Piers Morgan on I’m A Celebrity? Good Morning Britain presenter reveals he was offered ‘loads of money’ to appear on show

The presenter turned the ITV show down as he 'doesn't like losing'
In demand: Piers Morgan revealed he has been offered 'loads of money' to appear on I'm A Celebrity
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Aime Grant Cumberbatch7 November 2017

Piers Morgan has revealed he was offered ‘loads of money’ to appear on ITV series I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here.

Morgan admitted he’d asked producers to add a couple of noughts to the sum, but had eventually turned it down because he ‘doesn’t like losing’.

Speaking on Good Morning Britain, he said: “I normally win. I don’t believe in losing, I don’t like it. I’ve been offered loads of money for these things, to go and eat bugs. They say ‘hey do you want to go to a jungle in Australia and eat kangaroo testicles as Ant and Dec mock you?’ No thanks. Why would I do that?

“Then they say they’d give you X amount and you’re like ‘please, add a couple of noughts’. So they do and you’re like ‘no thanks’.”

Meanwhile his co-presenter Charlotte Hawkins joked that if Morgan was short of money the team could have a “whip round”.

The line-up for this year’s series of I’m A Celeb has yet to be confirmed, but rumoured names include The Saturdays’ Frankie Bridge, Coronation Street actress Jennie McAlpine and ex-Hollyoaks star Jamie Lomas.

Host Ant McPartlin is reportedly due to return to the show following his stint in rehab earlier this year.

He appeared to confirm he would be back in the trailer for the new series, where he can be heard, along with co-presenter Declan Donnelly shouting: “Let’s get ready to jungle!”

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I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here returns to ITV later this year.

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