Beverley Callard Exhausted by Late Night Amid Cancer Battle

Beverley Callard, the former Coronation Street actress, shared a candid health update this week, revealing that a late night for the I'm A Celebrity... South Africa live final left her exhausted amid her ongoing battle with early-stage breast cancer.

The 69-year-old, who announced her diagnosis in February, participated in the ITV spinoff series filmed last year in South Africa. She withdrew from the camp during its final week after suffering a "funny turn." Callard later explained that she lost consciousness in the Bush Telegraph, though she was unaware of her cancer at the time. Medics treated her in a medical hut and advised her not to return. Gathering her campmates, she said, "I didn't feel very well this morning and the medics have advised I can't return to camp. I've got to go home. I don't want to go. I'm absolutely gutted. I wanted to finish. I wanted to prove that older women could do it."

The diagnosis came shortly after, just 15 to 20 minutes before her first scene on the Dublin-based soap Fair City. Reflecting on watching her exit episode, Callard said, "Of course, I didn't know then that I had cancer, but I just knew that in the last couple of days there I hadn't...