Mirror Online understands Pritchard, 26, still hopes to be among those named as official contestants on the ITV preview show I'm A Celebrity: A Jungle Story, which airs tonight at 8.10pm — this is the line-up as far as we know it.
It's thought his positive test may have happened some days ago, meaning he may have completed his isolation either before the show starts or soon afterwards, which would give him a better chance of being able to take part.A show source told the Mirror: “AJ has had a positive text but is not in hospital or seriously ill and instead has been isolating in a cottage in Wales which is the correct thing to do.