I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp's Joe Swash and Scarlett Moffatt are leaving the show

Dan Seddon
Photo credit: ITV
Photo credit: ITV

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I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp has lost two of its regular presenting team as Joe Swash and Scarlett Moffatt have both confirmed that they won't be returning to the show this year.

Joe – who won I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! back in 2008 – announced his departure from the series first, sharing a statement on Instagram that revealed he wanted to spend a bit more time at home with his family after he and partner Stacey Solomon welcomed their first child together earlier this year.

"I can't believe I'm about to say this... For 10 incredible years I've been lucky enough to host my favourite show on telly," he wrote.

Photo credit: ITV
Photo credit: ITV

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"Being a part of the I'm a Celebrity After Show has been everything I could have dreamed of and more. But I've come to the decision that this year I'm going to have to leave my jungle family and stay home with my wonderful real family."

He continued: "I don't want to miss a second with Stacey and our amazing boys so 3 months in Australia just seems too make to bare this year [sic]."

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I can’t believe I’m about to say this... For 10 incredible years I’ve been lucky enough to host my favourite show on telly. Being a part of the I’m a Celebrity After Show has been everything I could have dreamed of and more. But I’ve come to the decision that this year I’m going to have to leave my jungle family and stay home with my wonderful real family. I don’t want to miss a second with Stacey and our amazing boys so 3 months in Australia just seems too make to bare this year. I’m so grateful for everything the jungle has given me and for all of the people who have took me under their wing and given me memories to last a lifetime. I’ve made some unbelievable friends in fact family in oz and I’ll miss you all terribly. @antanddec thank you boys for showing me how it’s done and keeping me on my toes I’ll be watching every night missin ya both! Well It’s not goodbye forever but just for now. Thanks for the memories @imacelebrity it’s been emotional. Signing off for now and all i have left to say is... “Olly, Olly, Olly, tits in the trolley, balls in a biscuit tin. Sitting on the grass, with your finger up your arse, playing with your ding a ling a ling!”

A post shared by Joe Swash (@realjoeswashy) on Jul 20, 2019 at 6:53am PDT

Meanwhile, Scarlett took the same approach with her announcement, sharing a statement on Instagram to reveal that she's been working on new projects and will be saying goodbye to jungle life.

"For 3 years I have enjoyed a jungle life, being crowned queen of the jungle and having the greatest time presenting extra camp with Swashy and Joel who I now class as best friends," she wrote.

"The jungle absolutely changed my life and I am massively grateful to everybody who voted for me whilst in the jungle and for your constant support to date and everybody who tuned in to extra camp.

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After chatting to one of my besties @realjoeswashy and seeing his insta post I thought I would do mine to. For 3 years I have enjoyed a jungle life, being crowned queen of the jungle and having the greatest time presenting extra camp with Swashy and Joel who I now class as best friends. The jungle absolutely changed my life and I am massively grateful to everybody who voted for me whilst in the jungle and for your constant support to date and everybody who tuned in to extra camp 👸🏽 Massive thank you to all the team including Richard, Angela, Toni, pecks and of course @antanddec and @hollywilloughby @joeldommett and @realjoeswashy but I have got a project that I’ve been working on (alongside my family) that I am very very excited to announce soon. And because of this unfortunately I will not be presenting this years extra camp but I will certainly be tuning in LONG LIVE THE JUNGLE 🕷#jungle #love #extracamp #imaceleb

A post shared by SCARLETT MOFFATT (@scarlettmoffatt) on Jul 20, 2019 at 7:45am PDT

"I have got a project that I've been working on (alongside my family) that I am very very excited to announce soon. And because of this unfortunately I will not be presenting this years extra camp but I will certainly be tuning in LONG LIVE THE JUNGLE."

An ITV spokesperson also confirmed their departures in a statement, saying (via The Huffington Post UK): "We're sad to see Joe and Scarlett go and wish them both all the very best. They'll always be part of the I'm a Celebrity family.

"We'll confirm our I'm A Celebrity Extra Camp presenting line up for the new series nearer transmission."

I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! airs on ITV, while I'm A Celebrity: Extra Camp airs on ITV2.

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