I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! champ Harry Redknapp has given further insight into why he decided to enter the jungle last year instead of taking part in Strictly Come Dancing.
The football manager, 72, revealed ahead of his stint in Australia last autumn that he 'had a trial' for Strictly, but realised he 'just couldn't dance'.
And in a recent chat with MailOnline, Harry added that his son Jamie also had something to do with the decision.
Got the hump? I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! champ Harry Redknapp has given further insight into why he decided to enter the jungle last year instead of taking part in Strictly Come Dancing, saying son Jamie wouldn't have liked him to be on the dancing series
'I told Jamie I was thinking of doing [Stictly] and I don't think he was pleased about it,' the former West Ham manager revealed. 'And so I was offered the jungle at the same time and chose to do that.
'But I didn't tell him about that one, I just went for it because I didn't think he'd be best pleased with that either. I kept it quiet. I thought he might get the hump otherwise.'
While Harry's tongue was firmly in his cheek saying this, ex-footballer Jamie revealed last year that the first he'd heard about his dad going into the jungle was in the paper.
He previously told The Sun: 'I read that he was doing it, so I went to him, "What's going on? You're doing the jungle?" He said, "I didn't want to tell you, you'll tell me off!"'
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Whether Jamie's chagrin had anything to do with the fact that his wife at the time, Louise, took part on Strictly in 2016, only for them to end up divorcing the following year, after 19 years of marriage, is up for interpretation.
Harry went on to tell MailOnline about the moment he decided to take on the jungle challenge - which he notably
