Beverley Callard forced to leave I'm A Celebrity: 'I didn't know I had cancer'

Beverley Callard forced to leave I'm A Celebrity: 'I didn't know I had cancer'12 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GooglePaul GlynnandIan Youngs,Culture reportersGetty ImagesCallard posted on social media on Tuesday that she has "just got to get through this real life trial now"Soap star Beverley Callard was forced to leave ITV reality show I'm A Celebrity... South Africa after collapsing in the jungle camp, before she was diagnosed with cancer.The actress, best known for playing Liz McDonald in Coronation Street, revealed in February that she has breast cancer.On Tuesday's episode, filmed in September before her diagnosis, Callard broke down in tears after announcing she would have to leave the jungle, saying she was "absolutely gutted".In an Instagram video posted on Tuesday, Callard explained she had passed out after feeling unwell. "Of course, I didn't know then that I had cancer, but I just knew that it was the last couple of days there that I hadn't felt very well," she said.'That was the start of everything'The Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps actress, 69, said: "I went into the Bush Telegraph [the show's video diary room] and apparently I lost consciousness for a little while. I just wasn't feeling myself."They took me to a medical hut, and they were amazing, they really looked after me and they said, 'You can't go back'."I said, 'Don't send me home, I'm sure I'll be fine'. I've jumped out of a plane, I've hung off a cliff, and I did want to succeed and make it through to the end. But that was the start of everything, really."So it's made me really emotional. But I will beat this. I will beat it."In an accompanying caption, she wrote: "I wanted to prove that age is just a number and I feel so proud of what I achieved. Just got to get through this real life trial now."...