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Hollyoaks' Jennifer Metcalfe denies she'll be joining I'm A Celebrity cast

Hollyoaks star Jennifer Metcalfe has dashed fans' hopes that we'll be seeing her in the I'm A Celebrity jungle this year.

The show is expected to kick off sometime next month, and will see presenting duo Ant and Dec reunite in the Aussie jungle after Ant's absence last year.

Jennifer, who has played diva Mercedes McQueen in the hit soap for over a decade, has been surrounded by speculation that she'll be heading Down Under for the next series.

However the brunette beauty has cleared up the rumours by insisting that it's not something she's involved in.

She told Mirror Online: "I'm really not doing that. But I have got a month off in November. I heard I was doing it but I'm not."

She wants to spend her time off with her boy (Instagram)
She shares two year old Daye with Greg Lake (Instagram)

Later she added that she'll be spending her time off potty training her little lad, two year old Daye, who she shares with Geordie Shore's Greg Lake.

The 36 year-old said excitedly: "I'm going to potty train my little boy and get him out of the cot!"

There are a whole bunch more famous faces rumoured to be taking on the jungle, including Love Island and TOWIE star Olivia Attwood , EastEnders hard man Danny Dyer and broadcasting veteran Richard Madeley.

Jennifer and Greg make a cute couple (Newcastle Chronicle)

The Sun recently reported that eight contestants had been confirmed, with probably two more to be announced.

The big names were Kate Garraway, Andrew Whyment, Jacqueline Jossa, James Haskell, Ian Wright, Roman Kemp, Myles Stephenson and Nadine Coyle.

Jennifer's not the only star to deny her involvement, as Paul Hollywood's ex and red-headed beauty Summer Monteys-Fullam took to her Instagram story to confirm (again) that she wouldn't be joining the camp.

Fans are scared Mercedes might be killed off (ITV)
Summer laughed off rumours she would be in the jungle (Instagram)

Jennifer, meanwhile, will be left to answer fans' huge number of questions after a new storyline for her character sees her fall into a coma.

Mercedes' fate will be up in the air after a shooting leaves her fighting for her life.

She told Mirror Online: "[The injuries are] pretty bad. She ends up in a coma for three weeks which was fantastic.

"After doing all these epic monologues in front of everybody, I literally go into a coma for three weeks so it's like three blocks of me laid in bed in all day.

"Way too much Internet shopping...there was nothing else to do, but I got to lay in bed for three weeks."

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