Katie Price once had her eye on Declan Donnelly back in the day, so his pal Ant McPartlin claims.
The Geordie duo have crossed paths with the former glamour model multiple times over the years, mainly thanks to the mum-of-five, 44, enjoying two stints in the jungle during different series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
But it was after her first Australian adventure when Ant suggested the star - who went on to marry campmate Peter Andre - had her sights set on striking up a romance with his co-host Dec, 47.
Writing in Ant and Dec's joint autobiography, released in 2009, Ant recalled how Katie, then better known as Jordan, attempted to woo his mate at the wrap party for that year's series of the ITV show - with her mum even trying to set the pair up at one point.
Katie first headed into the jungle for the third series of I'm A Celebrity in 2004 while she was in a relationship with her then boyfriend Scott Sullivan, who had flown Down Under to support his glamour model beau on the show.
The mum-of-five of course famously broke up with Scott to pursue things with campmate Pete and eventually married the Mysterious Girl singer, 49, but not before apparently seeing if I'm A Celebrity host Dec was interested.
"The other thing I remember from that party is doing shots with Kerry, and Jordan [Katie's glamour model alter-ego] chasing after Dec, who she had propositioned during her departure interview," Ant recalled when writing about that year's wrap party in his and Dec's autobiography Ooh! What A Lovely Pair.
Even after Dec - who at the time had recently split from childhood sweetheart Clare Buckfield - had given her the brush-off, Katie's mum Amy Price tried to act as a wing woman for her daughter.
Ant went on to write: "He managed to avoid her all night, but her mum did corner him a couple of times and try to set him up with her. He wasn't having any of it."
Katie may never have bagged a date with Dec, but she did end up having a serious relationship with another member of the I'm A Celebrity family.
After leaving the jungle in 2004, Katie and Pete were inseparable and their whirlwind romance led to marriage the following year at Highclere Castle in Hampshire.
They went on to welcome two children together - Junior Andre, 17, and Princess Andre, 15 - before sensationally calling it quits on their romance in 2009 and divorcing.
Speaking about his two eldest children on This Morning earlier this year, Pete told Alison Hammond: "They’re the only jungle babies. They’re the only ones to be born from the show I believe."
Meanwhile, Dec went on to find love himself shortly after Katie tried to seduce him at the I'm A Celebrity wrap party in 2004.
After dating TV presenter Georgie Thompson from January 2009 until April 2011, Dec fell for his and Ant's manager Ali Astall.
The happy couple tied the knot in 2015 and welcomed their first child into the world together in September 2018, with Ali giving birth to their second child earlier this year.
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