Craig Charles leaves I'm a Celebrity due to brother's death.

[metalkatt.livejournal.com]

Seems his brother Dean (not the glitterboy; that was Emile) has passed suddenly, and Craig has left the show (duh) to head home.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/11/20/craig-charles-brother-death-quits-im-a-celebrity_n_6189962.html

Comments

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

That is an awful thing; I saw it on Twitter and felt really horrible for him.

Now, from a coldly calculating position - and proving once again that journalists and PR people are not quite like anyone else in the brain - Craig gets the advantages of being on the show, without having to go through a lengthy stay or vote, and being in the public eye during a sympathetic tragedy in his life. Everybody has lost a family member. They will empathize and his standing with the public will be positive. I say this because if the tabloids really DO like to go on the attack with him, they can't do it now - which is something I saw some fans were worried about happening because he was on the show.