BOXER Tommy Fury has pulled out of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! – just two weeks before the stars were expected to fly out to the Australian jungle.

The 25-year-old had been in talks with ITV producers for months but had been offered another more lucrative project, which is believed to be a rematch between him and KSI.

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Tommy Fury has pulled out of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

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The boxer was due to start filming the new series in just weeksCredit: Getty

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He looks set for a big money boxing rematch with rival KSICredit: Getty
It was hoped that Tommy, younger half-brother of heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury, might have spilled the beans on his doomed relationship with Molly Mae Hague, 25, whom he met when they were both contestants on ITV2 dating show, Love Island.

A TV insider said: “Bosses are surprised Tommy has chosen to pull out of I’m A Celebrity at this late stage as it would have been a great opportunity for him too.

“Thankfully, the execs already had some great names waiting in the wings so they’ll now be looking at which ones fit best into the line up already booked so they can deliver a truly great series.

“With only weeks to go, bosses have lined up one of the most exciting casts in the show’s history.”

Tommy would have been joining a superb line-up which is expected to include WAG queen Coleen Rooney, Dancing on Ice judge Oti Mabuse and NDubz singer Tulisa.

The stars usually jet down under in mid-November, around a week before the show, hosted by Ant & Dec, kicks off its three-week run on ITV1.

The Sun exclusively revealed at the start of September that Tommy was in talks with jungle bosses, and as a man who’d become famous on an ITV show, he seemed like the perfect choice.

He had also just been through a very public break up with Molly over the summer in which he was accused of cheating on her.

Tommy has denied being unfaithful and was expected to use key moments around the jungle campfire to give his side of the story.

But his boxing matches are always likely to be better paydays than the figures ITV can offer celebrities, and it’s believed he may be stepping back into the ring with KSI, whom he narrowly beat last year.

KSI, who has just completed a judging stint on Britain’s Got Talent by replacing Bruno Tonioli at show auditions in Blackpool, wasn’t happy with the result as it was his first defeat.

After their fight in October, 2023, he said: “That is a robbery, bro. How many jabs did you land? Look at your face, look at your eyes. I’m the YouTuber, you are the boxer so you have to win?

“He is the man who is supposed to be the pro boxer. He hit me on the back of the head over and over. It is outrageous. I want to appeal. I need to see it again. I felt like I won that.”

A spokesman for I’m A Celebrity declined to comment.

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Jungle bosses were hoping he’d tell all about his split with Molly-Mae HagueCredit: PA

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Ant and Dec are returning to host the show next monthCredit: ITV

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Coleen Rooney is this year’s biggest signingCredit: Getty Images – Getty