This Morning's Ben Shephard bids farewell as he confirms lengthy break from ITV show

Ben Shephard announced he'd be taking a break from This Morning for a couple of weeks as co-host Cat Deeley quizzed him on whether he'd be heading for the I'm A Celebrity jungle

Ben Shephard has announced he is taking a break from This Morning.

At the end of today's show, Ben announced to viewers that he was heading across the world for a special new project for ITV, leaving his co-host Cat Deeley to speculate whether he would be heading to the I'm A Celebrity jungle.

On the show today, Ben said: "I have some news to share. I'm taking a couple of weeks away to go and work on this exciting project for ITV. It's top secret. I'm going to the other side of the world now after the show. I can't say where it is though."

Cat quizzed him: "Are you going to be eating witchetty grubs? Are you going to see my two mates?" to which he replied: "I cannot confirm or deny where in the world I am going. I can't confirm or deny who I'm going to see."

However, Ben promised fans he would be back soon to tell them all what he was doing. He said: "On Monday's show when you're here with Alison, I will be able to confirm where I am in the world. See you in a few weeks!"

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