Ant McPartlin: I'd win I'm A Celebrity if I was a campmate

Ant McPartlin is convinced he would win \'I\'m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!\' if he was a contestant on the show.

The 44-year-old star has hosted the ITV reality series as one half of Ant and Dec - his presenting partner Declan Donnelly - since the programme began in 2002 and if he ever swapped roles and became a campmate he is certain the nation would vote for him to be crowned King of the Jungle.

He made his bold claim in Ant and Dec\'s new book \'Once Upon A Tyne\', which tells the story of the duo\'s 30 years in television.

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Asked how they would fare as campmates, Dec said: "We\'ve thought about it and I actually think Ant would do really well. Definitely top three."

Ant boastfully added: "Top three? I\'d win it!"

To which Dec said: "You might be right. You\'re very outdoorsy, you get on with people, you\'re quite patient, you\'d give the trials a good go, you\'d eat anything. I think you\'d do really really well."

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Although Ant, 44, was tipped as a potential winner, the pair were less enthusiastic about 44-year-old Dec\'s chances of success in the jungle.

Ant said: "Well, let\'s just say I think you\'d be brilliant at \'Strictly (Come Dancing\'). I\'m not sure you\'re cut out for \'I\'m A Celeb...\'

"Where shall I start? Because you\'re the kind of person who would say, \'No thank you,\' and walk after three days, because you\'ve got a short fuse, because you\'re not that into outdoors, you get grumpy when you\'re hungry."

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The pair\'s campmate claims come just weeks before the new series of \'I\'m A Celebrity...\' starts with the contestants facing a different type of challenge this year.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the show\'s location has been switched from the Australian jungle to the historic Gwrych Castle in Abergele, North Wales, at which numerous ghost sightings have been reported.