Babatúndé Aléshé has become the fifth contestant to be eliminated from I'm a Celebrity...Get Me out of Here!.
The 36-year-old comedian received the fewest votes from the public and left the ITV reality show after 19 days in the Australian jungle.
Red wine, chicken nuggets and a deep scrub! 🧼 This first day of freedom sounds dreamy! 😍 Here are @babtundecomedy's 'First Things First' #ImACeleb pic.twitter.com/m54WQ0HTEL
— I'm A Celebrity... (@imacelebrity) November 24, 2022
After his exit, Aléshé told co-hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly: "I loved it in there, but I needed my freedom... Living in it has been a whole different experience.
"Before, when I used to watch this show, I used to think to myself, 'Ah man, these guys are just playing, it's all good in there'. And then, you know, spending two-and-a-bit weeks in there, it's hardcore, it's intense."
During his time in the jungle, Aléshé was the first to say, "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here!", backing out of the first trial that involved walking along the show's infamous plank 334ft in the air.
He also faced his biggest fear of toads, having been picked out of the tombola to put his head inside a box of the amphibians during another trial.
Aléshé said: "I have been dreading each and every trial. I feel like I am more scared of toads now than I was because you guys just sprang that on me.
"I don't like the way they look. They look like they were birthed in the pit of Hell. They're demons."
Earlier in the episode, viewers saw Aléshé talk about giving up on comedy and taking up a nine-to-five office job before fellow comedian Mo Gilligan asked if he would support him on tour.
He told McPartlin and Donnelly: "I remember the day I sat at my desk and thought, 'This is going to be me forever, just get used to it'.
"And then, literally maybe a month or two months later, Mo Gilligan, a good friend of mine, called me up and said, 'Do you want to go on tour with me?'"
"And everything changed. Doors just kept opening, then I landed here and I'm just like, 'Man, like, Ant and Dec'."
Man like, @BabatundeComedy 🥂 #ImACeleb pic.twitter.com/cS5CoaFas4
— I'm A Celebrity... (@imacelebrity) November 23, 2022
The show continues on Virgin Media One and ITV.
Source: Press Association
