A TOP Channel 4 star has revealed the "real reason" he rejected a big money offer to star on I'm A Celeb.
The presenter, 52, admitted he was "asked if he was interested" in the critter-filled series during a candid chat on Wednesday's Good Morning Britain.
Dave Fishwick, star of Channel 4 show Bank Of Dave, told hosts Susanna Reid, 52, and Richard Madeley, 67, why he wasn't in camp this time around.
Richard said he "knew" that Burnley man Dave had been inundated with offers for the show, before the people's banking champion admitted: "I was asked if I was interested and it sounds a wonderful, wonderful programme.
"And being with Nigel Farage might have been fun!"
Richard said: "I can see you two knocking sparks off each other."
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Dave stunned the panel as he continued: "He does ring me occasionally.
"The thing is if Nigel gets de-programmed, not de-banked, I could go in instead."
He was referring to the former Ukip leader being blocked from his Coutts bank account earlier this year.
The snobs’ bank, Coutts, closed his account because it said “his views do not align with our values”.
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The former MEP then branded the subsequent £2.4million payout for the de-banking boss as a "sick joke."
Bringing the chat back to his potential I'm A Celeb role, Dave added he was "so so busy" – with his hectic schedule not allowing him to star.
He added: "We are about to start filming Bank of Dave Two, which is a sequel."
The banking guru grew up in a house so ramshackle it had to be demolished, and he left school without any money or qualifications.
Dave is an inspirational figure for many though, and his story is worth reading for those who might not have got the GCSE grades they wanted today.
The multi-millionaire, who has multiple Ferraris and classic cars, left school with no qualifications.
He founded his own minibus sales company and is now the UK's biggest supplier of new and used minibuses, mini-coaches and wheelchair accessible vehicles.
In 2011 Dave set up Burnley Savings And Loans, a private lending company which became the subject of the Channel 4 series Bank Of Dave.
At the time, he vowed: “My bank may be tiny but it will be better than a High Street bank."
Yet some This Morning fans previously took aim at Dave, branding him a "budget Martin Lewis."
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