BERNARD Tomic confirmed he is indeed set to star on this season’s edition of ‘I’m A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!’ - and it could be quite the controversial stint.

The 25-year-old will head into the jungle with a host of other luminaries — including retired AFL star Josh Gibson — potentially for up to the next six weeks, just a fortnight after crashing out of qualifying for the Australian Open.

At the time, in the wake of missing his home grand slam tournament for the first time since 2009, he sarcastically told reporters: “All I do is count my millions.”

It was the latest incident to burn bridges with the nation’s tennis fans, further adding to his reputation as a temperamental yet talented star who is frittering away his potential — a perception that he is hoping to change in the jungle.

“I regretted saying that about two minutes later,” he told Fairfax. “But when you truly get to know me, I’m a good guy. I’m not the bad boy people think I am.”

Speaking to news.com.au, he added: “It is not for the money. I am doing this because it is something I always wanted to do in my life.

“This is reality, nothing can hide, this is 24 hour cameras and you are on your own and then the public can see who you really are.

“(People) know me as this tennis player that is crazy and has done this or that or has problems.

“Hopefully I get the chance to change their image about me on this show and that is one of the reasons I’m doing it.”

Tomic doesn’t appear to plan on stopping at repairing his own reputation.

He also alluded to using his platform on the reality TV show to uncover corruption within the ranks of the administration of tennis in Australia.

“It is obviously all federations have problems,” Tomic told the Daily Telegraph.

“Look at the FIFA Federation that was all corrupt and there are many things inside Tennis Australia that are also corrupt that people don’t know which I am yet to speak about maybe in the coming future that will probably be there.”