MP Nadine Dorries has become the first contestant to be voted off I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! - but later admitted her early exit came as no surprise.
Nadine Dorries said she expected to be voted out of I'm A Celebrity as she became the first to lose the public vote (Picture: ITV)
The Tory politician lost out to darts star Eric Bristow in the first public vote of the series, after she was revealed to be the person viewers least wanted to keep in the jungle.
However she told presenters Ant and Dec afterwards that she 'kind of expected to be the first out' - and that the show was more challenging than it looked.
'I don't think the public understand how hardcore it is down there,' she said of jungle life, 'the effect on your body when you haven't eaten properly for days is hard.'
She added that her jungle experiences had changed her, saying: 'I actually came here slightly self-important for the first few days, but I've completely found myself.
'I would never have thought that I was like that but I realised I was. I'm not now.'
The MP lost out to Eric Bristow in the first public vote of the series - but did not look sorry to be leaving (Picture: ITV)
Dorries - whose appearance in the jungle led to criticism from MPs and her being suspended by the Conservative Party - also said that having taken part in the show she 'completely understood why more people vote on I'm A Celebrity than do in a general election'.
And the MP praised campmate Helen Flanagan, saying she was a 'very intelligent girl' and adding that her Bushtucker trial triumph came after she 'had a chat with her and tried to change her motivation'.
Dorries found herself up for elimination along with five of her fellow campmates - Bristow, Flanagan, David Haye, Charlie Brooks and Colin Baker - after they lost out in the 'bed bugs' challenge which saw all the contestants having to sleep with jungle critters.
The latest Bushtucker Trial proved challenging for Hugo Taylor - but he went on to pocket nine stars (Picture: ITV)
The other five - Ashley Roberts, Hugo Taylor, Limahl, Rosemary Shrager and Linda Robson - won immunity from the first elimination after lasting the longest amount of time in their bug-infested beds.
However she was not the first person to leave camp this year, following Brian Conley's sudden departure on Tuesday after he was taken ill.
Wednesday night's show also saw Hugo Taylor take part in the latest Bushtucker Trial, in which he had to crawl through a series of underground sewers filled with snakes, rats and insects.
The Made In Chelsea star, who admitted to being claustrophobic, told Ant and Dec: 'I can't even go on the Tube in London as I hate it so much', but nonetheless went on to win nine meals for camp.
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