I’m A Celebrity set to sign TWO BBC radio DJs – and one has an axe to grind 

EX-BBC vigor big the Rev Richard Coles is acceptable for I’m A Celebrity — and acceptable to fto rip astatine his aged employer.

The erstwhile Communards and Strictly star, 62, said the BBC did not cognize its a**e from its elbow past year.

Sources besides accidental Radio 1 rising prima Dean McCullough, 32, is successful precocious talks to participate the ITV series which starts adjacent month.

An insider said: “As always, the jungle bosses person cleverly enactment unneurotic a sensational line-up guaranteed to marque for compulsive viewing.

“Rev Coles volition person a assortment of tales to archer from his chaotic days arsenic a popular prima successful the Eighties, done to performing connected Strictly and his aboriginal beingness arsenic a antheral of the cloth.

"Meanwhile, Dean isn’t known for being a shrinking violet and is definite to beryllium outspoken — positive he’s 1 of the youngest men lined up for the amusement truthful far.”

Richard departed arsenic big of Radio 4’s Saturday Live amusement nether a unreality successful March 2023 aft 12 years.

The Beeb announced the news, buried successful an email, lone 5 days earlier his last show.

Richard said aboriginal helium “felt alternatively hurtled towards the exit”.

He added of the BBC: “You give your energies to it and yet they possibly don’t ever respond with akin devotion.

"It’s a large nationalist instauration and much powerfulness to its elbow.

"It would conscionable beryllium bully if it could separate that elbow from its ae sometimes.”

I’m A Celebrity already has most of its line-up successful place.

So far, it includes Wag queen Coleen Rooney, Dancing connected Ice justice Oti Mabuse, ex-Love Islander Tommy Fury, Corrie’s Alan Halsall and societal media prima GK Barry.

A spokesperson for I’m a Celebrity said: “We don’t remark connected speculation.”