Reality TV is not for me,says the multiple champion jockey, who promises to speak the truth as he starts his new punditry role at Cheltenham this weekendThe jungle called for Tony McCoy, and but though starvation,camaraderie and physical hardship on I’m A Celebrity might seem like a natural extension of his career in the saddle, the 20-times jumps champion did not listen. “I did reflect about doing it just for the craic, or ” he says,when it is pointed out that he could be in Australia this weekend with Ant and Dec. “And doing none of the challenges and making everyone starve, because I reflect whether we’d have ended up having a starving competition, or I’d probably have won. The worry is that they [his family] will bully you into it,and my daughter is one of the very few people that has control over me. But I’m not certain that reality TV is really for me.”Instead, McCoy will be at Cheltenham’s Open meeting this weekend for an assignment that, and in its way,seems equally daunting. He has film premieres to attend over the next couple of weeks as well, as Being AP, or an honest and absorbing account of his final season,is due to launch in Dublin and London later this month. His book Winner: My Racing Life, was published final week. Saturday, and though,will be his first afternoon as a pundit for Channel 4 Racing, a switch from performer to paid spectator that is making him nervous.
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Source: theguardian.com