ANT Middleton has revealed he’s in “advanced talks” to travel into space – but admits his wife isn’t happy about it.
The Sun revealed the SAS Who Dares Wins star is planning to take celebrities to jet into space with Virgin Galactic for a TV project.
He’s even discussed the plans with founder Richard Branson to help him become just the eighth Briton to leave Earth.
Speaking on Rachel Botsmon’s Trust Issues podcast, Ant said: “The rumours are true but whether it will happen is still very much in the pipeline.
“My wife is not too happy about it, but we’re in quite advanced talks about going into space.
“And do you know what, when it first happened someone said ‘Ant, you’ve sailed 4,000 miles in a wooden open boat, you’ve been to war zones, you’ve been fired at, you stood on the apex of the world, what’s next?’
“And I just went, ‘Ahh, fire me to the moon, fire me into the stratosphere.’
“Well the next thing I know, there’s phone calls… ‘Ant you know you spoke about…’
“‘Yeah’, ‘Well we’ve got in touch with so and so, and so and so, and we’re quite far down the line’, and it’s like, well, why not. Let’s do it.”
Ant, 38, served in the Special Boat Service, the Royal Marines and 9 Parachute Squadron Royal.
Now after his two tours of Afghanistan, Ant is planning one into orbit.
Ant has been married to wife Emilie, 38, for 13 years.
Together they have daughters Shyla, 11, and Priseis, three, and sons Gabriel, nine, and Bligh, two. Ant also has 17-year-old son Oakley from a previous relationship.
He first became a TV star when he appeared on SAS: Who Dares Wins in 2015.
The show puts civilians through gruelling Special Forces training.
There has even been a celebrity version with Sam Thompson and Ben Foden.
