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20th November 2019
10:00pm GMT
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“It is going to be tricky going in late though because they will have bonded and made friendships," he added. “How will I make friends with them? I am going to try and bring in a bag of sweets!”
He also weighed in on what he thinks his colleagues from Call The Midwife will be thinking when they find out he is I'm A Celeb-bound.
“They will be screaming with delight once they find out. I know they won’t be disappointed and they will be rooting for me," he explained. "In fact, I know they will be phoning up for me to do the trials! Doing I’m A Celebrity is going to be so much fun. It is going to be the best year!”
Whyment, meanwhile, said he reckons his Corrie co-stars will be ringing in to make sure he takes part in every trial.
“I have always been a massive fan of the show and when they asked me to do it, I said ‘yes’ immediately,” he explained. “It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity and it’s crazy to think I am now actually going! I am so excited.”
The actor has played Kirk Sutherland on Coronation Street since December 1999 - and assured fans he is definitely not quitting the soap to take part in this year's show.
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Andy Whyment[/caption]
“It’s a win, win situation for me because ITV have very kindly temporarily written my character out of the soap so I can go out to Australia but I will be back to work straight afterwards," he said. "I know some people do this show to get their faces back on TV but I don’t have to do that as I have been in Corrie for so long.”
“In fact, it will be exactly 20 years since I joined in December! A lot of people know me as dopey Kirk and so it’s nice to show another side of me and hopefully people will like it," he continued. “But I know some of my Corrie colleagues and especially Alan Halsall, who plays Tyrone, will vote for me to do the trials. I know he will be telling everyone to vote for me on Twitter!”
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