Ant and Dec want Cowell for 'I'm A Celeb'

Ant and Dec have revealed that they want Simon Cowell to appear on the next series of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!.

The acid-tongued X Factor judge is said to be furious that Ant McPartlin and Dec Donelly are now paid twice as much as him after signing a £40 million deal with ITV.

However, McPartlin devised a way for Cowell to improve his earning potential, saying: "I'll be having a word with the producers about getting Simon out to Australia this year for the show. He clearly needs to give his career a boost.

"Now that we're getting paid more than him, Simon needs to up his profiile. He'd be great in the jungle, but I reckon the snakes would be more scared of him than he would be of them."