Ben Shephard is a journalist and TV character who presently co-presents ITV’s This Morning (2024–current). Just lately, rumors had been circulating that he was becoming a member of one other ITV sequence, I’m a Movie star…Get Me Out of Right here!, as a choose. Shepard has spoken on the topic, dispelling the rumors.
What did Ben Shephard say about becoming a member of I’m A Movie star?
The rumors began after Shephard disclosed that he wouldn’t seem on This Morning for a few weeks due to his dedication to a different venture.
“I’ve some information to share,” Shephard mentioned on the November 8 episode. “I’m taking a few weeks away to go and work on this thrilling venture for ITV. It’s high secret. I’m going to the opposite aspect of the world now after the present. I can’t say the place it’s although,” he added. (through Manchester Night Information)
This prompted Shephard’s co-host Cat Deeley to ask if he “was going to be consuming witchetty grubs” and see her “two mates.” It is a reference to I’m a Movie star (the filming for the British sequence takes place within the Australian jungle) and its hosts Declan Donnelly and Ant McPartlin. Responding to Deeley’s question, Shepard promised that he would reveal the place he was on the Monday, November 11 episode.
In Friday’s episode, Shephard instructed Deeley and co-host Alison Hammond that he was in New Zealand for a unique ITV venture, a actuality competitors sequence titled The Summit. “I’m not within the jungle! I’ve gone a bit additional south, I’m in New Zealand,” he mentioned. “We’re internet hosting this model new present for ITV, which is known as The Summit,” he additional said.
The previous Good Morning Britain co-host continued, “I’m going to be guiding them up there, I’m going to be checking in with them at nights and speaking them by means of what levels of the challenges they’re in. Hopefully, I’ll be there when a few of them attain the summit. They’re carrying the winnings with all of them the best way up so what makes it up there may be shared with those that truly get there too.”
Notably, The Summit will debut on ITV1, ITVX, and different platforms someday in 2025. Shephard will function the host, serving to the 14 contestants of their quest for a share of the £200,000 prize.
