Celebrity Big Brother’s Stephen Bear is the LOWEST paid housemate on £12,000
Stephen's fee is a far cry from Christopher Biggins' who was offered £150,000 for his stint on the show
HE is the favourite to win Celebrity Big Brother - but The Sun can reveal STEPHEN BEAR is the lowest paid housemate in this year’s series.
The Ex on the Beach chancer was paid just £12,000 to enter the Channel 5 series, which lasts an entire month, despite insisting he was “worth millions” during negotiations.
It’s just peanuts compared to some of his other housemates including CHRISTOPHER BIGGINS who is believed to have got £150,000 and GRANT BOVEY who got £100,000.
But the outspoken reality star might have ruined his chances to make some more cash off the back of the show by cheating on his girlfriend LILLIE LEXIE GREGG.
A source close to Bear said: “He knew he would be one of the stars of the show and really pushed for a bumper pay cheque but the producers wouldn’t budge.
“He had hoped he would be able to cash in with big bucks magazine deals with his girlfriend after leaving the house, having split with his manager and signed to the same management team as Lillie to make it happen.
“But now that he has cheated on her with CHLOE KHAN he will have to work hard to build the relationship back up again.”
In Thursday's episode Stephen, 26, proves he still has feelings for Lillie though, just a week after love interest Chloe was booted out.
Lillie entered the house as part of a task this week and he struggled to control his emotions as she confronted him about his behaviour - having still been together when he entered the house at the end of last month.
Speaking to the house, she said: “I was Stephen’s girlfriend.
“Obviously, this was like the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do, to walk in through that door. I just needed to see you and look at you in the eyes.”
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