I'm a Celebrity star Jordan North has confessed he has a long list of phobias ahead of the show's launch this weekend and stressed he is not looking for romance in the castle.
The Radio 1 DJ is joining the line up of stars entering a new camp in a historic year for the smash hit ITV reality series.
This year, the popular reality show will be filmed at Gwrych Castle, Abergele in North Wales.
Over the course of its previous 19 series, the show has been filmed from an Australian jungle but the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has forced its relocation.
From November 15, popular presenters Ant and Dec will host an adapted version of I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here live every night on ITV from the castle.
The series will follow the same pattern as previous instalments, with the celebrities undertaking tough trials and entertaining challenges in order to earn food and special treats.
Celebrities will be eliminated one by one in the run up to one being crowned, for the first time, King or Queen of the Castle.
BBC radio presenter Jordan North has admitted it's going to be a surreal experience for him to finally meet his own childhood heroes – presenters Ant and Dec.
He said: "I’ve been watching this show ever since it started, I can remember Kerry Katona doing it all those years ago.
"With everything going on this year, people will want this show on TV more than anything. We all need it. It’s my favourite show on the telly and to be part of it is a big honour.
"My co-presenter at Radio 1, Emily Atack, talked so lovingly about it all and you can't turn something like this down.
"I have never met Ant and Dec either and I am so excited to meet them. I loved them on SM:TVdoing Wonky Donkey."
He added: "I have got so many phobias and fears. I am worried I will let people down but I also want to give the trials my best go. I hope Radio 1 listeners will get behind me."
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Looking forward to meeting the rest of his fellow celebrities, Jordan said he thinks it will be tough surviving on rice and beans.
He said: "I will be the chief cleaner. A tidy camp is a happy camp. I do love my food though and I just think it is easier to go in cold turkey. If I start worrying, I am going to start over thinking it and so I have been eating loads beforehand – a bit like an animal does before it hibernates."
The presenter confessed he thinks it will be weird not to have his phone with him. Jordan added: "I am always on the phone and I am always checking social media, so that will be weird."
Jordan said he hopes he won't be the first to leave and revealed he definitely isn't looking for love on the show.
He said: "I am single at the moment. But that is not the reason why I am going in. I just want to have fun and this is something that will stick with you forever. The fact I am going to be doing it doesn’t seem real."
*I'm a Celebrity, Get me Out of Here will air on ITV
