Reality TV golden girl ‘firm favourite to replace Tommy Fury’ in I’m A Celebrity 2024

After Tommy Fury reportedly pulled retired of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 2024, it seems ITV has found different immense name to regenerate him.

Love Island queen Maura Higgins is present thought to beryllium a steadfast favourite among bosses, who are eyeing her up for a travel Down Under successful conscionable a substance of weeks.

Irish world prima Maura roseate to fame successful 2019 erstwhile she made the last of the ITV2 dating show’s 5th series.

Coupled up with Curtis Pritchard, she finished successful 4th spot and became an overnight sensation, arsenic viewers loved her fiery, no-nonsense attitude.

The 33-year-old has gone connected to marque galore TV appearances since, from serving arsenic an agony aunt connected This Morning to a stint connected Dancing On Ice, truthful she’s surely nary alien to ITV execs.

According to The Sun, Maura could beryllium heading to Australia adjacent period aft Tommy – who besides appeared connected Love Island 2019 – opted for the much lucrative connection of a boxing rematch against KSI implicit Bushtucker Trials with Ant and Dec.

An insider said: ‘With Tommy Fury pulling out, it gave amusement bosses the accidental to look astatine different Love Island stars, and Maura stood retired arsenic the cleanable candidate.

‘She’ll bring a spot of glamour to the jungle and marque a superb campmate due to the fact that she’s got a large consciousness of humour and is bound to get connected with everyone.’

Bosses are besides said to beryllium counting connected her spilling the beverage astir her adjacent relationship with Molly-Mae Hague, who shockingly divided from Tommy earlier this year.

‘It’s shaping up to beryllium a beardown twelvemonth for women connected I’m A Celebrity this year,’ added the source.

Indeed, immoderate large pistillate names person been linked to the upcoming bid successful caller weeks.

Coleen Rooney has reportedly signed a mega-money deal to go a campmate, portion N-Dubz’s Tulisa and former Strictly prima Oti Mabuse person besides been rumoured.

Jane Moore, Ally McCoist, and GK Barry are said to beryllium portion of the line-up arsenic well.

Alas, anyone hoping to ticker Tommy, 25, successful enactment successful the Aussie jungle volition beryllium disappointed, with bosses besides ‘surprised’ that helium decided to propulsion the plug astatine a precocious stage.

An insider told The Sun that the gig ‘would person been a large accidental for him’.

‘Thankfully, the execs already had immoderate large names waiting successful the wings, truthful they’ll present beryllium looking astatine which ones acceptable champion into the line-up already booked truthful they tin present a genuinely large series,’ they added.

Tommy was reportedly successful talks with producers for months, truthful they’re hoping Maura volition instrumentality the baton and supply immoderate memorable jungle moments successful his place.

The influencer presently hosts the After Sun spin-off from Love Island US and deed the property precocious with her rumoured romance with Strictly’s Pete Wicks.

I’m A Celeb returns to ITV1 connected November 17 for its 23rd series, with Ant and Dec acceptable to crown a caller jungle king oregon queen aft Sam Thompson’s triumph past year.

ITV and reps for Maura Higgins person been contacted for comment.

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Starts November 17 connected ITV1 and ITVX.

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