Last week, Ant McPartlin quit the show. ITV Bosses have just confirmed that Declan Donnelly will get a new co-host before the next series starts back on our screens.
Ant of course took a break from doing any television shows after being involved in a drink driving accident and entering rehab earlier in the year. He was banned from driving for nearly 2 years and fined nearly €96,000 after pleading guilty to drink driving.
Kevin Lygo (ITV's Director of Television) confirmed while at the Edinburgh TV Festival that they have confirmed somebody to take Ant's place to co-present the show, but his lips are sealed for now on who it is. Kevin said “We collectively all thought let’s give [Ant] a good amount of time off because these things are a slow procedure. He’s not going to go to the jungle. Dec is and we will find someone to stand next to Dec.” He was then asked whether he had decided on the new presenter, Lygo said: “yes I have”, before teasing, jokily: “it’s Piers Morgan. It could be anybody. It could be Jeremy Corbyn.”
Some names that are rumoured to be the next co-host include... Stephen Mulhern, & Scarlett Moffatt.
Many fans have been calling for it to be Julia Morris who co-hosts the Australian version of I'm a Celebrity
Campaign for this lady to replace Ant on the British #Imacelebrity ??????
(I think her names Julia Morris?) https://t.co/j5CJjrmroH— ??Glen Scott?? (@glenrules) August 21, 2018
Ant & Dec are one of the most famous TV duo's of all time. They first met while working on the BBC children's drama Byker Grove in 1989. They played the characters of PJ & Duncan.
They even made several songs that made it into the charts in the 90's.
I'm A Celebrity will return on our screens later on this year. We shall have to wait & find out who will be the new co-host.
