I’m A Celebrity star, 82, suddenly cancels all work for emergency surgery

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I’m A Celebrity star Kim Woodburn is recovering from eye surgery (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

I’m A Celebrity star Kim Woodburn has announced she has been forced to scrap all her upcoming projects to recover from surgery.

Last night, the 82-year-old said on Instagram that she was now unavailable to work for the next two and a half weeks due to an eye operation.

The statement said: ‘We regret to tell you that Kim is unable to record further videos until Friday 7th March.’

The caption added: ‘Due to surgery to eye.’

On the former Channel 4 presenter’s website, fans can purchase a personal video greeting for £25.

The How Clean Is Your House star was inundated by well-wishes from her 93K followers.

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Kim said she would be unavailable to work until early March (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Among them was @jameskyliewoowoo, who wrote: ‘Get well soon my love wishing you a speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹 sending you lots of love 🥰 xxxx.’

@deborah.marie.collins_ commented: ‘Hope you are ok Kim.. looking forward to seeing you again soon. keep well lovely lady xx.’

Echoing their sentiment, @mocannon1995 shared: ‘Wish you a speedy recovery.’

@markeymark87 added: ‘Get well soon Kim!’

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Kim first rose to fame in her 60s on How Clean is Your House (Picture: Channel 4)
Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV/REX/Shutterstock (1048716ah) Kim Woodburn raging at producers after failing in her attempt to win back her luxury item in the camp Celebrity Challenge 'I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!' TV Programme, Australia - 26 Nov 2009
She was then runner-up on I’m A Celebrity in 2009 (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

After working as a live-in cleaner, Kim first found fame in her 60s when she presented the Channel 4 series How Clean Is Your House? alongside Aggie MacKenzie.

She went on to appear in I’m A Celebrity in 2009 where she finished as runner-up to king of the jungle Gino D’Acampo and other reality TV shows including Big Brother.

Last year, Kim revealed she had plastic surgery after watching herself bathe in the ITV show’s controversial jungle shower.

She said she underwent a breast reduction operation because she felt her ‘huge knockers’ were ‘hanging badly’.

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Kim became a reality TV queen after her cleaning series (Picture: HGL/GC Images)

Kim told the Daily Star while promoting Whichbingo.co.uk: ‘I’ve always had huge knockers; they were very big; they were hanging badly.

‘When I saw this after the jungle, I thought, “Oh, God, Kim they look awful love.”

‘So I went and got them made smaller. So, now listen up, if I take my bra off they’re firm and pert just like an 18-year-old’s.’

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