I'm a Celeb's Scarlett Moffatt is battling facial paralysis in the jungle as she's ruled out of Bushtucker Trial

Quick-witted Scarlett Moffatt has been a ray of sunshine in the I’m a Celebrity jungle but the joker is battling with facial paralysis.

The Gogglebox favourite, 25, was diagnosed with Bell’s palsy after being knocked over by a car when she was 11.

And 14 years later she is still affected by the condition which causes temporary paralysis down one side of the face.

Scarlett has been left unable to completely close her left eye.

I’m a Celebrity viewers saw her being ruled out of a Bushtucker Trial for medical reasons

It comes after she avoided two other tasks at great heights – sky diving and walking the plank.

Speaking about being struck down with Bell’s palsy, Scarlett said before her stint in the jungle: “I was doing a performance for my mum and dad – I used to put on little shows for them –

when all of a sudden, my mouth just drooped and I remember standing in front of the mirror and just screaming.

“My eye dropped, I couldn’t speak properly, I got all slurred, and my mum and dad thought I was putting it on. I was screaming so loud to try to get my mouth to go straight.

“I burst into tears and then they realised. It was awful.”

Scarlett believes it has had some lasting effects, although steroid treatment helped initially. She said: “I can’t close my left eye properly.

“I have to sleep with a little eye mask and my mouth still goes to the side when I talk, although people don’t really notice.




- Mirror