ITV I'm A Celebrity's Ant and Dec almost forced off air and say 'it's been tough'

Ant McParlin and Dec Donnelly have revealed they they were almost forced off air as hit show I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here is plagued by the weather.

The ITV reality show as just a week away from coming to an end after a bunch of famous faces swapped their lives of luxury for the basics of camp life Down Under.

But the show almost took an unexpected turn after the I'm A Celeb hosts received messages from show bosses saying the show might not go on as the show set in New South Wales, Australia, was hit with torrential rain and high winds

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Ant and Dec revealed the concern on the spin-off programme, I'm A Celebrity... Unpacked, and told how they also warned they may have to abandon plans to record the show live as the weather created trouble behind the scenes.

Dec told hosts Joel Dommett, Sam Thompson and Kemi Rodgers: "We all got a text this morning saying therain 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."

And while they usually head off an film the next Bushtucker trial soon after their live appearance on Unpacked, Ant revealed following Saturday night's (November 30) show: "[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." Ant explained: "Things have blown down in the night. There’s a