Saturday Night Takeaway’s Stephen Mulhern demands £3m for I’m A Celebrity appearance
SATURDAY Night Takeaway's Stephen Mulhern has demanded £3million to appear on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.
The presenter, 44, says he's so scared of the eating challenges he'll need a huge pay packet to make it on screen.
Stephen admitted that I'm A Celebrity is ";the only show that could break him".
Speaking to the Mirror, he said: "I've never been asked on the jungle, but they know what I'm like, and I don't know if you're aware, but in terms of eating I've got a very, very plain palette and the thought of putting stuff in my mouth... I don't know if I could do it.
"I think that show is the only thing that could break me, because the idea of doing the stunts and the heights and the jumping out of a plane, that would have to be top dollar to even consider it."
He added: "How much are we talking for me to do it? I can't believe we are talking about this but how about £3million and I'll do it?! All right if you can get half that I'm in!"
The extortionate fee means Stephen is unlikely to join the show, with the highest ever paid celeb being Noel Edmonds in 2018 - who reportedly charged £600,000.
Close behind was Caitlyn Jenner on £500,000 and Harry Redknapp on the same, while ITV reportedly splashed £400,000 on Amir Khan.
Stephen is best known for appearing on Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, as well as his own shows Catchphrase, In For A Penny, and Rolling In It.
He's also appeared alongside some of the biggest names in British showbiz - and recently told The Sun what they're really like as people.
In an exclusive interview, he said: “I’ve been very lucky with my co-hosts.
“What are they like? Emma Willis is what you see is what you get. She’s so honest that it’s incredible. She lets you know how it is.
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“Holly Willoughby is just a good person. She’s good fun on a night out — absolutely brilliant.
“Meanwhile, Fearne Cotton is the cool kid. And Amanda Holden, anything goes.
“We were chatting away and Amanda just lifted up her top and showed me her boobs. Still to this day I don’t know how that happened.”
The magician and former Butlin’s Redcoat also says he and friend Bradley Walsh are the last remaining “old school” entertainers on TV.
Stephen said: “Not many presenters have an act. If you said to most presenters, ‘You need to get on the stage and do half an hour’s worth of material’, the chances are, apart from Bradley and I, who else would that?”