The former UKIP and Brexit Party leader, 59, was reportedly paid up to £1.5m for his appearance in the jungle.

GB News presenter Mr Farage made it to the final alongside former professional boxer Tony Bellew and reality star and radio presenter Sam Thompson.

After presenters, Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, delivered the news of his third place finish, Mr Farage said: "Thank you very much," and told his fellow finalists: "Well done boys."

During his 23 days in the jungle, he clashed with campmates Fred Sirieix, a star of reality television series First Dates, and YouTuber Nella Rose, over his political views, and tucked into a pizza topped with four different animal penises during his first bushtucker trial.

After he was confirmed as one of this year's contestants, Mr Farage said he would survive well in the jungle, as he is "used to dealing with snakes and other horrible reptiles" - both in the European Parliament in Brussels and at Westminster.

He made his debut by sticking his head through the window of a campervan filled with snakes and rummaging around in gunk.

Mr Farage was introduced in the first episode saying: "I'm known for politics, for Brexit, and I'm a hero to some people and an absolute villain to millions.

"In the jungle you're going to find the real me. You might like me more, you might dislike me more, but you will at least find out."

In his final bushtucker trial, Mr Farage was locked in the "panic pit" - an underground metal box filled with snakes.

He joked: "Lots of people would like the snake to strangle me, I suppose, Their dream might come true."

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