Ally McCoist’s family aren’t talking to him after he rejected ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’
The retired footballer admitted he and his loved ones are huge fans of the ITV reality show and so his wife and sons – Alexander, Argyll, Mitchell, Arran and Harris – are disappointed he turned down the chance to head to the jungle.
Speaking on the ‘Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast Show’ on Talksport radio, he said: "I’m not doing the jungle and there is nobody talking to me. My wife is not giving a monkey’s about me eating spiders and earwigs, she is just wanting a two stretch in that Versace hotel.
"The kids aren’t talking to me at all. The older ones aren’t even talking to me. The younger ones would love it and the older ones would love it as well.
"They are going to school and they are getting it off their pals. It’s the biggest thing we watch as a family, it’s brilliant entertainment."
However, the 57-year-old former Rangers player and manager heaped praise on last year’s King of the Jungle Harry Redknapp, and promised to "do it next year" if he gets asked again.
He added: "Harry was fantastic last year. It’s too late now but I’ll do it next year."
He also joked he would have jumped at the chance if he’d been offered £285,000.
He quipped: "Finance isn’t that important to me but I can guarantee you if the figures were around that I would be on that British Airways flight the now. I would be swinging from the trees."
Ally McCoist’s family ignoring him after I’m A Celebrity snub
