Television personality Keith Lemon is a multi-millionaire after raking in a reported “bang tidy” £5 million from his numerous shows.
The Celebrity Juice host, whose real name is Leigh Francis, is known for his cheeky sense of humour and his unique fashion sense.
Comedian Leigh, 46, and wife Jill are the sole directors of two businesses.
Books filed to Companies House for 2019 show the ITV star’s company Pretty Good Production Ltd has £1.5 million in cash in its account and more than £750,000 in investments.
Another business set up to handle Leigh’s affairs has taken £3.2 million over the last two years.
Keith Lemon, otherwise known as Leigh Francis, (Image: PA)
Bang Tidy Productions Ltd, the couple’s second firm, has £508,029 in cash in the company bank account, The Sun reported.
This makes the Through The Keyhole presenter now a multi-millionaire, estimated to be worth around £5 million.
Leigh, who is the father to Matilda, has written best-selling books based on the life of his alter-ego Keith, and is also in high demand to star in telly ads.
The Celebrity Juice star is now a mutli-millionaire after raking in a “bang tidy” £5 million from his numerous shows (Image: PA)
A source told The Sun: “Leigh is one of the nicest guys in the business. He’s been on the TV for years but it is only in the last three or four years that he has become so incredibly popular and such a big star.
“He’s a grafter too and has worked hard for every penny.”
Keith is currently bringing his humour to his new YouTube show Popcorn and Pop offering plenty of laughs for viewers to enjoy during coronavirus lockdown.
In his early career, Leigh did a series of shorts for Comedy Central called Stars in Their Houses.
Leigh has written books as well as star in some of the biggest shows on ITV (Image: PA Archive/PA Images)
His major television breakthrough occurred when Channel 4 offered him a £250,000 deal to produce a series based on his television characters, such as his previous roles as Bobby Stark and Barry Gibson, and in 2002, Bo’ Selecta! was born.
The series featured Francis portraying a series of celebrities by wearing face masks to impersonate them, as well as portraying the main, non-celebrity character, Avid Merrion.
The programme lasted for five series, airing between 2002 and 2006, however, the last two series were only loosely based on the original three.
Following the axing of Bo’ Selecta!, Leigh took one of the series characters, Keith Lemon, and created a brand new show, Keith Lemon’s Very Brilliant World Tour, which aired on ITV2 in April 2008.
The show was a success, and subsequently, the TV star created Celebrity Juice, which has aired 23 series to date.
Celebrity Juice continues on ITV2 on Thursday at 9pm
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
