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Katie Price to be paid five times more than other jungle celebs
By Eleanor Young on Wednesday 11 November 2009
Katie Price is preparing to enter the jungle next week, becoming the first celeb to grace ITV's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! for a second time.
In an attempt to win back public support in the bitter popularity war with ex-hubby Peter Andre, Ms Price, AKA Jordan, will be returning to the the show for a £350,000 fee.
Earning her the nickname Katie Pricey, the glamour star will be paid a record amount for any contestant. She'll also arrive a week later than other celebs for the gruelling three-week stint.
Katie left the UK yesterday in preparation for her trip to the jungle. It's thought she'll stop off in Los Angeles to visit the hairdresser who maintains her £500-a-time extensions, and may appear on an American chat show.
She even twittered she'll be getting botox during her American stopover, telling followers, 'Just got to LA...doing Chelsea Lately tomorrow and Botox with Lisa and Gary! Then some shopping!'
The I'm A Celebrity lineup has now been confirmed and it's a real mixture of stars. Ms Price will be joining ex-glamour girl Sam Fox, dancing diva Camilla Dallerup, ex-Mis-Teeq star Sabrina Washington and dynamic interior design duo, Colin McAllister & Justin Ryan.
Also venturing into the jungle will be How Clean is Your House? presenter, Kim Woodburn, American star George Hamilton, and celebrity chef, Gino D'Acampo. Ex-Eastenders actress, Lucy Benjamin was also seen jetting out to Australia last night.
But a storm is brewing, as the other celebs find out the vast sum Katie is being paid - a whopping five times more than their moderate £65,000 fee.
A friend of one of the contestants told The Sun newspaper: 'This really is taking the Mick. We were pushing for more cash but we were told things were tight this year. Now we know why.
'If ITV are looking for trouble in the jungle, they will certainly get it once she turns up.'
So maybe this time Katie won't be queen of the jungle.
Will you be tuning in this year? Let us know your thoughts in the comments box below.
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Wednesday 11 November 2009
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Should she not be staying home to look after her kids (one of whom is very ill at the moment) rather than going into the jungle YET AGAIN? Ridiculous.
Comment by Suz on November 11 10:50
She's terrible! What on earth is the matter with this girl?! If she wants public support she should stay at home with kids - Harvey only came out of hospital last week! And twittering about botox and hair extensions only makes it worse. Why is she worried about that when she won't see her children for over a month?
Comment by Carly on November 11 11:52
Will not be watching it and her being in it has made me even more determined not to watch. When is she gonna be a real mum to her kids???
Comment by Dawn on November 11 12:33
I won't be watching, surely this kind of programme has had it's day.
At least Pete will be able to be the responsible parent for a while! Good luck to him.
Comment by Noel on November 11 12:48
I hope this brings her back down to earth, katie has a fab career but has turned into a media crazed celeb of late - hopefully this way she'll relax and be herself (rather than Jordan) and go back to the Katie we all loved the first time she was in the jungle. Hopefully the time over there will also make her reflect on her life and her mistakes of late and that she's too old to be going around acting the way she is at the moment.
Comment by Gabster on November 11 13:09
i agree. obviously her children are not a priority in her life. children are only for show biz purposes anyways.....
Comment by Mel on November 11 16:04
What is she doing?! After finding out she was in it I have decided to not watch the show at all, even though there are celebs I do want to watch. She has been terrible through the divorce and slagging off Peter is not the way to win the public over! I want everyone to vote her off stright away but she will be earning too much for a few days away! Go back to your children and keep your mouth shut and your clothes on!!!
Comment by Annoyed on November 11 16:24
I have never missed a minute of any of the previous series of "I'm a Celeb" but the producers have shot themselves in the foot this time. I, for one, won't be watching. Katie Price is Jordan, and Jordan is a monstrous creation - a nipped, tucked, bloated,
drunken, promiscuous, talentless ego on legs with the audacity to 'write' children's books in a cynical attempt to present herself as a suitable role model for children.
Comment by karen on November 11 20:52
Why is she looking for the next husband?
Comment by Kev Car on November 11 21:25
Good Riddance, now the kids can have a "normal" life with Pete for awaile.
She is so obsessed with beeing on camera 24/7, she must have very low self asteem to be this bothered.
I feel very sad for her, it is a lonely life to be so self obsessed.........Poor children
Comment by Raya on November 12 07:57
look katie is a SHOW OFF going in the jungel whith her buzzerms hanging owt wall i say she,s a show of enyway.
enyway why would she whantto go back enyway
Comment by mich on November 18 21:21
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