I’m A Celebrity star Beverley Callard’s ex best-pal has urged the Coronation Star to return £100,000 to her.
Ethna Carlin reportedly called on Bev to pay her back £100k and claimed the soap star persuaded her to “sink into a pub four months before calling time on it”, The Sun reports.
Beverley’s former friend said she was in the grips of a drink and drugs addiction when “she ploughed money into The Gallery”.
The pub was in the village of Hale Barnes, Cheshire, but the establishment went under back in August 2008.
Ethna, 56, explained to the publication: “Bev always promised that she would pay me back if she won the Lottery.
Bev’s former friend Ethna Carlin called on the Corrie star to pay her back £100k (Image: ITV)
“Well, competing on I’m A Celeb must be similar to a big win.”
According to Ethna, the ladies met when the star was taking a break from playing Liz McDonald on Corrie and teaching aerobics in Marbella.
Ethna, who now lives in Essex, moved back to the UK to care for her mother.
She revealed that her marriage fell apart in the midst of her drink and drugs struggles.
Beverley is currently taking part in I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! (Image: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Ethna’s mother died in 2007, leaving her an inheritance.
She continued to the publication: “Bev told me the pub was in trouble but with my cash they could turn it around. I believed her.”
In August 2008, a matter of weeks after Ethna transferred her final instalment, Beverley called her to say she had handed the keys back to the brewery.
She’s been married to hubby Jon McEwan for ten years (Image: Manchester Evening News)
According to Ethna, in 2010 a solicitor said they wanted to work out a payment plan — if she signed a gagging order, but she turned it down.
Beverley has been in the I’m a Celeb castle for over two weeks now.
She’s made fans laugh with her hilarious remarks, including a time she revealed she calls her hubby, Jon McEwan, “mega-sh*g”.
The pair have been married for 10 years and Beverley says he is her “best friend”.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
