Ant McPartlin overheard telling I am A Movie star’s Boy George he is in for an enormous royalties payday

It has already been reported that I’m A Celebrity‘s Boy George was paid £500,000 for his time on the show.

Nevertheless, it seems as if the singer, 61, may rake in much more money from his jungle stint based on host Ant McPartlin.

As they celebrated the tip of the sequence, the presenter, 47, was overheard telling George that he’ll get ‘numerous PRS’ due to the constant performs of Tradition Membership hit Karma Chameleon.

Kerching! It seems as if the singer, 61, may rake in much more money from his jungle stint based on host Ant McPartlin

Whereas presenting I am A Movie star, Ant and Dec had a long-running joke wherein they’d purposely try to point out Karma Chameleon in some capability, leading to a snippet of the track being performed aloud whereas the duo danced.

Whereas the campmates also sang along to the hit while enjoying karaoke at the Jungle Arms.  

And with the quite a few performs of the 1983 single – which was written by George and fellow band members Jon Moss, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay and Phil Pickett – they will little question earn loads of royalties.

Following Jill Scott’s crowning as Queen of the Jungle, Boy George took to his Instagram to movie the motion behind the scenes, going as much as his campmates and telling them ‘nicely finished’ for his or her time on the present.

Within the cash: As they celebrated the tip of the sequence, the presenter, 47, was overheard telling George that he’ll get ‘numerous PRS’ due to the constant performs of Tradition Membership hit Karma Chameleon

Because the digicam then panned to Ant and Dec who gleefully greeted George, Ant then mentioned to George: ‘Properly finished. You are going to get numerous PRS from us enjoying Karma Chameleon.

‘I imply, quite a bit. At any time when we may!’

To which the performer replied: ‘Oh superb. Thanks a lot!’

Enjoyable: Whereas presenting I am A Movie star, Ant and Dec had a long-running joke wherein they’d purposely try to point out Karma Chameleon in some capability, leading to a snippet of the track being performed aloud whereas the duo danced

Payday: With the quite a few performs of the 1983 single – which was written by George and fellow band members Jon Moss, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay and Phil Pickett – they will little question earn loads of royalties (Boy George pictured within the 80s)

PRS for Music is an trade physique that collects and distributes cash on behalf of songwriters, composers and music publishers, for using their musical compositions and lyrics. 

ITV spared no expense when it got here to signing stars for this years sequence with the best paid star being Pop Icon Boy George, who will take dwelling £500k.

In an exclusive interview with MailOnline ahead of his jungle stint he said: ‘I really feel like I have been paid nicely for it so I’ll be as Boy George as I can.’ 

Catch up: Boy George took to his Instagram to movie the motion behind the scenes, going as much as his campmates and telling them ‘nicely finished’ for his or her time on the present

Thanks very a lot! Because the digicam then panned to Ant and Dec who gleefully greeted George, Ant then mentioned to George: ‘Properly finished. You are going to get numerous PRS from us enjoying Karma Chameleon

It comes after Crissy Rock slammed the ‘obscene’ amounts of money the ‘grasping’ I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Right here! stars are being paid this 12 months as she joined MailOnline’s Jungle Confidential podcast.

The actress, 64, – who was a contestant on the 2011 sequence of the present – fumed that ‘some folks cannot even pay their electrical energy payments’ whereas the TV stars pocket hundreds for just some weeks work.

Whereas George bagged half 1,000,000, former Health Secretary Matt Hancock will pocket £400,000 and Mike Tindall will go away with £265,000. 

Not joyful: It comes after Crissy Rock slammed the ‘obscene’ quantities of cash the ‘grasping’ I am A Movie star … Get Me Out of Right here! stars are being paid this 12 months

Talking concerning the quantity they’re being paid she mentioned: ‘We did not get a lot cash to go on again in my day. Once I went in I had nothing to show – I did not go in to win.

‘We by no means received something like that cash they’ve now. It’s important to give half of your wages again to the Australian authorities.

‘I received £28,000 however solely took away £14,000 – I feel with them now being paid extra – it’s greed, it is obscene when folks cannot even pay their electrical energy.’

Woah! Talking concerning the quantity they’re being paid she mentioned: ‘We did not get a lot cash to go on again in my day. Once I went in I had nothing to show – I did not go in to win’