Heartbreak back home as pop star lover misses Alex's return from the jungle

WALKING across the famous bridge after 14 days in the jungle, Alex Scott’s heart sank when she realised her pop star partner Jess Glynne wasn’t there.

- TOM BRYANT

The former England football star already knew there was a chance she wouldn’t be waiting. Before she flew to Australia, Jess’s mum had suffered a stroke and Alex agonised over whether to pull out of the show.

In the end, it was Jess who told her she had to go. Alex said: “It’s been a tough time for us and obviously her family and it was a tough decision to come into the jungle.

“But then Jess never wanted me to step away from not doing it.”

Asked if she considered pulling out of the show, the TV host said: “Oh, yeah, absolutely, 100%. But Jess was the one that wanted me to do this. So that’s why I wanted to go in and make her proud.”

When they finally spoke on the phone after Alex became the first celebrity to leave the jungle on Friday night, emotion quickly gave way to laughter.

She laughed: “The first thing she said was that she loves me and we're getting mar ried....no, I’m playing! She said she was just so proud of me and how I came across and that I was truly myself.”

Jess told her that she thought her “fun side” wasn’t as apparent to viewers as it was to her.

Alex added: “But we know it’s aTV show and they’re the edits. But she’s proud of how I came across and can’t wait to have me home with her.”