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I'm A Celebrity's Louise Minchin gets emotional call from home

Im A Celebritys Louise Minchin gets emotional call from home
"That's the biggest gift she could give me."

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here saw Louise Minchin manage to snag a coveted phone call from home.

At the start of tonight's episode (December 4), the celebs took part in a harrowing pair challenge that saw them locked in cages and trying to escape while bugs were showered on them.

Louise was paired up with Kadeena Cox, and though they completed the Lair Challenge last (Kadeena said she "forgot it was a race once the bugs started falling") they managed to win at the Wishing Well.

They were given a wishing coin, with one side offering a phone call from home and the other saying that one of them had to do the next Trial. Kadeena graciously told Louise that she could have the call as Louise said: "I would love a phone call home and I don't mind doing the Trial."

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Kadeena explained: "I'll be grand without it. You've got your husband and kids."

Louise was touched by Kadeena's offer, and said that she was "so sweet" and saying she might "cry". The pair were lucky in successfully flipping the coin, allowing Louise to receive a call once they returned to camp.

Upon their return, Louise was still reeling from Kadeena's offer and felt bad that her partner wouldn't receive anything but Kadeena reassured her by saying: "You've been so strong for us, you've been like a mother to us kids, and without you, I wouldn't be as strong as I am."

Louise added: "I'm speechless with what Kadeena has done. That's the biggest gift she could give me at this point. I'm so thankful."

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Louise was then able to speak to her husband David, who told her that she was "doing brilliantly" and said that the family was "totally proud of what [she's] doing".

"Your beautiful, kind, warm self comes across on the telly. Your lovely, kind, caring nature... Oh, I'm going to cry," he said, choking up as he spoke to his wife for the first time in weeks.

Louise's daughters told her that she was doing well and advised her to "keep brushing [her] hair".

Louise's fellow contestants were very moved by the call, hugging and crying as they listened to Louise and her family and clapping when it was over. Snoochie said: "I'm so happy that Louise got the call. Louise has been here for so many of us in the Castle. She's just the best support system ever."

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To return the favour to Kadeena, Louise also told her husband to "phone Kadeena's mum and say happy birthday to her brother," while Kadeena laughed in the background.

Though everyone was happy for Louise, they were also wistful that they weren't able to speak to their own families, as Arlene Phillips remarked afterwards: "That need and want to speak to my family, to be in contact is really hitting me very hard and I realise how long I've been away and I'm finding it hard."

Even Ant and Dec were touched by the phone call, mentioning that it was very "sweet" before moving on to the next segment which saw Naughty Boy, David Ginola and Adam Woodyatt, aptly called Cells of Hell.

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The three were each trapped in a cell. David's job was to find keys getting dropped from above amongst piles of guts, then pass them to Adam who was faced with a wall of lockers and had to find the one that fit while also receiving a similar shower.

Once he unlocked his doors, he found a further key to hand to Naughty who actually had the stars behind his lockers, but only managed to find four stars. But that was probably not half bad since the meal for the night ended up being fish heads...

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