Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Holly & kids & Dec
New I’m A Celebrity host will take her family Down Under
CHEESE... the Beckhams and Gordon Ramsay’s brood are all smiles as they pose for a group photo.
Victoria Beckham, 44, posted the snap of the celeb families celebrating Tana Ramsay’s 43rd birthday in the Cotswolds. Another pic shows son Cruz, 13, HOLLY Willoughby agreed to be Dec’s I’m A Celebrity co-host when she was sure she had Ant’s blessing and her kids could go too.
This Morning presenter Holly, 37, was declared a “perfect fit” for the job due to her long-standing friendship with both Ant and Dec.
A source said: “Because of her genuine friendship with Dec they are very natural together.
“Ant is pleased that it will be a friend like Holly stepping into his shoes even though he knows that not being there himself will be hard. Having Ant’s blessing meant an awful lot to Holly”
She will take her kids Harry, nine, Belle, seven, and Chester, three, to Australia.
Her husband, Celebrity Juice producer Dan Baldwin, is also expected to be there presenting Tana with a cake decorated with figurines of her whole clan including chef Gordon, 51, and kids Megan, 20, twins Jack and Holly, 18 and Matilda, 16.
Completing Team Beckham at the do were David, 43, Brooklyn, 19, Romeo, 15, Harper, seven, and dog Olive. for at least part of the time. The source said: “Being on the other side of the world to her children was a sticking point.
“Once she’d ensured that they could join her on the adventure, she was thrilled.
“Everyone is delighted with the outcome.” We tipped Holly to replace Ant Mcpartlin, 42, earlier this month.
He is taking a full year off work after crashing his car in April and being convicted of drink-driving.
An ITV spokesman said a formal announcement on the I’m A Celebrity hosts would be given “in due course”. But producers have been told to sound out presenters to stand in for Holly on This Morning.
I’m A Celebrity is likely to give Holly her biggest ratings. Around a million viewers tune in to This Morning, while I’m A Celebrity got 13 million last year when Georgia Toffolo was Queen of the Jungle.