ITV I'm A Celebrity's Declan Donnelly raced to medics after Ant McPartlin says 'quite a lot of drama'

ITV I'm A Celebrity star Declan Donnelly has been raced to medics after a terrifying spider bite. Ant McPartlin, who hosts ITV I'm A Celebrity each and every evening from 9pm with Dec co-hosting beside him, has opened up on the scare.

Ant said: “We’ve had quite a lot of drama not only on the show but off the show as well because Dec had a spider on his neck and was bitten by a spider and the medic was called in to have a look.” Dec said: “Look at that spider, it bit me on the neck.”

Dec then joked: “The medic said I was lucky to be alive. If I wasn’t so fit and healthy, and masculine, I might not have survived.” Ant then laughed and shot back: “No, she didn't, she said it was a jumping spider and it was absolutely fine."

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The episode saw Reverend Richard Coles reveal he once came on stage to a “barrage of knickers” while he was in pop duo The Communards, as the campmates reflected on the point at which they realised they were famous.

Coles, 62, said: “The big thing for us came when we had Don’t Leave Me This Way and it was number one for weeks and weeks, and I remember we were playing in Ireland and we were booked into a sports stadium, we came on stage and there was this barrage of knickers. All these girls threw their knickers.

“Never in the history of recorded sound did a girl throw her knickers at a band to less effect than to The Communards, I think Jimmy (Somerville) made a scrunchie out of a pair of them and that was it.”

Danny Jones, who performs in the band McFly, contributed to the conversation and said: “For me, it was the fans waiting outside CD:UK and then when we left girls were chasing the car and I was like, ‘What has gone on?’. It was scary because they were banging on the windows.

“I think to make a difference to people’s lives, I get such satisfaction and that’s what keeps me going to make people smile or forget about their worries or to make them feel less lonely in hard times, and just come and enjoy and a bit of escapism at one of our shows, I feel very privileged to have that.”