Official confirmation.
ITV has announced that Holly Willoughby will co-host this year’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! alongside Declan Donnelly.
Willoughby will fill in for Donnelly’s regular presenting partner, Ant McPartlin, while he temporarily steps aside from TV duties.
ITV confirms Holly Willoughby to co-host I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! with Declan Donnelly @imacelebrity pic.twitter.com/ZJdSxFXiIW
— ITV Press Centre (@itvpresscentre) August 29, 2018
McPartlin is taking a break from all television and presenting roles after he was recently involved in a drink driving accident. The presenter entered rehab earlier in the year and was banned from the road for 20 months.
He was also fined £86,000 after pleading guilty to driving whilst over twice the legal limit.
Commenting on her new presenting role, This Morning host Willoughby said: “I couldn’t be more excited to have been asked to stand alongside Dec for the next jungle adventure.”
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