Jamie Lynn Spears.Photo:Emma McIntyre/Getty
Emma McIntyre/Getty
Jamie Lynn Spearshas left the jungle.
“Jamie Lynn Spears has left on medical grounds,” a spokesperson for the network said in a statement. “She’s been a fantastic campmate who has triumphed at trials and bonded well with her fellow celebrities.”
The spokesperson said Spears had left the camp in Australia, where the show is filming, and her fellow teammates have been informed that she will not be returning. Her last appearance on the series was Wednesday night’s episode that aired in the U.K.
On Thursday, she posted thanks to her fans onInstagram, writing, “I can’t wait to share with y’all everything about this once in a lifetime experience, but I don’t even know where to start when trying to describe what an incredibly special time and place I had with some of the absolute best humans I have ever met and consider family now.”
She continued, “THANK YALL for welcoming me into your living rooms night after night, and for supporting me through all the highs and lows. I’m am so grateful for this show, and all of the wonderful people apart of it! I will be taking some time to recover, and spend time with my family, but looking forward to sharing all about my journey on @imacelebrity with everyone! LOVE YALLLL 🤍🤍”
Jamie Lynn Spears with her two daughters, Maddie and Ivey.Jamie Lynn Spears Instagram
Jamie Lynn Spears Instagram
“I don’t know how I’m so emotionally weak,” she told costars Danielle Harold and Sam Thompson, prompting the pair to step in and give her a pep talk.
“You’re so strong. This is tough, babe, tough. So tough. It’s not easy,” Harold told Spears.
“It’s important to remember you’ve come from a whole different continent, you don’t know anyone here, it’s hard. It’s real hard,” Thompson encouraged her.
Harold added, “Look at the s— you’ve been through in your life, right? This, a little bit of rain in the jungle, is nothing.”
Spears told the two she could endure anything thrown at her as long she could “go home to my babies at night.”
Jamie Lynn Spears.Taylor Hill/Getty
Taylor Hill/Getty
In November, it was revealed thatSpears would be taking part in the long-running U.K. competition show, where celebrity contestants are pushed to the limit with grueling trials that involve creatures.
“There is literally every misconception you can have on a person about me so I don’t take any of it seriously,” she said.
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Spears’I’m a Celebritystint came after her eliminationfromDancing with the Starsin the second week of the show in October.
Spears — who shares daughter Maddie with exCasey Aldridgeand Ivey with husbandJamie Watson— was partnered with professional dancerAlan Berstenanddonated her weekly earningsto the WGA and SAG-AFTRA during theirthen-ongoing strikes.
source: people.com
