The Apprentice's Glasgow candidate has spoken out after rumours of why he quit the show.

Reece Donnelly left these of the TV series when the candidates travelled to Dubai for a task.

The 25-year-old, who owns a theatre school in Glasgow, cited health issues as the reason for departure but some publications speculated it was due to issues with alcohol consumption.

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He told Go radio: "As some of you might have seen on air a few weeks ago, I did go to Dubai but unfortunately, when I got there, I was taken straight to a hospital.

"So, I spent the four days that they spent in the dessert and on yachts, incredibly unwell.

"When I cam back to the UK, it basically came down to the idea that I could not continue the show due to a health issue that I picked up actually before I went to Dubai. I wasn't aware of it.

"As you will know, probably very similar, if anyone was aware, Olivia Atwood and what happened last year. It's all very boring.

"We get medics that come in every few days and they go 'your levels do not match in order for you to go out in 45-degree heat, you better go and get yourself sorted out.

"Long story short, I basically had a conversation with the bold big man, Lord Sugar and we made the executive decision that I was going to bow out of this year.

"The next morning I wake up and my face is plastered in every bloody paper, and there is a narrative that I was drinking on a flight.

"May I add, you sit in between two chaperones and you are lucky if you can get an orange juice, let alone a bottle of wine, so it's just bizarre."

About whether or not he may be returning to the show for a later season, the businessman did not give much away but he teased that "there are lots of exciting things in the pipeline [with the other apprentices]".

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