Oti Mabuse turned down I'm A Celeb five times before going on ITV show

Oti Mabuse admits she turned down I'm A Celebrity five times before doing Dancing On Ice

Oti Mabuse revealed she rejected the opportunity to take part in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! on five separate occasions before agreeing to take part in the new series of Dancing On Ice.

The new judge on the ITV skating show joined Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby on This Morning today, where she admitted she's always been too "scared" to go on I'm A Celeb.

Oti Mabuse turned down I'm A Celeb five times before going on ITV show

The Strictly Come Dancing pro explained: "I've been asked to do the jungle five times and I've always said no to the jungle because I was scared. I was always scared of the eating part, the bugs, the challenges."

She added: "Doing Strictly, you're glamorous and you're nice, and then this is like, 'no make-up, eating a kangaroo testicles.' I was just not ready for that."

Instead, Oti decided to swap the Australian outback for the ice rink, and is the fourth judge alongside Ashley Banjo, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.

Dancing On Ice continues on ITV on Sunday at 6.30pm.