits and keeping nursing staff entertained." Freddie has well-documented problems with his heart. But a show insider in Australia explained: "Doctors have told us that it’s highly unlikely that what’s happened is related to any pre-existing condition, cardiac or otherwise. "They think he’s had a severe allergic reaction, but they may not be able to pinpoint the cause. "The reaction could be due to a spider bite, he might have reacted badly to a leech or a tic, or even a snake he hadn’t noticed. He might have reacted badly to the bark of a tree he leant on, or a leaf he touched in passing. "Doctors are testing all of these things."

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Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.