I’m A Celebrity camp makes changes for wheelchair-user Ade Adepitan

The I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! camp has made several adjustments this year for Ade Adepitan, who is a wheelchair user.

The TV presenter, 53, was flown out to Australia earlier this year to visit the camp and work with the production team to identify areas that would need to be adapted.

The team has since been working with Adepitan to ensure the camp is accessible for him.

Pathways have been modified so they are deeper, and parking bays for Adepitan’s wheelchairs have been created so he can transfer between his crutches and wheelchair, as he would outside the camp.

The team has been working with Adepitan to ensure the camp is accessible (Martin Rickett/PA)

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New areas have been installed along the path from the camp to the creek, for resting, and a stairlift has been built so he can access the jungle shower.

Adepitan will have three wheelchairs in and around the camp, with three pairs of crutches left where needed, another wheelchair for the bushtucker trials and an electric wheelchair that can handle more difficult terrain, like a beach.

While adjustments have been made for Adepitan, he has not been told about format plans, bushtucker trials or anything else planned for the new series.

Adepitan is the first wheelchair user to appear on the show .

He said: “Words like honour and privilege are ones I feel, but I don’t think they sum it up enough.”

Parking bays for Adepitan’s wheelchairs have been created so he can transfer between his crutches and wheelchair (Ian West/PA)

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“For me, this is a moment in time. Even if I go out in the first week, I will always be remembered as the person in a wheelchair. I am slightly overwhelmed.

“It’s never been done before, and it never crossed my mind I would be the first. It’s the biggest show on TV and this is a huge opportunity.

“How often do you get to spend three weeks in the jungle doing this crazy stuff?”

The cast line-up includes former footballer Wayne Rooney, actress Joanna Page, model Leomie Anderson, Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson, YouTuber and content creator Sharky, TV presenter AJ Odudu, comedian Jack Skipper and broadcaster Mariella Frostrup.

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! starts on Monday November 16 at 9pm on Virgin Media Play and Virgin Media One.