Michelle Heaton has admitted that she is worried about her pal Katie Price and thinks that she may be struggling on ITV’s I’m A Celebrity.

In what we would have assumed was against the show’s rules, Price gave a note for Heaton to the programme’s producers, which said: “I’m really worried if it carries on like this, I’ll end up cracking up. I’m really tired. I’m exhausted.

“I am doing everything I can. I have come on this show, I’ve bared everything and been completely myself.

“If that isn’t going to get me any kind of acceptance then I don’t know what I can do.”

Heaton told The People: “I’m worried there is only so much more she can take. The public want to see her pay her time, they want to see her suffer, that’s the mentality of the people who hate Kate.

“People think she is this awful person, this person who has become horrible since she split with her ex-husband Pete Andre. People think Pete was the glue that kept her together but it’s not true.

“I think viewers saw her as a horrible person. Everyone loves to be entertained.

“Now they have seen something really vulnerable about her. The British public are evil, they want people to fail.

“She feels she is being persecuted by the public. We have started to see how emotionally drained she is. Then she found out she was nominated again for the trials.”