The singer, former I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! contestant and Miss World host Peter Andre will co-host a new show on GB News throughout December, it has been announced.The Mysterious Girl singer, 50, will present Saturday Morning Live with Ellie Costello from 10am to 12pm from this Saturday.The new hire comes after GB announced in October that Boris Johnson was also taking a paid job as a presenter for the channel, joining Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nigel Farage.Andre and Costello had a trial run in May when they stood in for Eamonn Holmes and Isabel Webster for three episodes. Andre said the feedback from the initial shows had been “wonderfully kind” and he could not wait to join the “GB News family”.“I can’t wait,” he said. “Ellie and I got on so well in May, and although I was quite nervous because Breakfast is such a tough gig, I really loved it. Viewers are really included in GB News programmes, so there’s an intimacy to your relationship with the audience that’s rare in television. I got wonderfully kind feedback from everyone, so it’ll be a joy to join the GB News family throughout Christmas.”It is as yet unknown if the father of four – who announced that he was having a third child with his second wife, Emily, in October – will use his platform to further expound on the benefits of an afternoon nap, which he reportedly pitched to the UK government in an attempt to improve the country’s productivity.The head of GB News programming, Ben Briscoe, said Andre was a “natural” with dealing with the “high demands of anchoring a fast-paced news and current affairs programme”.He added: “He and Ellie have a wonderful rapport and the warmth of that really came across. We had lots of viewers ask us to give Peter a more regular gig, so this was an easy decision.”Andre also hosts Miss World every year to a global audience of 2 billion and has co-presented a number of ITV shows, including a Loose Women & Men special.Saturday Morning Live will replace Mornings with Esther and Phil, which ended this month when its co-host Esther McVey took up a cabinet position.
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