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YouTube star Jack Maynard might suffer a £20k-a-month loss as firms drop him after claims he begged 14-year-old for nudes
DISGRACED Jack Maynard could lose up to £20,000 a month as High Street brands desert him.
The YouTube sensation was booted off I’m A Celebrity after bosses heard claims he begged a 14-year-old fan to send him nude photos when he was 16.
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Now big name brands including The Body Shop, Walkers and Snickers are cutting off lucrative sponsored content.
Jack’s deals with Cadbury, Puma, Nike, Schwarzkopf and LG also hang in the balance.
The 23-year-old apologised yesterday after we revealed he had made homophobic and racist online comments. Jack lasted just 72 hours in the ITV reality show before bosses axed him.
We can today reveal he has been dating former Page 3 girl Danielle Sellers, 22.
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I'm A Celebrity star Jack Maynard guesses the age of young female fans in YouTube video
This is despite him growing close to Made in Chelsea star Georgia “Toff” Toffolo while in the jungle.
Jack and Danielle have been seeing each for around seven months and were introduced by Jack’s pop star older brother Conor, 25.
Things are said to be so serious that he spoke to her on the phone the night before he went into the jungle.
A source said: “Jack and Danielle had spent a lot of time together over the past seven months. They’d quietly attended industry events together and made no secret among pals of how close they were.
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“Jack has been making it sound like he’s single since he’s been on the show but he’s been saying different things around Danielle.”
We can also reveal Jack, his brother and YouTuber Mikey Pierce made a video where they guessed teenage girls’ ages for a game.
In the footage, Jack says of one: “I think she’s literally 14 years old.”
Mikey guessed 12 and Conor 15. Jack then raises his arms in celebration and cheers when it is revealed he is correct.
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The video, which was uploaded to Jack’s YouTube account in September, was still available to view three days before Jack entered the I’m A Celebrity jungle but has now been pulled down.
His YouTube channel has 1.2 millions subscribers and his Instagram page 790,000 followers, mostly teenage girls.
Jack’s spokeswoman insisted he wanted to leave the ITV show so he could defend himself. Last night he broke his silence after arriving back in London following his axing.
He apologised for using the N-word and calling people “faggots” in tweets.
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But he failed to address the claim he asked a fan — who later turned out to be 14 — for a picture of her boobs and told her she would look good in a bra shot.
He also smirked throughout the video, filmed on his bed, as he thanked his millions of fans for their backing of him despite his unforgivable behaviour.
Jack’s spokeswoman insisted he wanted to leave the ITV show so he could defend himself.
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Maynard had to leave the show after tweets surfaced
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The tweets showed use of derogatory terms
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In a heavily-edited video posted on YouTube, he said: “I’ve messed up, I’ve messed up. I’ve been really stupid in the past.
“I tweeted some bad things, some horrible things. Some pretty disgusting things that I’m just ashamed of.”
But the self-styled “sensation”, who turned 23 yesterday, grinned as he added: “Don’t ever put anything online that you wouldn’t say to your mum.
“I heard someone say, ‘Don’t put anything online that you wouldn’t put on a t-shirt’, and I just didn’t think about that when I was younger.”
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Some online users criticised his apology. One called Betty said: “Jack Maynard apologising for his behaviour but does it via a video, on his YouTube channel, where he can still make money.”
Jon Saxby added: “Care to explain why you were asking for a 14-year-old girl to send you a picture of herself wearing a bra?”
The Body Shop, Walkers and Snickers yesterday said they had no future plans to work with Jack.