Keith Lemon

Keith Lemon

Keith Lemon will miss getting drunk with Holly Willoughby when she's away on maternity leave.

'Celebrity Juice' host Keith and team leader Holly, 33, both enjoy a drink before the show, and the raucous presenter admits he'll miss having Holly around while she's preparing for the birth of her third child, having had Harry in 2009 and Belle in 2011.

He told The Sun newspaper: "I am f****d all the time on Juice, me and Holly. Fearne is the only professional between us.

"I don't think I have ever seen her drink, not even at her wedding. Holly is like an old tramp! I don't know how she does it. She hasn't been drinking since the last series, though, because she is pregnant.

"Normally me and her are proper drunk. I signed up with Hooch, so I drink lots of that."

Keith, the comic creation of Leigh Francis, also revealed that he is close to signing Holly's replacement, having been turned down by former 'Coronation Street' star Michelle Keegan.

He said: "It was going to be Michelle but I heard she had pulled out because she had some acting gig. We would have had a laugh, but she had to do the acting gig."