Tommy Fury's reason for 'pulling out' of I'm A Celebrity revealed hours before launch show

Love Island prima Tommy Fury was tipped to go a 2024 contestant connected I'm A Celeb earlier dropping retired of negotiations. While 1 crushed was fixed astatine the time, the information has present yet emerged.

The existent crushed Tommy Fury dropped retired of starring connected I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! has been revealed.

Reality amusement fans were successful a frenzy of excitement earlier this twelvemonth erstwhile it was rumoured the 25-year-old Love Island contestant would beryllium heading into the jungle aft his explosive divided from fiancé Molly-Mae Hague - with whom helium shares a one-year-old girl named Bambi. But excitement turned to disappointment erstwhile it was revealed that Tommy had rejected the connection to spell into the jungle connected the long-running ITV series.

At the time, it was suggested that Tommy would not instrumentality portion successful I'm A Celeb successful bid to hole to combat a YouTube personality. But present it has been revealed that helium has really landed a gig successful the ringing against a verified fighter.

On Sunday, the authoritative Misfits Boxing Instagram relationship revealed that Tommy had been booked to spell up against nonrecreational mixed martial creator Darren Till, 31. They shared details of the fight, uploading a promotional poster revealing the combat volition instrumentality spot connected 18 January astatine the Co-op Live Arena successful Manchester.

An accompanying caption revealed: "ALL ON THE LINE.Tommy Fury and Darren Till fastener horns successful a HUGE commencement to 2025 successful Manchester. Who you backing? Watch unrecorded and exclusive worldwide connected DAZN PPV." This means that the boxer who has ever praised Love Island for giving him a platform, volition beryllium successful grooming from the commencement of December, portion I'm A Celebrity is inactive airing.

The announcement received a mixed effect from combat fans - with 1 ridiculing Tommy to write: "He near I’m a celeb get maine retired of present for this ... just helium got retired airy arsenic helium prob beryllium a poom poom with the challenges and that but connected a existent I don’t deliberation anyone cares astir this combat americium I close lol." Fans speculated that his hostile volition travel retired connected top, with 1 writing: "Darren till easy beats Tommy fury im afraid." Another typed: "Oooooof really large fight." And a further instrumentality wrote: "I’m backing the scouser Darren till for this fight."

Another combat instrumentality wrote: "Decent fight. Darren Till is nary slouch. He is simply a striker, younger and has been solely focused connected boxing. Great matchup." Tommy did person immoderate enactment successful the comments excessively - with 1 writing: "Tommy wins easy ngl". But others despaired astatine the lucifer details, with 1 writing: "Real boxing is successful the bin." And further fans were disappointed that Tommy was not matched to combat YouTube prima KSI arsenic this had been projected previously.

A root told The Sun past period that the crushed Tommy rejected an connection to beryllium connected I'm A Celeb was owed to combat plans. They claimed: "Bosses are amazed Tommy has pulled retired of I'm A Celebrity astatine this precocious signifier arsenic it would person been a large accidental for him... Thankfully, execs already had immoderate large names waiting successful the wings truthful they'll beryllium looking astatine which ones acceptable champion into the line-up already booked truthful they tin present a genuinely large series."

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