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10th May 2023
08:00am BST
He said: "As in, I worked on it for over a decade, I met my wife on there, I’ve now had children. It was so nice to go back in there.
“It all sort of came back to me how much the show has done for me. It was lovely. It was really nice to go back and sort of say thank you. That was a big part of returning for me.
“Also, I was honoured to be one of the few that got to go back to be one of the legends. It was such a nice experience and something me and Stacey [Solomon] can show our kids and let them know, it all started from the jungle.”
While Joe appears to be okay with leaving the show earlier than many thought, fans of the ITV series were less than impressed.
One person wrote on Twitter: "So sad to see Joe Swash leave. He’s one of my favourite Kings of the Jungle and to me he is already a legend. He will be missed."
Another said: "All the best ones have gone, this series is crap honestly man absolute joke, Joe swash lost on purpose cos he wanted to go home don’t care what anyone says."
A third wrote: "Not sure i like this format, the actual brave ones are being cut out whilst the others are allowed to sit in camp closer to winning."
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