Report: Ant's cousin is a prostitute

Ant McPartlin's cousin is working as a prostitute, despite his pleas for her to stop for her safety, a report has claimed.

Michelle Rushfirth claimed she is still close to the I'm A Celebrity host but other family sources told The People otherwise.

"At the end of the day it's my life and has got nothing to do with him," Rushfirth told the paper. "Ant can't tell me what to do.

"He doesn't like me doing my work and said I've got to stop for my own safety as there are a lot of girls out there being killed. He doesn't want to see his cousin ending up in the gutter."

However, a spokesman for McPartlin said: "Ant hasn't spoken to Michelle for 20 years. He had no idea she was working as a prostitute."

Another source added: "Ant was stunned to learn about Michelle's life. He is obviously not happy that she's been saying all these things about him.

"But family is family at the end of the day and he is very concerned for her welfare because he knows that she's vulnerable. Michelle is in a murky business and he wouldn't want her to come to harm."