' I am not a city kid': Robert Irwin 'couldn't wait' to leave Los Angeles after winning Dancing with the Stars

Robert Irwin "couldn't wait" to leave Los Angeles after winning Dancing with the Stars.

The 22-year-old conservationist triumphed in the 34th season of the show last year but quickly left the city to head to the wild in South Africa to present the Australian version of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in an environment that is far more familiar to him.

Robert told the West Australian: "I couldn't wait to get out here, actually.

"Being in LA for the last three months has been wonderful, but I am not a city kid.

"I live out in the bush and have grown up there, so it's good to be back where there's a bit of greenery."

Robert - the son of the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin - still works at his family's Australia Zoo but admits that it is becoming increasingly difficult to combine his conservation work with his showbiz ambitions.

He said: "I want to take on the right projects that can mesh this world of conservation and connect it to a larger audience.

"I have come to realise that I am a storyteller - that is what I came here to do - and I see myself doing the wildlife documentary side of things, 100 per cent.

"But I also see myself hosting more, doing scripted (television). I would love to do other TV shows, and I would love to do movies one day."