Ed Balls has no plans to swap the House of Commons for the jungle, after confirming he will not be taking part in this year's I'm a Celebrity.
The former Labour shadow chancellor was asked to take part in the ITV show, but he wasn't temped.
He told The Telegraph: "I wrote back [to ITV] to say that I'd already subjected myself to one high-profile public vote this year, and I wasn't really sure that I wanted a second one.
"At least having to eat bugs and crickets wasn't part of the election process. I'm not tough enough for that."
He was one of the many celebrities linked with Strictly Come Dancing this year as well.
He turned down the chance to don sequins, glitter and fake tan on Strictly, despite his wife, Labour leadership candidate Yvette Cooper, joking that it was simply because it clashed with filming in the jungle.
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The former Labour shadow chancellor was asked to take part in the ITV show, but he wasn't temped.
He told The Telegraph: "I wrote back [to ITV] to say that I'd already subjected myself to one high-profile public vote this year, and I wasn't really sure that I wanted a second one.
"At least having to eat bugs and crickets wasn't part of the election process. I'm not tough enough for that."
He was one of the many celebrities linked with Strictly Come Dancing this year as well.
He turned down the chance to don sequins, glitter and fake tan on Strictly, despite his wife, Labour leadership candidate Yvette Cooper, joking that it was simply because it clashed with filming in the jungle.
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- 8/1/2015
- Digital Spy
Ed Balls won't be swapping the lobby floor for the dance floor, as Yvette Cooper has confirmed her husband won't be taking part in Strictly Come Dancing.
The former Labour shadow chancellor had been linked with the BBC One show in recent weeks, after losing his House of Commons seat at the May 2015 general election.
Labour Party leadership candidate Cooper told journalists at a press gallery lunch that Balls will not be showing off his fancy footwork on primetime television this autumn, joking that it would "conflict with filming in the jungle".
However, before you assume that Ed will be getting acquainted with kangaroo balls on I'm a Celebrity instead, that's probably not likely either.
The former MP for Morley and Outwood confirmed yesterday that he's accepted a senior fellowship at the Harvard Kennedy School's Mossavar-Rahmani Centre for Business and Government.
'Ed Balls will not be doing Strictly Come Dancing...
The former Labour shadow chancellor had been linked with the BBC One show in recent weeks, after losing his House of Commons seat at the May 2015 general election.
Labour Party leadership candidate Cooper told journalists at a press gallery lunch that Balls will not be showing off his fancy footwork on primetime television this autumn, joking that it would "conflict with filming in the jungle".
However, before you assume that Ed will be getting acquainted with kangaroo balls on I'm a Celebrity instead, that's probably not likely either.
The former MP for Morley and Outwood confirmed yesterday that he's accepted a senior fellowship at the Harvard Kennedy School's Mossavar-Rahmani Centre for Business and Government.
'Ed Balls will not be doing Strictly Come Dancing...
- 6/18/2015
- Digital Spy
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