I'm a Celebrity star Sue Cleaver reveals she met birth mother after 'spooky' encounter

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Coronation Street star Sue Cleaver opened up to fellow campmates on meeting her birth mother after a 'spooky' chance encounter.

The soap actress, who was raised by her adoptive family as a child, had an emotional conversation with campmates on this evening's edition of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

The 59-year-old unexpectedly bumped into her birth mother when she was in her early twenties at drama school. Sue recalled the chance meeting as she confided in jungle co-stars about being adopted.

The soap star said: "It was when I was at drama school, I was about 22/24 and Royal Exchange were looking for little tiny parts for Oedipus." Sue - who has been praised by fans of the ITV show for raising awareness of diabetes - then explained that when she walked in, a fellow actor remarked: "Oh my god, she’s the absolute double of my wife when I met her." The Mirror reports that after questioning Sue on her date of birth, the man then asked "Oh, so where were you born?’" "And I went, 'Barnet'," Sue continued, before continuing to recall the actor ringing his wife and declaring: "I’ve found her."The celebrity campmates were left stunned at the emotional tale, with Lioness Jill Scott saying Nah, that has just given me goosebumps!" after Scarlette Douglas declared "What!"Comedian Babatúndé Aleshe was also left shocked by the chance meeting, saying: "That’s spooky!