ITV I'm A Celebrity's Joel Dommett in tears as fans 'want to give him a hug'

Joel Dommett has been seen in tears with fans rushing to support him as he watched the latest episode of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here.

The former King of the Jungle is back Down Under as the 2024 run of the ITV reality show takes place. Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly returned to screens on Sunday night (November 17) to bring viewers back in the UK the live commentary on the 10 celebriies who have headed into camp.

Meanhile, Joel, reigning I'm A Celeb winner Sam Thompson and Capital FM star Kemi Rodgers are bringing fans all the extra action on I'm A Celebrity: Unpacked, the first spin-off show in four years airing directly after the main show on ITV2.

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It means that Joel and co get an earlier look at the episode to prepare for their live show and the second episode of the new series on Monday night (November 18) left them in tears.

Speaking in a video post to his Instagram page, Joel's eyes filld up with tears as he said: “It's a very emotional episode this evening on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. Erm, you’re going to love it. It’s absolutely amazing. What a show." He then added: "I think I miss my family.”

He captioned the clip: "Get your tissues ready! Tonight’s a good one! @imacelebrity." This Morning host Cat Deeley quickly responded, writing: "You big softie."

It also left fans wanting to hug the presenter as they rushed to comment on his post. One said: "Stop, want to give you a hug!" Another commented: "Ohhhhhh Joel....you're so lovely! I can't wait to see it!" A third replied: "Oh gosshhhh! Sending you love!" A fourth added: "Don’t cry you’ve made me teary."

Once the episode had aired, fans rushed to re-comment on Joel's post as they said they 'understood' why he was so emotional. During the latest udpate from Australia, I'm A Celeb viewers saw former boxing champion Barry McGuigan consoled by his campmates as he became emotional talking about his late daughter, who died five weeks after being diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2019.

Actress Danika 'Nika' McGuigan died on July 23 2019 at the age of 33, after her second bout of cancer. The Dublin-based star, who played Danielle in BBC Three comedy Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope, originally overcame leukaemia after two years of treatment when she was diagnosed at the age of 11.

Barry told his jungle campmates: "She had leukaemia, when I was making the movie The Boxer with Daniel Day Lewis, three weeks from the end I had to leave because she’d been diagnosed with leukaemia, they thought she wasn’t going to get better but she fought back and she won it. She had two years of chemo, she was good, she came back."

His campmates rallied around the former boxer as he became emotional, with McFly’s Danny Jones and N-Dubz star Tulisa Contostavlos giving him a hug. "You’re a man going through pain and you’re vulnerable about it, that takes strength. There is no rules to grieving… it’s a reflection of your love," Tulisa told him.

"Thank you, you’re all so lovely, I really appreciate it," Barry said. The Irish star went on to give details about his late daughter’s second bout of cancer. "It was hard for weeks in the hospital, just watching, shocking," he shared tearfully.