Josie Gibson has revealed she fell seriously unwell while on her recent flight home from Australia after appearing on I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!

The This Morning star, 38, was the last woman standing on the most recent season of the long-running reality series, with the title eventually won by Made in Chelsea’s Sam Thompson.

Although Josie had plenty to contend with during her time in the jungle – her spider phobia, clashes with Fred Sirieix over cooking and seeing Nigel Farage’s bottom one too many times – she’s now spoken about how her trip back to the UK was anything but smooth sailing.

On Thursday the presenter appeared on Loose Women to speak about her time on the reality show and was asked by panellist Kaye Adams about her health scare, which was dubbed a ‘medical emergency’.

‘I will just say the jungle was an adventure and I was glad I did it, but when I was on the flight coming home, I started to feel really unwell and shivering,’ she explained.

‘When I got back, I had severe tonsillitis and I couldn’t breathe and got taken to hospital on Friday and they put me on a drip and gave me lots of steroids to bring the swelling down so I could breathe again.’

Josie Gibson has shared details of her recent ‘medical emergency’ (Picture: Ken McKay/ ITV/ Shutterstock)

She went on to say she was close to having to pull out of her scheduled return to This Morning as she was so unwell.

‘It was a bit touch and go on whether I could make This Morning, so I just want to thank everybody that works at the RUH in Bath.

‘Without them I wouldn’t have been able to do This Morning and they really took care of me so thank you. Thank you to all the doctors and nurses.’

Josie also told Metro.co.uk that she was trying her best to recover from her tonsillitis as soon as possible as her return to This Morning had already been teased.

She fell ill on her flight home from Australia (Picture: SplashNews.com)

In the Loose Women chat, Josie also joked about how other patients in A&E had been taken aback when hearing her name called out.

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‘They called my name, and I heard a load of people go “that’s that girl from the jungle”,’ she shared.

Reflecting on her time in camp, Josie said she believed she hadn’t given ‘the best’ of herself as she was ‘pining over and heartbroken’ to be separated from her son Reggie, 5.

However, she joked that he wasn’t fussed at all and was ‘living life in a rockstar’ while visiting the Gold Coast.

The This Morning presenter was the last woman standing on the reality series (Picture: ITV/ Shutterstock)

‘He was having the time of his life,’ she joked.

In a video posted on the I’m A Celeb social channels after being eliminated, Josie was asked about all of the ‘firsts’ she’d like to do now that she’s out of the jungle, with Reggie providing the entertaining answers.

As for what food she would like to eat first, her son suggested that she go for broccoli, whispering in her ear with a cheeky smile on his face.

Next, Reggie said that his mum should have a glass of ‘orange’, before adding that he wanted to play a game of catch.