Why Kiosk Keith was replaced on I’m A Celeb after five years on show

The Christmas adverts have started and the nights are getting darker, it’s starting to feel like I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! season.

This year’s line-up of celebrities was confirmed by ITV last night (10 November) and we’ve now just got days to go until the new series starts on Monday. Yep, we’ll soon be reunited with the Bushtucker Trials and the likes of Kiosk Kev (well we think Kev, certainly not Keith anyway it seems).

There’s just something so nostalgic about I’m A Celeb, plenty of us have grown up watching Ant and Dec in the jungle and it provides for a guaranteed chat each day.

But for us loyal viewers, while the show tends to follow a similar format each year, there’s been some big changes over time. Of course, one of those is the sacking of Kiosk Keith.

Real name Raymond Grant, he initially joined the show as a set builder in 2002, but made his onscreen debut in 2013. He became a staple of the show, greeting celebs with absolutely no expression or warmth as they tried to win their Dingo Dollars from the challenge.

But in 2017, Kiosk Keith disappeared halfway through the show, with Ant and Dec claiming he was unwell.

He was never seen again, and in 2018 news broke he had been sacked.

Nowadays, we’ve got Kiosk Kev doing the questions and rewards for the Deals On Wheels challenges rather than the old Dingo Dollar jobs.

Keith's been gone for a few years now (ITV)

A source told The Sun at the time he had allegedly been drunk at work and made an unwanted advance towards a female member of the crew.

“It wasn’t unusual for Keith to turn up to work drunk as he’s done it before but this incident has shocked everyone,” they claimed.

“It happened in front of loads of people, the girl was so upset. As soon as she made a complaint Keith was sacked.”

Grant’s ex-wife, Donna, denied he was a sexual predator and revealed he got sacked after ‘just a pat on the a**e’ of his colleague.

Kev's in control of the treats nowadays (ITV)

“A young girl walked past and he slapped her on the arse. Everyone laughed. She went to the bosses and said it was sexual harassment,” she said.

“I’m not condoning that he slapped her on the bottom. No one wants that. But he’s being made out to be this horrible man when he really isn’t.”

Donna added he had been ‘sacked’ from the job.

Kiosk Kev, real name Mark Herlaar, has now been on I’m A Celeb since 2018 so it’s fair to say he’s became a permanent fixture.

He was reportedly scouted after being on Survivor on 2017 and is nicknamed ‘Aussie Tarzan’ thanks to his long locks and time on the reality show.

Well, guess we'll have to wait to see if Kev is back for another year when I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! returns to ITV at 9pm on Monday 16 November.