Beverley Callard ‘absolutely gutted’ to miss I’m a Celebrity...South Africa final on medical advice after cancer diagnosis

Beverley Callard has revealed she won’t attend the live final for I’m a Celebrity…South Africa on Friday night on medical advice.

The actress, 69, who is famous for her role as Liz McDonald on the ITV soap, was forced to quit the show after becoming unwell in the camp.

Four months after filming in September, Callard was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer.

In a new video posted on Thursday (23 April), the star said she “should have flown to England to get ready for the I’m A Celeb final” but “on medical advice, I can’t go, I am absolutely gutted.”

She added: “I was dying to see them all and it would have been brilliant. I can't go and yesterday, the flights were booked and everything but no, they said, it is basically too long a day with flying there and then a very late night, so here I am.”

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