Andi Peters says audiences will be "surprised" by Chris Moyles on I'm A Celeb

5 November 2022, 10:00 | Updated: 7 November 2022, 12:51

Andi Peters gives a peek into what to expect from Chris

By Jenny Mensah

We spoke to the presenter and friend of Chris Moyles ahead of the Radio X DJs stint in the jungle and he revealed what we can expect from him.

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Andi Peters is a good friend of Chris Moyles and an even bigger friend of The Chris Moyles Show and he called Toby Tarrant up for a chat about how he thinks he'll get on in the jungle.

The Radio X DJ is about to star in the new series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! - which launches on ITV1 this Sunday 6th November at 9pm, alongside the likes of Boy George, Mike Tindall and Sue Cleaver and his old friend Andi thinks he'll surprise people.

Talking about audience members who may have not been following Moyles in the last few years, the daytime presenter predicted: "The first thing they'll say is, 'Oh he's lost a lot of weight' and then they're like, 'Oh my goodness, he's such a nice bloke' and I genuinely think he would be the 'Care Bear' and the person who looks after everybody."

"I think people are going to be so surprised," he added. "I think he'll do well, because we all know when he puts his mind to something, he does it. [...] I think he's very single minded in that way and I think he'll be able to do mind over matter, concentrate and want to do well and I think he'll be desperate for people to see the real him."

Watch our interview with Andi Peters above.

Andi Peters talks Chris Moyles on I'm a Celeb. Picture: Radio X/ ITV

Andi also thinks Chris has been put on the show to get good stories out of the celebs around him.

He went on: "I think they always put somebody in there every year who is the talker, the interviewer who will illicit stories from other people and I think he is that person.

"And also some people do have a love/hate relationship with Chris. Some people love him, some people don't. He's been called every name under the sun. Every 'phobic' every 'ist' but actually, I know he's none of those, so actually I'm kind of really desperate for the world to see my friend."

Despite that, the ITV presenter revealed Chris is also "really shy" around new people and particularly other celebs, but he has a feeling he'll form a close relationship with Love Island star Olivia Attwood.

"As we know, around 'celebrities' and we use the term loosely, always, He's really shy. [...] He'd rather go to the pub than the 'IT' place in Central London.

"Here's the thing I think. Him and Olivia Attwood. I think they're gonna form a really close bond, because she's lovely. I've worked with her and she's sensational."

Meanwhile, Chris has sent special videos from his I'm A Celeb Isolation House, where he revealed he's been showering outside and practicing washing with his shorts on.

Pointing behind him, he said: "So that there is an outdoor shower and I've been practising showering outside and washing my bits whilst wearing shorts, because when I go into the show I'm going to have to wash my bits wearing shorts 'cause the cameras aren't ready for what I don't got."

He added: Anyway, I just wanted to say I'm still alive and I will see you from camp in the jungle on... I can't even say it. I can't even say it. I can't believe I'm doing it. I must out of my mind.

"Anyway. Don't forget to vote."

Chris gives us another update from his isolation house!

Chris will be joining the following celebrities in the 2022 edition of the series, which sees the show head back to the Aussie jungle for the first time in three years.

Boy George, 61, Pop star and Culture Club legend
Mike Tindall, 44, Rugby Union Player and married to Princess Anne's daughter Zara Tindall
Owen Warner, 23, Hollyoaks star
Sue Cleaver, 59, Coronation Street star
Charlene White, 42, ITV newsreader and Loose Women anchor
Scarlette Douglas, 35, A Place In The Sun presenter
Jill Scott, 35, Retired England Lioness
Babatunde Aléshé, 36, Comedian, Gogglebox
Olivia Attwood, 31, Love Island star
Matt Hancock, 44, Former Tory MP