I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! is returning for 2023 with presenters Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly. This year the presenters will be joined Down Under by Britney Spears' sister Jamie Lynn Spears, This Morning presenter Josie Gibson, First Dates star Fred Sirieix, and YouTuber Nella Rose.
GB News host and ex-politician Nigel Farage, food critic Grace Dent, Made in Chelsea's Sam Thompson, EastEnders' Danielle Harold, and Hollyoaks icon Nick Pickard have also headed for the jungle. Also taking part is JLS singer and presenter Marvin Humes.
Speaking about taking part Marvin, 38, said: "This programme has been on my bucket list for years. It’s the first time I’ve been asked to do it so I jumped at the opportunity." The JLS singer and radio presenter, who also hosts The Hit List with his wife Rochelle Humes, revealed she didn't believe him when he first told her about I'm A Celebrity.
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The 34-year-old, who is best known for the band The Saturdays and presenting ITV's This Morning, thought her husband was winding her up. Marvin said: "When I first told Rochelle she thought I was doing a prank on her.
"She thought I was nuts and she still can’t believe I’m doing it. This is the most daring thing I have ever done and I have never challenged myself this way before. It’s one million per cent harder than performing on stage and I woke up with knots in my stomach this morning thinking about it."
Marvin and Rochelle share three kids together – Alaia-Mai, Valentina, and Blake – and tied the knot in 2012. They recently celebrated their 11-year anniversary and in 2022 renewed their vows in a stunning Italian ceremony.
Posting about the vow renewal at the time Marvin told his Instagram followers: "Rochelle and I renewed our wedding vows to mark our 10th anniversary at the most beautiful location surrounded by our nearest and dearest. It was the most incredible day filled with love and laughter. Ten down, forever to go."
However it hasn't always been smooth sailing for the couple as they recently revealed that they briefly split just one year into their relationship. Speaking on the Bumble podcast My Love Is... last year Marvin told presenter Tolly T that he'd broken things off between the pair before realising he'd made a mistake.
He said: "We had a little split about a year in. It was my doing. You know what the weirdest thing I got cold feet for some reason and just panicked. I called it off with Roch and when I did that I knew that second it was the biggest mistake I’ve made."
Marvin explained: "I was in a relationship previously... but what I learned in that relationship was it went on too long and I didn't have the balls to call it off and I was quite young. And it sort of had the reverse effect when I was with Roch I just panicked and was like: 'I want to call it off.' When I did it I knew I was making a mistake. Broke Rochelle's heart."
"I found that so tough at the time," Rochelle recalled before explaining: "I remember coming home from work one day and the way he approached me I thought someone was either really sick or someone had passed away. I remember I just got out the shower and he was like: 'I need to talk to you.' I was ready to comfort him then box him. He was like: 'I don't think I want this anymore' but I still didn't understand he meant us – like genuinely it was the last thing on my brain."
They revealed they didn't speak for six weeks although Marvin admitted he was emailing her. He said: "Obviously she didn't make it easy for me but I managed to win her back and that's when I knew I'd be with her for the rest of my life."
Nowadays the pair couldn't be happier and Marvin says he is keen to make his three children and Rochelle proud when taking on the famous trials. He said: "They are going to be at the forefront of my mind every time. I can’t let them down. I have got to get stuck in and be brave as they are going to be watching."
The new series of I'm A Celebrity is set to kick off on Sunday, November 19, at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX. For more showbiz and television stories, get our newsletter here.
