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Minnesota Drag Queen Loses Bingo Gig Due to Backlash

Minneapolis Star-Tribune he lost a job calling bingo at the Mower County Fair in Austin, Minnesota, a gig he’s had for the past three years.He claimed it was due to the ongoing attempts to crack down on drag performances and displays of gender-nonconformity, which Republican politicians and conservatives have embraced in recent months. “It’s only been in the past year where I feel like every time Roxi goes to do something, I’m met with some sort of vocal backlash,” the 29-year-old said.
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The Chase's Mark Labbett salary exposed as he 'earns £1m' from ITV show and bingo job
The Chase star Mark Labbett is said to have raked in an eye-watering £1million in just two years after finding success on the ITV show.The Sun claims that Labbett's firm Brainy Best Media Ltd filed accounts this week showing Mark handed over £150,816 to HMRC in Corporation Tax covering the past two years – meaning that he earned well over five times his tax burden in 2020 and 2021.According to the publication, 2019, he paid himself a dividend of £158,000 from his company coffers.That was up from £54,250 in 2018 and a bigger increase from 2017’s modest £22,750.The ITV star also has side jobs as a bingo caller at bars and clubs, with punters paying £10 each to go to Che Bar in Barnsley to see the star call out the numbers.After he found a bingo winner, people then got a chance to take him on for a Chase style quiz as he performed in his Beast alter-ego.However, the star has still got a long way to go to catch up with The Chase's presenter Bradley Walsh.The star is said to have amassed a fortune of over £10million in his firm Wingit Productions Ltd.Bradley's company has got cash and assets worth £12.3m, which was up from £11.5m in 2019, according to The Sun.The star rakes in plenty of money from presenting on a number of ITV shows, including his new venture with his son Barney.Bradley said in 2021 that he was thinking about retiring after 40 years on screen, saying: "You know what, in a couple of years time I won’t have to do any of it, I’ll be retired and that’ll be it."The Chase airs weekdays at 5pm on ITV. For more of the latest showbiz news from Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.
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The Chase Mark Labbett in surprise career U-turn as he bags bingo caller job in Barnsley
The Chase star legend Mark `The Beast’ Labbett has a new job - as a bingo caller in Barnsley. The TV star will be ordering `eyes down’ for a full house at Che Bar in the former South Yorkshire pit town on Friday.Punters have forked out £100 for a prosecco package for eight at the brains’n’bingo bash.After Mark, 56, has called the numbers revellers will get the chance to pit their wits against him in a Chase-style quiz.The venue says: "We have something big coming to Barnsley."Bingo with The Beast."We are going to be giving away some crazy prizes alongside the chance to go head to head with the chaser himself for a jackpot prize."This event will sell out so if you want to see The Beast in action at Che Bar for our new Coco Bingo event buy now."Boozy bingo bashes are a new money-spinner for stars as Happy Mondays icon Bez, 58, also cashes in at events.The dancer will have a stint calling out the balls and hosting a DJ set at a £45-a-head bottomless brunch at Manchester’s Escape to Freight Island venue next month (May).The Dancing on Ice contestant tells revellers: "How do, everybody."I’ll be Marac-ulously transforming Escape to Freight Island for a melon twisting rave bingo fuelled bottomless brunch with Bingo Bango."This is gonna be one great afternoon of madness so grab your tickets."The ITV star has changed dramatically in recent weeks, overhauling his lifestyle to lose a whopping 10st after cutting down on snacking.Mark has shared his progress on social media, with fans commenting with their shock at his huge transformation and rushing to share their compliments.
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