It’s more than just challenges in the jungle!
I’m A Celeb viewers are praising Oti Mabuse and Reverend Richard Coles for the touching conversation they had in last night's episode.
The pair shared an emotional moment in one scene where they sat on the hammocks together and opened up about difficult times in their lives.
Oti spoke to Reverend Coles about the hardship she endured during a premature birth.
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She explained that her newborn baby had to be held in an incubator immediately after giving birth to her, and how difficult she found not being able to physically connect with her.
“They find comfort in your voice,” she told Richard as she spoke about what she learned from the experience.
Richard Reverend Coles also shared an experience he had with a premature baby.
“I remember going once to baptise a little boy, a premature boy, he was born very premature, he was only just alive…”
“I just remember he was this tiny little pulse of life, and David [his then partner] got a pipette of water and we blessed it, and we baptised him and he survived and now he’s a healthy young footballer, which is great! But I just felt so… it was such a precious thing,” he continued.
Oti agreed: “They are, my daughter was really, really tiny when she was born. It’s hell. It’s hell to be in the hospital, to hear those sounds, to not see your baby’s eyes for a week, it’s hell to constantly look for advice from the doctors.”
Fighting tears, Oti shared what she called the worst part of it for her, which was that “every night, you need to leave them, you need to leave your baby in someone else’s hands.”
Saying that she can’t wait for Richard to meet her, Oti asked: “Maybe you can say a prayer over her, I would really love that.”
Richard brought Oti to tears when he admitted that he had already prayed for her and the pair hugged it out.
In the same conversation, Richard also opened up about the untimely loss of his former partner, David.
“I miss him,” he explained, “He’s just left a massive hole in my life and I’m living my life around that loss.”
Richard went on to explain that David struggled with alcohol issues and eventually passed following liver problems.
Viewers took to social media to share their love for the pair after the touching conversation.
One person wrote: “What an amazing, gentle, kind soul Rev Richard is – he’s one special man”
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— Toni Childs? (@tonichildsxx) November 26, 2024
"Made me cry," another commenter wrote, "Such a beautiful moment between them."
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