ITV’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! and the Unpacked companion show have been thrown into chaos this weekend as severe weather and storms destroyed part of the set

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! was thrown into chaos by devastating storms that completely destroyed parts of the set.

Show hosts Ant McPartln and Declan Donnelly were sent heart-stopping text messages from show bosses saying the show might not go on as the show set in New South Wales, Australia, was slammed with torrential rain and high winds. The hosts of spin-off show I’m A Celeb… Unpacked were also warned they may have to abandon plans to record the show live as the weather created devastation behind the scenes.

Appearing on the ITV2 spin-off show on Saturday night, Ant and Dec revealed the moments that they were warned they might be forced to abandon filming. Dec said: “We all got a text this morning saying the rain was so bad we might not be able to get in today.” And Ant confirmed the story, explaining: “We almost didn’t make it in”.

Unpacked star Joel Dommett revealed that he and his co-stars Sam Thompson and former Mirror video journalist, Kemi Rodgers had also been warned about the weather and that the show sets could be inaccessible due to the weather. Ant and Dec then explained that parts of the set had been completely destroyed and that a planned trial was at risk of being abandoned due to the adverse weather.

Joel Dommett confirmed the sets were wrecked ( 
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Ant revealed: “[The trial] has been delayed because of the weather. So we will be here for a lot longer today.” Dec added: “We just have to make sure that the trial that was scheduled is doable in the area that it was. Everything is a little up in the air here.”

Joel then said: “People don’t understand that this show is more than what you see on tele. There is an entire infrastructure of stuff.” And revealing some details of destruction, Ant went on: “Things have blown down in the night. There’s a tent out the back there where friends and family come and guests on the ITV2 show stay before they go on. And that’s all blown away. That’s all gone. It’s been pretty tough.”

Fans watching began to speculate that a show exit had been prevented by the weather. One wrote on X: “The rain has even disrupted a trial from taking place and where the celebs families usually wait … guess that explains why no one was leaving tonight #imacelebrity #ImACeleb #Unpacked.” And another gasped: “Wow, the rain was so bad today that the show almost didn’t air!! Crazy!! #ImACeleb #Unpacked.”

Parts of Australia have been hit by extreme weather this week – with hail and storms predicted to cause havoc. Morgan Pumpa from the Bureau of Meteorology warned of severe storms, stating on Friday: “We do have quite a large area of thunderstorm activity today stretching out across many states.”