Tulisa has broken her silence to reveal she ‘needs time to process’ her I’m A Celebrity exit, after sparking a flurry of speculation by deleting all of her social media posts from her time in the jungle.
The N-Dubz singer, 36, did not appear on the spin-off I’m A Celebrity… Unpacked for ‘personal reasons’, and was also noticeably absent when the evicted stars gathered to greet Melvin Odoom following his exit on Tuesday.
In a video posted on Instagram, Tulisa said: ‘I’m just doing a little video to clear a couple things up.
‘Just so you know, when I came out of the jungle, I felt fine first of all and then that evening my friends went to bed.
‘I was on my Instagram trying to have a nice little scroll at some funny stuff.
‘I was getting a lot of attention, a lot of bombarding in all the most positive way. But because it’s been a while for me I can get overwhelmed quite easily.’
Tulisa has broken her silence to reveal she ‘needs time to process’ her I’m A Celebrity exit, after sparking a flurry of speculation by deleting her social media posts from her time in the jungle
The N-Dubz singer did not appear on spin-off Unpacked for ‘personal reasons’, and was also noticeably absent when the evicted stars gathered to greet Melvin Odoom following his exit
‘And I just started to feel overwhelmed. I thought do you know what, I really just need to take a bit of time for me and just chill.
‘This is all feeling just a little bit much at the moment. I’m just going to archive all my stuff to do with the jungle.
‘Then when the time is right and I’ve had a little time to process I’m going to make my own reels of all my best bits I really like.’
Despite questions around her I’m A Celeb departure, a source has insisted to MailOnline there is ‘no bad blood’ between Tulisa and ITV, adding: ‘There is nothing sinister going on and the situation will become clear soon.’
It comes after the I Need You singer mysteriously deleted all of her Instagram posts about her time in the Jungle after she was visibly surprised to be the third star voted off the show.
Melvin Odoom, 44, was met by his former campmates Jane Moore, 62, and Dean McCullough, 32, who embraced him but Tulisa was noticeably absent after she opted take part in any further I’m A Celebrity commitments.
As part of the show, friends and family of the contestants, and any evicted campmates, wait at the Marriott Hotel each day to greet the celebrity when they leave the Jungle, with an ITV camera crew filming for the Coming Out show.
But Tulisa and her friends Michelle and Daniel were not in the line-up and ITV crew have told MailOnline they don’t know what has happened to the singer.
Tulisa was missing to greet her campmate Melvin Odoom when he returned to the hotel after becoming the fourth star voted off I’m A Celebrity on Tuesday
Despite questions around her I’m A Celeb departure, a source has insisted to MailOnline there is ‘no bad blood’ between Tulisa and ITV
It is unclear whether Tulisa and her friends have left Australia, but she was not seen at the Marriott Hotel all day where the stars’ friends and family usually hang around.
Concern for Tulsia was sparked on Wednesday when it emerged she was refusing to take part in the show and did not appear on the I’m A Celebrity… Unpacked sofa for ‘personal reasons’.
The news that the N-Dubz star had failed to appear on the spin-off show came hours after she deleted all of her Instagram posts about her time in the ITV jungle.
During Unpacked on Tuesday, Joel Dommett announced to viewers: ‘Tulisa won’t be joining us on the sofa tonight, but former Queen of the Jungle, Jill Scott is here instead to give us all her Jungle insights.’
It is custom for celebrities to appear on the after-show hosted by Joel Dommett, Sam Thompson and Kemi Rodgers the day after they leave the Jungle but Jill Scott came on earlier to cover for Tulisa.
Evicted celebrities are expected to stay in Australia at the Marriott Hotel until the show is over this Sunday but it is believed the N-Dubz star has walked away after she was voted off on Monday night.
She told hosts Ant and Dec it was ‘hard in there’ but she was excited to have some wine and eat some pizza – admitting she had packed her Playstation for the trip.
She appeared on Lorraine on Tuesday morning and was in Australia, but members of the ITV crew have not seen her since.
Tulisa deleted all traces of her time on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! from her social media account – just a day after being voted out of the Jungle.
She was the third campmate to be evicted on Monday night’s show but hasn’t wasted time erasing the ITV series from her feeds after getting her phone back.
These now-vanished posts included her being announced for the show last month and the documenting of her time in Australia by who was controlling her account while she was gone.
Eagle-eyed fans also spotted that she doesn’t follow Barry McGuigan on Instagram – the only campmate she isn’t digital friends with.
It comes after on Lorraine on Tuesday morning she talked about how her co-stars played up to the cameras, as well as revealing who her favourite campmate was amid rumours of a romance between her and Coronation Street’s Alan Halsall.
Speaking on the show after her exit, Tulisa said that she wants former Strictly Come Dancing professional Oti Mabuse to be the next Queen of the Jungle.
‘I don’t know who will win but I would love to see Oti win,’ she said, before gushing over her other friendships in the jungle. ‘Oti, Alan, Melvin, Maura – they were like my soul family in there.’
But while she said she had found ‘friendships for life’, Tulisa admitted the ‘real test starts when you’re out’.
She said: ‘You know, people for the cameras are all pally pally but it’s – will you send those text messages, will you do the four-hour drive – and so the test of the friendships begin now, or in a week’s time.’
Speaking about her love for dancer Oti, Tulisa added: ‘Oti is just the most beautiful human. Really hard to come across someone so genuine, so pure, I loved her.
‘She is just pure to the bone and people like her are really hard to come across. Really special.’
Tulisa branded Alan one of her closest pals in jungle – amid rumours of a romance between the pair.
Rumours began to swirl when Tulisa first entered the jungle, which saw her jump out of a helicopter and pick Alan to complete the first challenge of the series.
Eagle-eyed fans also spotted that she doesn’t follow Barry McGuigan on Instagram – the only campmate she isn’t digital friends with
Barry and Tulisa are seen on the show together
Melvin was the fourth contestant to be voted off this year’s I’m A Celeb. After two weeks in the Australian jungle living off rice and beans, Melvin, 44, was unable to secure the public vote and was greeted by his sister, Toyah.
After 18 days in the camp, Melvin told the show’s hosts Ant and Dec: ‘I was ready to go. It’s been a really wild experience ups and downs. I love every single person in there. You could spend time with anyone and they had your back. I had a few days when I was quiet and they checked on me. Oti is my girl, Danny and Bazza.’
His top three to win the show were Barry McGuigan, Danny Jones and Oti Mabuse and asked people to vote for them.
When greeting his sister on the bridge, he asked concerned: ‘How was it? Was it ok?’ and she consoled him, ‘You were great, we love you, everyone loves you.’
‘There was a lot of rain some days but I adapted to it, you get used to your days out there. I surprised myself, I learnt I’ve got quite a caring nature, I always wanted to make sure camp was ok, so that’s what I’ve learned about me.
‘Oti is like my sister in there, she had my back at all times. She reminded me of my sister who i am close to, she always made me feel comfortable and she was positive at all times and she’s really funny.
Melvin went on to discuss Dean not pulling his weight, and said: ‘No comment, he’s my boy so I don’t want to throw him to the wolves but he didn’t like doing that job so he was always doing his own thing, like having a shower.
On Carol, he said: ‘She’s seriously brushing? What is the Jungle man thing about?’
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