Richard Madeley wants I’m A Celebrity return

ICONINSIDER — Richard Madeley would like to go back on ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’.
The 66-year-old presenter took part in the 2021 series of the reality show – which took place in Wales because of COVID-19 restrictions – but was forced to withdraw after just five days after receiving hospital treatment, and he admitted he’d like a second chance at the programme.
Asked if he would go back, he said: “They haven’t asked me…
“To be fair, I’d think about it quite seriously. I don’t blame them, that was the way it was.
“We were all living with the COVID restrictions at that time, so I couldn’t go back.”
Richard admitted it was “annoying” being unable to return to the camp at the time.
He said: “I had to leave early because I had a funny turn in the night as I was dehydrated. I had to be checked out at the local hospital, which meant I’d left the Covid bubble.
“It wasn’t that I was ill, it was because I’d left the bubble and couldn’t go back in. It was really annoying.”
The former ‘This Morning’ presenter has ruled out trying another high-profile reality show because he doesn’t want to look like “a pillock”.
He told Bella magazine: “I wouldn’t dream of doing ‘Strictly’. I’d look like such a pillock.
“I cannot move, I cannot dance.
“It would be entertaining for everyone else but me.”
Richard can regularly seen on ‘Good Morning Britain’ and he’s “very happy” to have a casual arrangement with the programme.
He said: “I’m in my mid-60s and I’ve had my career arc, so now I just do stuff that I think is going to be fun and that I find interesting.
“I say no to quite a lot of stuff.
“When ‘GMB’ ask me to step in, I’m very happy to do so, but I’m not looking to have a massive contract.
“I’m very happy with the way it works.
“I get to know which days I’m going to do one or two months in advance and that suits me down to the ground.”

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