MEDIC Bob will not take part in I’m a Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Here! when it returns to the jungle this year.
It will be the first time Bob McCarron, 72, has missed an Australian run of the show.
He has been a familiar face since the ITV series began in 2002 — offering advice to contestants and giving them urgent medical care, including removing a cockroach from 2018 winner Harry Redknapp’s ear.
He will be replaced by a different medical expert who won’t be seen on TV.
The Sun understands Aussie Bob will still work on the series’ German version.
He also hosts a spin-off show where he travels around Australia.
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A source said Bob was so busy that something had to give and “sadly, that’s the UK version”.
They added: “It’s unthinkable to imagine the show without Medic Bob.”
The show was filmed in a Welsh castle for the last two years due to Covid.
An I’m a Celeb spokesman said: “Bob will always be a friend to the show.
“We wish him all the very best and thank him for his hard work.”
BOB tended to Gillian McKeith who “fainted” before a trial in 2010.
He gave All Saints star Natalie Appleton oxygen when she felt ill post trial back in 2007.
Bob retrieved a cockroach from inside Fatima Whitbread’s nose in 2012.
Scarlett Moffatt revealed the he forced her to wash after she initially refused to face the jungle shower in 2017.
Bob helped Jason Donovan tackle a critter in his pants in 2006.
