The new co-host of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here and replacement for Doctor Christ Brown, has potentially been found.

Conservationist and zookeeper Robert Irwin, son of Steve Irwin, has been said to take the co-host job.

Entertainment reporter Peter Ford spoke to Millsy and Karl on 6PR Breakfast about how he thinks Mr Irwin and host Julia Morris will work.

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“To be honest I wouldn’t have instantly thought he was absolutely destined to do I’m A Celebrity,” Mr Ford said.

“Because the other thing on that show is you’ve got to have the comedy element and he will have to be trained up in that.”

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