AJ Odudu showed off her jaw-dropping abs in skimpy black workout gear on Thursday amid gruelling preparation for the Gladiators: Celebrity Special episode.The Big Brother presenter, 38, is taking part in the challenge alongside Chris Ramsey, George Clarke and Sara Pascoe later this year. It will be a one-off special for the BBC.In her snaps she flaunted her incredible gym-honed physique and gave a glimpse at her recent exercise sessions and weight lifting.The former Strictly star penned in the caption of her new Instagram post: ‘Gladiator Prep’.Upon being announced she said that she was looking forward to the upcoming challenge.She said: ‘I am stepping inside the TV to do the show I wanted to do as a kid, it’s so exciting.’ AJ Odudu showed off her jaw-dropping abs in skimpy black workout gear on Thursday amid gruelling preparation for the Gladiators: Celebrity Special episode The Big Brother presenter, 38, is taking part in the challenge alongside Chris Ramsey, George Clarke and Sara Pascoe later this year. It will be a one-off special for the BBCComedian Chris, 39, however has admitted to having slightly mixed feelings about the task.The star – who previously appeared on Strictly Come Dancing – explained: ‘As someone who religiously watched Gladiators as a kid, it’s beyond incredible to be taking part in the show myself!’However, a large part of me does wish it could have been while I was in my 20s and not 40 … but there you go. ‘I’m looking forward to the challenge, the excitement, the crowd and going head-to-head with the Gladiators and the inevitable months of rehab and physiotherapy that will no doubt follow.’Sara, 45, meanwhile joked about the opportunity to compete on Gladiators.She quipped: ‘Celebrity Gladiators is the ideal opportunity for me to live out my childhood dream of humiliating myself on national television.’Bradley and Barney Walsh will return to host the show, and the BBC has confirmed that broadcast details will be announced in due course.Bradley previously revealed why he wanted to be involved with the Gladiators reboot.The TV star told the BBC: ‘My wife, Donna, was involved in the original series running the cheerleading G Force and was an associate producer on the show so I used to visit her and watch the show being made and when my son, Barney, was born it was still on air, so we used to take him to watch the show. In her snaps she flaunted her incredible gym-honed physique and gave a glimpse at her recent exercise sessions and weight lifting She penned in the caption of her new Instagram post: ‘Gladiator Prep’. Upon being announced she said that she was looking forward to the upcoming challenge’I took part in Gladiators as a celebrity years ago in 1997, I wasn’t really a celebrity back then as I only had a few jobs under my belt and think I had to fill in for someone.’It was a family affair for us and so when the team at Hungry Bear spoke to us and said they were looking for a family appeal to the show and asked if we would we like to host it, and we jumped at the chance.’It comes as ITV has reportedly axed Celebrity Big Brother.The broadcaster had rested the star-studded reality show, hosted by AJ and Will Best, for 2026 with tentative plans to move it to ITV2 in 2027.But now reports suggest it has been shelved completely due to the challenge of securing the right calibre of celebrities – who are all said to be picking Celebrity Traitors over the reality show.Celebrity Big Brother launched in 2001 as a brief, one-time spin-off for charity but the show’s success saw 24 series air over the last two and a half decades, across three television broadcasters.An insider told The Sun: ‘Bosses face a huge challenge trying to sign up celebrities because so many of them are now pressing their agents to get them on The Celebrity Traitors.’That is already causing problems for other big shows, like Strictly and I’m A Celebrity, which rely on star contestants because they now find themselves as second in the pecking order.’So that is an even greater issue for a show like Celebrity Big Brother because now it’s on ITV, it needs a certain calibre of contestant which are very hard to sign up now.’ITV are already having to find two lots of stars to compete on I’m A Celebrity this autumn as well as its spin off show, The Wild Frontier, which is expected to air in early 2027 – which is exactly the same time ITV were hoping to drop the new series of CBB.’A spokesman told the Daily Mail: ‘Big Brother returns to ITVX and ITV2 later this year. No decisions have been made for 2027 as yet.’