BREAKING I'm A Celeb Alex Scott set to leave Australia immediately

I'm A Celebrity star Alex Scott has revealed she is departing Down Under straight away to see Jess Glynne whose mother has had a stroke

TV star Alex Scott has revealed she is not staying on in Australia and is set to fly home. It comes as her partner Jess Glynne's mum had a stroke and Alex wants to be with her to support her. The evicted celebrities usually stay until at the hotel until the final. She said: "I want to be there for the wrap party but I need to get home straight away. She is my Jessica - I am going to go home and be her rock."

Before she even flew to Australia, Alex agonised over whether to pull out of the show. In the end, it was Jess who told her she had to go. Speaking to the Mirror previously, she said: “It's been a tough time for us and obviously her family, and it was a tough decision to come into the jungle, but then Jess never wanted me to step away from not doing it.

“I knew there was always a possibility of her not being across the bridge, if her mum hadn't got better, or if things had been getting worse, which they have been. But it was a big decision for me to not pass this opportunity, and Jess was the one that pushed me to be here.”

Instead of Jess, Alex’s close friend Regan Coleman was waiting instead, as the two women shared an emotional embrace. “My first thought when I didn't see Jess on the bridge was that I needed to FaceTime and speak to her,” she admits. Being in the jungle and not knowing how Jess, or her mum, was doing was agony.

“I found that really tough in the jungle, not being able to speak to Jess every day and just check in and see what's going on, and how she was doing," she says. "When we did speak, it was an emotional moment.”

Hours after Alex left the jungle, Jess posted on social media as to why she wasn’t there to greet her. In an emotional statement, she told how over the last few weeks her mother had “suffered a major stroke and needed urgent brain surgery.”

She added: “It's been a really serious, life-altering time for my family, and I've had to stay close to home. Alex would always want me to be where l'm needed most. I can’t wait to have her back by my side.”

Asked if she considered pulling out of the show, Alex said: “Oh, yeah, absolutely, 100 percent. But Jess was the one that wanted me to do this, so that's why I wanted to go in and still make her proud.”