Colin McAllister became the latest contestant to be voted off I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, leaving his partner of more than 20 years in the jungle.

The interior designer kept a brave face as he was booted off the reality TV series, telling long-term love Justin Ryan: "It's all good in the hood."

McAllister told hosts Ant and Dec his exit was "bitter-sweet" because the group had developed an "amazing sense of community".

The interior designer said: "Justin and I have lived together for over 20 years and we have our own world and our own way of doing things. Within a few days people started to take on their own roles and community happens, it was incredible.

"We've shared every single other life adventure that we've had. The whole bitter-sweet thing, the fact that Justin's not here right now, that we can't talk about what's happened is really quite sad."

Speaking later on GMTV, Colin said he had mixed feelings about leaving the jungle.

He said: "It's really weird, it's kind of bitter-sweet because obviously I've been liberated... but obviously I've left Justin in there and half of me wants to have him back right now but the other half wants him to go all the way.

"He was really tearful when I left and it really upset me. I wanted to be big and bold as I went across the bridge but he was really, really upset."

Colin felt it was inevitable the pair would be broken up by voters. He said: "Someone's got to go out and I think in my heart of hearts I knew the viewers would split us up."