Adam Pearson apologises after Celebrity MasterChef exit

Adam Pearson has apologised after being eliminated from 'Celebrity MasterChef'.

The 37-year-old disability advocate - who was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis type I after banging his head as a child - was booted off the hit BBC show in his first round of heats on Tuesday night (30.08.22) after slipping up with dry chicken and hard chorizo in his jambalaya.

Taking to Twitter after the episode aired, he wrote: "So after tonight’s @MasterChefUK performance I feel the obligatory “celebrity” apology is merited.

"I let you down, me down and let us down. I hope that, in time, you can ALL forgive me and let me return, stronger than ever.

"I take FULL accountability, I own this, Yours, Adam."

Alongside the tweet, he shared a video as he joked that his notifications were full of disappointed family members.

He said: "I know. I’m sorry, I know. You don’t have to tweet me, you don’t have to tell me, you don’t have to call me – I know.

"All my WhatsApp has been is disappointment from family. I’m sorry, I’m so sorry. Again, to reiterate, I know and I’m sorry."

Adam - whose condition means his faced is covered in non-cancerous tumours - recently opened up about his casting on the show, and praised bosses for not "pigeonholing" disabled stars.

He told Metro.co.uk: "Often with minority talent, and particularly disabled talent, they get pigeonholed into only doing massive air quotes here, disability things.

"I’ve got no idea what disability things are, so if someone could let me know and I could start doing them, that would be great! But no, it was something that existed outside of that realm, and it seemed like a real opportunity to sort of step out of that bubble.

"I think diversity works at its best when you see disabled people alongside non-disabled people doing the same thing and interacting on the same playing field."