Seven remain in Celebrity challenge

The remaining contestants were left “dazed and confused” by his exit, which followed the departure of weathergirl Sian Lloyd and ex-EastEnder Danniella Westbrook.

Speaking after he left, model Catalina said the camp had been shocked that Chris had left, adding: “We don’t know how the voting is working.”

After leaving the basic jungle dwelling that has been his home for nearly two weeks, Chris told Ant and Dec the experience had been a lot harder than he had anticipated.

“It was hard and the first week was really hard just because there’s no food - just getting used to it, no toxins, no tea, no coffee, no booze ... your whole body changes and it hurts,” he said.

The actor said the so-called “clique” in the group between Antony Worrall Thompson, Phil Tufnell and Linda Barker did not bother him.

“It wasn’t an issue for me because I spoke to them all individually.

“I do see them being good friends but I get on with them all ... they didn’t make me feel not part of the group,” he said.

But he did accept that Cat was prone to mood swings.

“She changes from hour to hour. She’s very changeable. She’s great one minute and then the next she can be a bit off with you,” he said.

Earlier in the show there was more drama involving food when TV bosses took away two of the meals earned by singer Toyah Willcox in her Bushtucker trial after Cat and Linda staged a demo on one of the walkways leading out of camp.

The pair demanded “sweet things” for the group, but after a short sit-down protest returned to a less-than-impressed camp.

Chef Antony, who earlier in the week also confronted programme-makers in an attempt to get cigarettes, said: “You didn’t stand your ground long enough. There was a little bit of rain and you thought, ‘We’ll have to come back’.”

Pouting prima donna Cat remained unremorseful, saying of the escape bid: “It’s amazing how much attention two people can get.

“The whole world revolved around us for a moment. I felt cared about and special.”

The catwalk star, who has proved unpopular with viewers of the ITV1 show after on-screen comments have made her seem two-faced, also revealed her indecisiveness.

In her recorded pleas for votes, Cat first said she hated life in camp, only to reverse her opinion later to say she loved it.

In her first appeal she said: “I hate it in here. I’d like to go because it’s got down to everyone talking about footie and I’m not interested.

“You may miss me flashing around in a bikini but that’s about it – and you can see that in the magazines. So please vote me out.”

But in a miraculous turnaround, the model goes on to say: “Please vote for me because I love it here!

“The others all want to see their families and I don’t so you’d be doing everyone a really big favour by voting for me.”

For her Bushtucker Trial, Toyah was made to forage around in a stinking bog, the contents of which had been fermenting for a week, to find the eight stars, each representing a meal for the group.

The safety supervisor told the nervous star that the swamp was not toxic, but added: “If you swallow it, you will vomit on the spot.”

In the swamp, Toyah cried: “It’s like vegetation, death, rot and decay. It’s like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It’s hell, before emerging with eight stars.

Today Linda will face the Terror in the Trees task, where she will have to fish the stars out of bowls of creepy-crawlies suspended in the branches.