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Towie star reveals they turned down I’m A Celebrity AND Strictly Come Dancing despite big money offers
TOWIE star Amy Childs revealed that she turned down I'm A Celebrity AND Strictly Come Dancing despite the big money offers.
The 33-year-old shot to fame on the ITVBe programme back in 2010 as an OG cast member.
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Amy left a year later to pursue other things and has appeared on various other reality shows since.
Amy said on the podcast: "The stuff I got offered doing Towie, you're just never going to get offered that stuff ever again.
"I got offered the jungle straight away, I got offered Strictly, I got offered Big Brother, I got offered so many shows and I thought in another years time maybe I may not get asked to do those shows.
";So I went with Big Brother because I thought it was more me. I could still put make-up on, I could still be me.
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"It was a long time ago! I could not the jungle. I would have been absolutely terrible."
The first show Amy appeared on after The Only Way Is Essex was the eighth series of Celebrity Big Brother.
Amy was in the house with Kerry Katona, Jedward and Tara Reid.
She placed fourth.
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Amy then landed her own show It's All About Amy on Channel 5.
The star landed roles in Sooty, The Jump, Celebrity Dinner Date and Celebs Go Dating.
Most recently she filmed Amy Childs: The Twin Life.
Amy rejoined the cast of Towie in 2020 and has been a series regular ever since.
The reality favourite started dating her fiance Billy Delbosq in 2021 and they share twins together.
Amy is also parents to two children from previous relationships.
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