Ben Shephard has quashed speculation that he's off to the I'm A Celebrity jungle. The This Morning favourite raised eyebrows about a potential stint in the notorious Australian jungle after announcing on Friday's show that he'd be absent from ITV for a spell to work on an undisclosed project. Ben disclosed: "I have some news to share.
I'm taking a couple of weeks away to go and work on this exciting project for ITV. It's top secret. I'm going to the other side of the world now after the show.
I can't say where it is though." Co-host Cat probed him further: "Are you going to be eating witchetty grubs? Are you going to see my two mates? " to which he responded: "I cannot confirm or deny where in the world I am going. I can't confirm or deny who I'm going to see.
On Monday's show when you're here with Alison, I will be able to confirm where I am in the world. See you in a few weeks!" But on Monday's programme, Ben clarified the real reason for his global jaunt. Confirming his destination as New Zealand, he announced he would be presenting a fresh ITV series titled The Summit.
While chatting with presenters Alison Hammond and Cat Deeley, Ben clarified via video link: "I'm not in the jungle! I've gone a bit further south, I'm in New Zealand. We are hosting this brand new show for ITV, which is called The Summit..
", reports the Mirror . "I'm going to be guiding them up there, I'm going to be checking in with them at nights and talking them through what stages of the challenges they.