Tulisa’s spokesperson issues statement as real reason for I’m A Celeb absence is revealed

Tulisa Contostavlos, who became the third star to leave the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! jungle, prompted worry from fans when she removed all traces of her time on the show from her social media accounts.

36-year-old Tulisa, who shot to fame as part of rap trio N-Dubz, also failed to appear on the spi- off show Unpacked, and it was later confirmed that she won't be in attendance for the final, having already flown back to the UK from Australia.

Amid rumours of a rift with her best friend, Michelle McKenna, that was said to have sparked the behaviour, a spokesperson has given a statement on behalf of Tulisa explaining the 'real reason' for her departure from Aussie soil.

The rumour mill insisted that Tulisa and Michelle fell out about the way Michelle had been running the star's Instagram when she was in the jungle - but it appears this is untrue.

The spokesperson told the Sun: "There has been absolutely no fall out between Tulisa and her best friend Michelle. They haven't argued once since Tulisa left the jungle. Michelle in fact travelled back to London with Tulisa.

“This story has been completely fabricated and wasn't even sent to Tulisa's team for a chance to comment prior to publication.

“The decision for Tulisa to return home to the UK was agreed to by the production for welfare reasons.”

A source added: "The truth of the matter is that Tulisa was struggling with her mental health, which is what she told fans.

"She wanted to be back at home, with her close friends and home comforts, and after a meeting with ITV it was agreed by all parties that this would be the best thing for her.

“It’s nothing more than that, despite what people are saying.

“ITV have offered her a full duty of care package and she’ll be back to her best in no time.”

Tulisa was the third star to leave the jungle (ITV)

In an Instagram video posted by Tulisa following the concern from fans, she said: "I'm just doing a little video to clear a couple things up. Just so you know, when I came out of the jungle, I felt fine first of all and then that evening my friends went to bed.

"I was on my Instagram trying to have a nice little scroll at some funny stuff. I was getting a lot of attention, a lot of bombarding in all the most positive way.

"But because it's been a while for me I can get overwhelmed quite easily."

She continued: "And I just started to feel overwhelmed. I thought do you know what, I really just need to take a bit of time for me and just chill.

"This is all feeling just a little bit much at the moment. I'm just going to archive all my stuff to do with the jungle."

The singer then reassured fans footage of her time on I'm A Celeb will be re-uploaded, adding: "Then when the time is right and I've had a little time to process I'm going to make my own reels of all my best bits I really like."