Tommy Fury pulls out of I’m A Celebrity just weeks before filming after getting big money rival offer

BOXER Tommy Fury has pulled retired of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! - conscionable 2 weeks earlier the stars were expected to alert retired to the Australian jungle.

The 25-year-old had been successful talks with ITV producers for months but had been offered different much lucrative project, which is believed to beryllium a rematch betwixt him and KSI.

It was hoped that Tommy, younger half-brother of heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury, mightiness person spilled the beans connected his doomed narration with Molly Mae Hague, 25, whom helium met erstwhile they were some contestants connected ITV2 dating show, Love Island.

A TV insider said: "Bosses are amazed Tommy has chosen to propulsion retired of I'm A Celebrity astatine this precocious signifier arsenic it would person been a large accidental for him too.

"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 enactment up already booked truthful they tin present a genuinely large series.

"With lone weeks to go, bosses person lined up 1 of the astir breathtaking casts successful the show's history."

Tommy would person been joining a superb line-up which is expected to see WAG queen Coleen Rooney, Dancing connected Ice justice Oti Mabuse and NDubz vocalist Tulisa.

The stars usually pitchy down nether successful Mid November, astir a week earlier the show, hosted by Ant & Dec, kicks disconnected its three-week tally connected ITV1.

The Sun exclusively revealed astatine the commencement of September that Tommy was successful talks with jungle bosses, and arsenic a antheral who'd go celebrated connected an ITV show, helium seemed similar the cleanable choice.

He had besides conscionable been done a very nationalist interruption up with Molly implicit the summer successful which helium was accused of cheating connected her.

Tommy has denied being unfaithful and was expected to usage cardinal moments astir the jungle campfire to springiness his broadside of the story.

But his boxing matches are ever apt to beryllium amended paydays than the figures ITV tin connection celebrities, and it's believed helium whitethorn beryllium stepping backmost into the ringing with KSI, whom helium narrowly bushed past year.

KSI, who has conscionable completed a judging stint connected Britain's Got Talent by replacing Bruno Tonioli astatine amusement auditions successful Blackpool, wasn't blessed with the effect arsenic it was his archetypal defeat.

After their combat successful October, 2023, helium said: "That is simply a robbery, bro. How galore jabs did you land? Look astatine your face, look astatine your eyes. I’m the YouTuber, you are the boxer truthful you person to win?

“He is the antheral who is expected to beryllium the pro boxer. He deed maine connected the backmost of the caput implicit and over. It is outrageous. I privation to appeal. I request to spot it again. I felt similar I won that.”

A spokesperson for I'm A Celebrity declined to comment.