Claims have emerged that I’m A Celebrity…Get me Out Of Here! co-host Julia Morris will not be returning in 2026.
Julia, 56, has co-hosted the show since its inception in 2015, first with Dr Chris Brown and then Robert Irwin, who joined the series in 2024.
However, whispers have apparently been emanating around the halls of Network Ten that the Gold Logie nominee’s tenure on the show is set to come to an end.
‘Julia Morris won’t be returning to her high profile gig as host of I’m A Celebrity in 2026.,’ an insider told Daily Mail Australia.
The source added that Julia’s axing was part of wider cost-cutting measures to ensure the survival of the popular reality show.
‘The budget has been drastically affected in the last few years and executives are at it again crunching the numbers, with the Network Ten making some drastic decisions to keep the show on air,’ the insider claimed.
With rumours of her ‘diva’ behaviour plaguing the 2025 season, claims have emerged that I’m A Celebrity…Get me Out Of Here! co-host Julia Morris will not be returning in 2026
‘We were lucky to get away with as much as we did with the shoestring budget.
‘The show requires live components and that is more expensive than people realise.’
The insider claimed that of all the expenses the production incurs, the largest is Julia herself.
‘One of the biggest expenses is Julia Morris. It sounds like a numbers game that has seen Morris axed from the show,’ they explained.
They added that number crunchers are increasingly looking for younger, cheaper hosts to helm their shows as production costs increase.
‘They were able to replace Dr Chris Brown with Robert Irwin pretty easily and younger, cheaper hosts have been where a lot of the conversations are at the moment inside Network Ten,’ the source said.
They used the example of Mel Tracina, who is set to help the anticipated reboot of iconic reality series Big Brother.
“Mel Tracina came at a much cheaper price tag for the Big Brother reboot and if she pulls off that gig, it will be the nail in the coffin for Julia Morris. Who makes a six figure salary at the moment.’
Julia has co-hosed the show since its inception in 2015, first with Dr Chris Brown and then Robert Irwin (l) who joined the series in 2024.
However whispers have apparently been emanating around the halls of Network Ten that the Gold Logie nominee’s tenure on the show is set to come to an end
‘The sort of money to have Julia back with Robert next year could be spent on other things and that could save the show from being axed all together.’
Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Network Ten for comment.
It comes after rumours of Julia’s ‘diva-like’ behaviour surfaced in January as a result of budget cuts.
Insiders working closely with the show told Daily Mail Australia last month that the TV presenter has had to ‘give up her luxuries’ to keep within budget this year.
The upcoming series of I’m A Celebrity has been facing some setbacks due to “budget issues” and everyone has been affected by the tightening of the belt,’ one Network Ten source claimed.
‘Let’s just say that a few people known for their previous demands were not happy.
‘Ten doesn’t have the budget they once had and some of the long standing crew and Julia Morris have noticed that the 11th series is far from the “big budget production” it once was.’
A former producer of the series said the money being spent to ‘lavish’ hosts Julia Morris and Dr Chris Brown—who has since been replaced with Robert Irwin—and ‘lure’ celebrities to I’m A Celebrity in its early years ‘was quite ridiculous’.
‘Julia Morris won’t be returning to her high profile gig as host of I’m A Celebrity in 2026.,’ an insider revealed to Daily Mail Australia
‘One of the biggest expenses is Julia Morris. It sounds like a numbers game that has seen Morris axed from the show,’ the insider added
“Mel Tracina (pictured)came at a much cheaper price tag for the Big Brother reboot and if she pulls off that gig, it will be the nail in the coffin for Julia Morris. Who makes a six figure salary at the moment,’ the source said.
‘That era was all before streaming platforms started to cannibalise the free to air networks,’ they added.
‘When I’m a Celeb started, Dr Chris Brown and Julia Morris were living polar opposite lives to the ‘celebrities’ in “the jungle” and that was kind of done on purpose.
‘It was hilarious to watch Julia with perfect hair and perfect nails from the salon and with different designer dresses each night, while the likes of Chrissie Swan and Shane Warne would fester away in camp.
‘Wearing the same clothes and in desperate need of a toothbrush! That juxtaposition was perfectly curated.’
Another casting producer said hosting I’m A Celebrity was once ‘one of the most sought after gigs in Australian TV history’.
‘That all changed when ITV Studios Australia were handed half the budget they were accustomed to for this upcoming series,’ they alleged.
‘[The 2025 season] is going to be massively affected and that hasn’t gone down well.
‘Julia has had her backstage requests halved and that hasn’t been an easy conversation for the producers that are accustomed to treating the long standing host like a queen,’ the insider added.
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