Disgraced celebrity Pete Evans labelled as ‘perfect person’ for I’m A Celebrity jungle

He has come under fire for his dangerous anti-vaxxer views and coronavirus conspiracy theories. 

But Pete Evans, 47, has been labelled the ‘perfect person’ to appear on the next season of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! and ‘shake up’ the Channel 10 show.

‘They’re desperate for him to sign on the dotted line,’ an insider told Now To Love.

‘He’s the perfect person to create a bit of a buzz, and despite how quirky his beliefs may be, he does have supporters.’

The insider added the network was chasing him and several other celebrities with more ‘intrigue factor’, after it was announced in August the series would be moved from being filmed in South Africa to Murwillumbah in northern New South Wales. 

The campsite, which is less than an hour from the Gold Coast, is a stone throw away from where the father of two lives in Byron Bay. 

‘It’s a no brainer for Pete – he’s not exactly being thrown a stack of work at the moment,’ the insider said.

The UK version of the show, which has been filmed in Australia for almost two decades, has been forced to reconsider its location due to the pandemic. 

ViacomCBS executive Beverley McGarvey confirmed the show would ‘definitely be back next year’ and a potential change of format was on the cards. 

‘We love our South African site, the jungle is kind of a character in the show, but we just don’t know if that’s possible or realistic, so we’re just looking at a range of options,’ she told news.com.au in May.

‘The show will definitely be back next year … but because of the complexity of the travel, we are having to think about how we do that show, maybe in a slightly different way.’  

I’m A Celeb co-host Dr Chris Brown added in July: ‘It’s kind of over the next couple of months we look at who’s around and who do people want to know more about and who are those figures that are intriguing people.’

Over the last few months, Pete has stirred up a flurry of controversy.  

Most recently, the celebrity chef, who is married to model Nicola Robinson, was blasted as ‘reprehensible’ after suggesting the death of a top Australian doctor from cancer invalidated his opinions about diseases.

The father of two was also fined by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) for falsely claiming a machine called the BioCharger could be used to fight the coronavirus. 

He also made some eyebrow raising comments about coronavirus during a sit down with The Ben, Rob and Robbo Show in September, where he discussed ‘his beliefs, controversy and his career’. 

‘It’s a hoax. I’m not saying the coronavirus does not exist, but the way we’ve handled it, going into complete lockdown and waiting for a vaccine to save us all for the most – it’s less dangerous than the flu we have every year,’ Pete said during the interview when asked about his views on COVID-19.