Nigel Farage has stated he’s giving a proposal to enter the jungle as a contestant on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! “very serious consideration”.
The former UKIP and Brexit Party chief, 59, stated he has turned down requests since 2016, however has been in contractual talks with the ITV present for the final couple of days and can give an “absolute definitive answer within the next 48 hours”.
On his GB News present on Monday, Mr Farage stated he was contemplating it this time spherical as he feels he may be capable to “connect” with a youthful viewers.
He stated: “Several times since 2016 I’ve had I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! from ITV saying to me ‘come into the jungle’.
“And they’ve at all times supplied me actually fairly substantial sums of cash to take action, and I’ve at all times thought ‘no, it is in all probability not the fitting factor for me to do’.”
The politician-turned-TV presenter stated the present has approached him once more this yr however that “unlike previous years” he’s “giving it very, very serious consideration”.
Mr Farage stated: “Well, you have acquired about 10 million younger individuals who watch that programme.
“These are people who don’t really watch the news or read newspapers, but they still care about the country they live in and their futures.
“And really, in some ways, the futures of younger folks in Britain had been blighted.
“They haven’t got the same opportunities that their parents and grandparents had and they’d love to look for solutions.
“So in my thoughts, if I used to be to do it, I’d be capable to join with that viewers as a result of goodness me all of them watch I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!”
He added that he feels there are “downsides” to him doing the show.
A spokesman for the show said: “Any names steered for I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! are simply hypothesis. We’ll announce our line-up in the end.”
Aside from his time in politics, Mr Farage has made a profession as a presenter on GB News and has appeared on BBC comedy panel present Have I Got News For You and varied discuss reveals.
Political figures have had combined outcomes competing on the programme.
Former well being secretary Matt Hancock got here third within the 2022 collection, whereas Nadine Dorries, who was tradition secretary beneath Boris Johnson, was eradicated by the general public first in 2012.
Both misplaced the Conservative whip, which suggests sitting as an impartial within the House of Commons, for participating within the present.
Ms Dorries later had it returned and apologised in parliament over the payment she was paid for showing.
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Former MPs together with Edwina Currie in 2014, Lembit Opik in 2010 and Robert Kilroy-Silk in 2008 have additionally been on the present.
The Sun has claimed that former prime minister Liz Truss, who resigned final yr, and her briefly-serving chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, are additionally being thought of for the jungle.
Other rumoured contestants embody This Morning star Josie Gibson and Love Island star Olivia Attwood, who competed final yr however needed to head residence early.
Attwood, 32, was pressured to withdraw after a routine blood check confirmed she had low sodium and potassium ranges, whereas additionally flagging anaemia.
There has additionally been hypothesis that Made In Chelsea star Sam Thompson may be a campmate, after his associate Zara McDermott competed within the newest Strictly Come Dancing collection.
Other celebrities who is likely to be within the new collection embody jockey Frankie Dettori, climate presenter Alex Beresford and former The Big Breakfast presenter Denise Van Outen.
The present will return to ITV1 and ITVX later this yr with long-term hosts Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly fronting it.
Source: information.sky.com”