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<\/p>\nI'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! bosses reportedly want Fred Sirieix for the upcoming series.<\/p>\n
The First Dates Ma\u00eetre d', 51, is allegedly in talks to star on the hit ITV programme, despite previously admitting that he couldn't handle the gruelling bushtucker trials.<\/p>\n
But ITV bosses are hoping to look past that as they believe he will be a "hit with the ladies".<\/p>\n
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"Show bosses hope he\u2019ll be a hit with the ladies watching, which is part of the reason they\u2019ve targeted him," a source told The Sun.<\/p>\n
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\u201cEveryone\u2019s really excited that they\u2019re close to signing him up.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Hello! last year, the tv star confessed it was the trials that put him off from taking part in the series.<\/p>\n
He told the publication: "I don't think I'd do I'm A Celebrity, I wouldn't be too keen on eating a camel's anus or something like that.<\/p>\n
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"I know I eat frogs, I'm French, but at least those frogs are cooked!"<\/p>\n
The TV foodie added: "They are deliciously prepared, whereas a camel's anus is put in a blender and you have to eat it raw.<\/p>\n
"It's awful. I know people who have been there – it's really not 'gastronomie'."<\/p>\n
It comes after it was reported that Gordon Ramsay had quit filming his travel series with Fred and Gino D'Acampo.<\/p>\n
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The popular trio have been travelling the globe together since 2018 and their latest series sees them head to to Spain in Gino, Gordon And Fred: Viva Espana!<\/p>\n
In August, an insider said: "Gordon won\u2019t be part of the show anymore. A lot of viewers are going to be devastated."<\/p>\n
While Gino, 47, quit their travel series earlier this year, he has reunited with Fred for Emission Impossible which will see the duo travel around in a more sustainable way.<\/p>\n
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