Chris Moyles signs up to I'm A Celebrity 10 years after Ant and Dec urged him to go on show

Radio DJ Chris Moyles will be heading into the jungle for this year's edition of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! It's been ten years since hosts Ant and Dec put him at the top of their wish-list - and now Moyles has signed up for the ITV programme.

But Moyles, 48, has admitted to having a fear of heights - something he only discovered when he took girlfriend Tiffany Austin’s niece to Go Ape. Speaking on his Radio X breakfast show, he told Vernon Kay it only hit him how bad his vertigo was while on the day out.

“I papped myself and I realised I’m more scared of heights than I actually genuinely thought I was,” Moyles said. But pal Vernon, who took part in the first Welsh version of I'm A Celeb in 2020, insisted he would have a great time.

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He said: “I honestly had a blast, and anyone who gets asked to do it, I would say to them now ‘don’t hesitate’. Yeah, it’s awful, as in the cockroaches, creepy crawlies, spiders and snakes and all that palaver, but as an experience it’s probably one of the best I’ve ever had in telly.”

Hosts Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly said they wanted to see Moyles as a campmate back in 2012, reports the Mirror. Geordie Dec explained: “He would be really funny, he’d probably win. And he’s lost so much weight, even the lack of food wouldn’t bother him.” Ant added: “The thing is eventually they all say yes. We just wear them down.”

Other stars thought to have signed up for the jungle next month include 1980s pop icon Boy George, comedian Seann Walsh and former Love Islander Olivia Attwood. The hit reality show returns to screens - and to the Australian outback - later this