I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here: Heidi On Deathbed - Want To Buy A Bridge? June 8, 2009
Stephanie Pratt
Heidi Montag’s hospitalization in Costa Rica, where she competing on the reality show ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here’ with husband Spencer Pratt, is very serious – according to The Hills star’s sister-in-law Stephanie Pratt.
“Heidi was virtually on her deathbed. She’s never been sicker in her life. I can’t believe that NBC did that,” Stephanie told People magazine Sunday.
After threatening to leave the show several times last week, Montag and Pratt were put in the ‘Lost Chamber’ as punishment for quitting. “They are just in the black rooms with no food or water and freakin' spiders biting them,” Stephanie explains.
Stephanie says Montag was rushed to the hospital after leaving the Lost Chamber.
"Basically, she started throwing up," she claims. "She threw up like 30 times because she had no food in her. I guess she went unconscious and was rushed to the hospital with an IV in her arm. I understand [that quitting the show] was not cool ... It was pretty awful. But the punishment they got went way too far.”
When asked if the newlyweds will remain on the show, Stephanie says, “I really don’t think so. Heidi is really in bad shape.”
NBC has not commented but a production insider says Stephanie’s accusations are not true. "The accusation that the couple was harmed in any way is completely false," the source says. "The room was not filled with critters and they were protected from the elements, unlike the other contestants, who endured some strong thunderstorms. When they came out, they were in good spirits ... No one at any point was held against their will. Everyone who is there wants to be there."
The show's production company, Britain's ITV Productions, also denied the claims that Pratt and Montag were denied food and water. “All allegations of the celebrities being deprived of food and water are completely untrue," ITV Productions said in a statement.
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