Jonathan Ross is in talks for a reality show, but has ruled out I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!

The 63-year-old presenter has sparked speculation that he may take part in Strictly Come Dancing after suggesting he is trying to make room in his schedule for a “reality thing”.

During his appearance on the podcast “The Therapy Crouch,” he said: “I’m still doing the talk show (‘The Jonathan Ross Show’). It’s coming back next year. This year I’m doing ‘Masked Singer’ again.”

“Maybe I’ll do some kind of reality show if I can juggle all the dates, which would be pretty fun.”

When presenter Peter Crouch asked him if he would get on a plane and fly Down Under, he said: “No, not to the jungle. I wouldn’t go to the jungle. I wouldn’t want to eat that stuff. And I wouldn’t… I’d just get bored.”

He then revealed that he is afraid of heights, adding: “I’ll tell you what I wouldn’t like about it, the height thing, when you have to get out of the thing at the beginning. But I just don’t think it would be fun. As you get older, you have to think about what you actually want to do with your time.”

There were once rumours that Jonathan would replace the late Sir Bruce Forsyth as host of BBC One’s Latin and Ballroom show – but he insisted he was too loyal to compete with ITV.

However, he ruled out a return to the BBC after he was suspended from the broadcaster for 12 weeks without pay in 2008 after a series of lewd messages about his granddaughter Georgina Baillie, which he had left on actor Andrew Sachs’ answering machine, were broadcast on the “Russell Brand Show” on BBC Radio 2 without his consent.

He told Digital Spy: “That would never happen, oh come on. I’m not being offered that. I’m very happy at ITV. I’m an ITV person. I’ve got no problem with the BBC but I’ve got no intention of going back and presenting shows there.”