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Tess Daly's incredibly emotional reaction as husband Vernon Kay reaches I'm A Celebrity final

The star took to Instagram on Thursday night

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Fiona Ward
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Tess Daly has shared her emotional reaction with fans as her husband Vernon Kay reached the final of I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! on Thursday night.

Taking to Instagram Stories with a video, she appeared to hold back tears as she said: "He's in the final, I can't believe it. My heart is just racing, I'm literally so excited and nervous, and just overwhelmed.

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"Thank you so much to everybody who voted for Vernon. See you at the final! Yes!" she added.

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The Strictly Come Dancing host has been loyally supporting Vernon throughout his stint on the ITV show, sharing plenty of funny clips and urging fans to vote.

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She has also revealed that the couple's daughters Phoebe and Amber have been avidly watching their dad.

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Tess with daughters Phoebe and Amber

Speaking on Lorraine, she said: "Well, they love it. Phoebe, our sixteen-year-old, watches it every night with me. Amber, who is 11, isn't allowed to stay up that late because obviously it is school nights a lot of the time.

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"On a Friday night she is allowed to, so she did see it when he said 'hello'. I looked at their faces and they just lit up. They miss him, they haven't seen him for four and a half weeks now because they were isolating for two weeks before going in."

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Tess has been supporting Vernon all the way

And speaking of how much she has been missing her husband, she added: "It feels like he has been away forever. I think about him every moment of every day and I watch him every night. He is doing brilliantly and it's lovely watching him but it's nerve-wracking, it really is. I worry about him being cold, about him not eating…"

Vernon joins Jordan North and Giovanna Fletcher in the I'm A Celebrity final, which will air on Friday night. Who will be this year's king or queen of the castle?