Ant and Dec get paid a MASSIVE amount for presenting I’m A Celebrity
Wow!
Last updated 29th Nov 2017
Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly are two of the most popular TV presenters in the UK, so it's no surprise bosses at ITV have them presenting all of their popular shows including the likes of Britain's Got Talent, I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here and Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway,
Of course the Geordie duo are amazing at their jobs and pretty much make the shows they present, so it's no real surprise to hear they are earning an INSANE amount of money to host this year's series of I'm A Celebrity.
According to reports, they’re each getting paid £2.5 million for the three week stint out in Australia.
We'd do it for free!
As if this wasn't enough, last year the pair earned an impressive £79,000 PER DAY!!!
Fans were delighted when Ant returned to I’m A Celebrity after spending the summer in rehab for a painkiller addiction.
The lovable pair addressed it on the opening show of the series earlier this month when Dec jokingly called Ant Holly Willoughby, following reports that she was set to replace him.
Speaking about his return to the show, Ant said, "It’s brilliant to be back together – it’s perfect. Everything slots back into place. We can’t wait and we are raring to go."
In other I'm A Celebrity news, bosses of the show are reportedly not happy with Scottish politician Kez Dugdale.
An insider told a national newspaper, "Kezia has been a massive letdown.
"She hasn't bonded with camp mates, has been acting superior and hasn't broken from her politician mode.
"Bosses were also ticked off with the live trial - they thought she was a bad sport."
Oh dear!
In tonight's show, Stanley Johnson and Rebekah Vardy will face 'Fear Factor' in the latest trial of the series.
I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here continues on ITV at 9pm tonight.
While you're here, why not check out the worst and most disgusting I'm A Celebrity Bushtucker trials EVER?
Ex-EastEnder Dean Gaffney showed off his impressive ability to yelp like an injured animal in his 2006 trial. To be fair to the man, he did have cockroaches poured on his head, put his hands in a box of biting ants and retrieve a star from a pool of baby crocodiles.
"I think I've got to eat some kind of weird stuff," commented Gino when he was told he was going to do a Bushtucker Bonanza. Yep, we guess that a fermented egg, a rhino beetle, cockroach, wittchedy grub, mealworms, beach worms and crocodile tongue might be considered 'weird'.
Alone, wet, cold and covered with rats. Not a situation we'd like to get in any time soon, but former Royal correspondent Jennie Bond managed to last a whole 10 minutes locked in a water and rat filled coffin by humming an upbeat tune. We salute you, Ms. Bond.
Locked in a cold, dark, slimy tomb, we'd be freaking out if we were Joey in his 2013 task. But the TOWIE star powered through and managed to find all twelve hidden stars without uttering a single scream, only stopping to moan 'This is definitely, 100% not reem,' and to comment that the rodents were biting his 'middle parts'.
TOWIE's Mark and hamster-eating comedian Freddie were an oddly matched pair for the 'Greasy Spoon Café' culinary battle, but the resulting Bushtucker trial has to be one of our faves. The couple was challenged to dine on a spoiled egg, blended cockroaches, mealworms and mouse tails, turkey testicles, a camel's toe and a pigs anus.
Tennis pro Martina impressed us all when she shared a plastic bubble helmet with a variety of jungle critters, including grasshoppers, cockroaches, stick insects, spiders and snakes. While we shuddered and hid behind our hands, Martina took it like a champ.
Poor Matt Willis proved he's no wimp when he munched his way to victory in his Bushtucker Bonanza challenge of 2006. The McBusted star dined out on live mealworms, witchetty grubs, a kangaroo anus and a crocodile penis. Mr Willis managed the whole lot without a single retch, commenting after 'I've got kangaroo anus in my teeth. It's a really good look.'
Kim was submerged in a tank under water, while thousands of cockroaches and other critters were poured on her. As much as we did feel for clean freak Kim, her screeches of "Something's nipping my bosoms" and "It's bitten my bum!" made this trial a timeless classic.