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Timmy Mallett could replace Johnny Rotten in I'm a Celebrity.. Get Me Out of Here.

The former children's television presenter is already in Australia as a stand-by contestant.

Lydon has reportedly been "surly and uncooperative" since arriving in Australia for the show, sparking speculation he could quit.

Mallet would seem an odd potential replacement for the former Sex Pistol.

He arrived in Australia sporting blue and ginger hair and brandishing his trademark mallet at airport photographers.

ITV has denied rumours that Lydon was about to quit the show.

But he was said to be "surly and sulky" after he was forced to do some filming with the other contestants.