Boy George becomes I’m A Celebrity’s highest paid star ever – landing massive fee to appear in the jungle
thesun.co.ukBOY George has made television history by becoming the best paid contestant I’m A Celebrity has ever had. The Sun can reveal the iconic popstar is being paid more than £800,000 to appear on the ITV show this year, outstripping the previous record by nearly £250,000.
Deal or No Deal host Noel Edmonds is believed to have been the best paid star to date, pocketing £550,000 to appear in 2018.
The Culture Club frontman, 61, has been asked several times in the past - and was always reluctant to do the show. But the temptation of the giant paycheck - just shy of $1million - was too great to turn down.
An ITV source said: “Boy will be telly gold and both the producers and he knew that. More on I'm a CelebrityPUBLIC REVENGE Matt Hancock will be treated like a ‘toy’, claims I'm A Celeb championJUNGLE GLAM I've spent £1000s on glam treatments for I'm A Celebrity, says Olivia Attwood “It meant they were going to pay a lot for him and he could afford to say no unless the money was right. “In the end, the money got into silly territory and he couldn’t really refuse.
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