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Louise Randell

I'm A Celeb's rumoured campmate John Bercow insists he's not heading to the jungle

John Bercow has dismissed rumours he's heading to Australia to take part in I'm A Celebrity... get Me Out Of Here! after stepping down as Commons Speaker.

There had been speculation that Bercow was interested in joining the jungle show, but he's now saying he will not sign on to the ITV series for "any fee".

A spokeswoman said: "Any rumours circulating to the effect that Speaker John Bercow is interested in taking part in ITV's 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' - at any fee level - are utterly false.

"He's not taking part in any reality shows."

There have been many rumours about what Bercow will do after his 10 years as speaker and even Prime Minister Boris Johnson linked him to the jungle show in a joke.

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During his Tory conference speech, Johnson critisiced Parliament over the Brexit deadlock and laughed that Bercow joining the show would cheer everyone up.

He said: "If Parliament were a reality TV show then the whole lot of us I'm afraid would have been voted out of the jungle by now," Mr Johnson said.

"But at least we would have the consolation of a Speaker being forced to eat a kangaroo testicle."

Bookmaker Coral had Bercow at 4/5 to be a contestant on the show and 10/1 to go on and win it.

Ant and Dec will soon be getting back to work on the show (Instagram)

Bercow later referenced the PM's gag when suffering from a croaky voice during a Commons debate.

"I just wanted to take the opportunity to confirm to the House that the state of my throat - which is purely temporary - is not down to the consumption of a kangaroo's testicle," Mr Bercow said.

"I wouldn't eat it. It would probably be poisoned."

If he had accepted a role on I'm A Celebrity, Bercow would have been following in teh footsteps of his wife Sally who previously carved out her own career in reality TV.

She joined Celebrity Big Brother in 2011 and had been due to star in The Jump, before pulling out due to an injury.

I'm A Celebrity starts on ITV on November 17.

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