I'm A Celebrity star Shane Richie says appearing on the show will save him financially as he has not worked in six months and been forced to lend money from friends.
The actor, known to millions as Alfie Moon in EastEnders, signed up for the show back in January when he had a full diary of TV work before the coronavirus struck.
Shane, 56, who is favourite to win the show with bookmakers, said: "My kids were old enough to travel to Australia and they wanted to meet Ant and Dec.
We were all really excited. "We were going to fit it around my other work projects as I was going on tour, doing a TV series and panto but that all got cancelled in March.
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