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BBC sitcom star confirms he turned down I’m A Celebrity appearance – despite huge fee
MRS Brown's Boys star Brendan O’Carroll turned down a huge offer to appear on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
The next series begins in November - with The Sun revealing a This Morning star has already signed up.
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They are heading into the jungle this autumn alongside a Coronation Street legend.
But the full line-up has yet to be revealed.
Speaking about why he won't do physically tough reality TV shows, despite the ginormous fees dished out by ITV, said: “I get asked to do those shows all the time… f*** yeah.
"Jesus. But I say no to them all.
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“With some of the offers, I’ve said, ‘Are you f***ing serious?’
"I was asked to do a show for Irish TV where I’d get SAS-style training. You crawl through mud and stuff like that.
“I said, ‘You do know I’m fing 67? The last time I crawled through mud I was five years old. So f off!’"
He added to : “I was once talking to a producer and he asked me if I’d thought about doing I’m A Celebrity and I said, ‘I would rather put a hot needle through the eye of my c**k than do that show’. So now they know not to ask!”
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Celebrities can be expected to make anything from £30,000 to £600,000 for their time on I'm A Celeb, depending on how famous and well-known they are.
The line-up for 2022 was the wealthiest yet with a combined fortune of over £76million.
The celebrities get paid a flat fee for appearing on the show and don't receive more for avoiding elimination for longer – even if they win the whole thing.
It comes as The Sun revealed Mrs Brown's Boys is set to make a bombshell return with the first new series in ten years.
The hit comedy will return after ten years with a fourth mini-series.
Brendan, who created the sitcom and who will return in his long-running role of Agnes Brown, admitted his plans for the show have been postponed multiple times.
He said: "This mini-series was actually planned for 2021.
"Having been thwarted twice, firstly by Covid-19 and then by a post Covid shortage of studios, it’s fantastic to, at last, have the chance to make it happen."
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The comic actor added: "Fasten your seatbelts and hold onto your hats!”
This confirms reports after of Mrs Brown's Boys, on top of the usual Christmas specials.
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