Ant and Dec stunned as England star reveals he would ‘love’ to do I’m A Celeb

Ant and Dec look to beryllium lining up a aboriginal I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here campmate successful the signifier of England and Manchester City prima Jack Grealish.

Grealish’s down-to-earth demeanour and presumption arsenic an England prima has made him 1 of the astir fashionable footballers successful the Premier League.

Having started his vocation astatine boyhood nine Aston Villa, Grealish has lifted 3 successive Premier League trophies since joining Man City and adjacent got his hands connected the coveted Champions League.

Grealish has besides go a regular for England – playing 39 games since making his planetary debut successful 2020 – though helium was left retired of Euro 2024 by erstwhile Three Lions brag Gareth Southgate.

Given Grealish’s entreaty crossed the UK, helium has agelong been tipped to go a mainstream personage aboriginal successful beingness and prima successful shows similar I’m A Celeb.

The 2024 bid of the ITV amusement is good underway, with the likes of McFly prima Danny Jones, ex-Love Island contestant Maura Higgins and Wayne Rooney’s woman Colleen entertaining fans from Down Under.

Many viewers of the amusement person named Grealish arsenic an perfect aboriginal campmate and presenter Declan Donnelly, speaking connected TikTok, revealed the Premier League superstar had been asked whether helium would beryllium up for a stint successful the jungle.

And Grealish publically responded to the inquiry, overmuch to the astonishment of Ant McPartlin, who said: ‘Oh my god.’

‘I’ve heard a fewer of you guys privation to spot maine successful the jungle,’ Grealish said. ‘I can’t prevarication it’s thing I would perfectly emotion to do.

‘It’s a amusement that I’ve watched for years since I was little. I don’t cognize however I’d get connected successful there, I don’t deliberation I’d beryllium the champion to beryllium honest, but I’d springiness it a go.

‘Not this year, I don’t deliberation [Man City manager] Pep [Guardiola] would beryllium excessively happy. But, ne'er accidental never, it could hap 1 day.’

Ant and Dec responded to Grealish’s admittance by chanting the footballer’s name.

There are nary erstwhile footballers connected this year’s I’m A Celeb but the likes of Ian Wright, Neil Ruddock, Dennis Wise and Wayne Bridge person antecedently appeared connected the show.

England Lionesses leader Jill Scott won I’m A Celeb successful 2022 portion erstwhile Premier League manager Harry Redknapp was crowned King of the Jungle successful 2018.

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