Gary Lineker snubbed Celebrity Big Brother as BBC star’s ‘£50m demand’ explained
Former England striker turned Match of the Day host Gary Lineker turned down the chance to appear on Celebrity Big Brother by demanding a monstrous £50million appearance fee14:19, 12 Dec 2024Gary Lineker on Match of the DayMatch of the Day host Gary Lineker has revealed his agent asked for a whopping £50million appearance fee as a ploy to turn down Celebrity Big Brother.Lineker, who is stepping down from hosting the BBC’s flagship football highlights show at the end of the 2024/25 season, explained he was approached by ITV to appear on the reality show recently, but turned down the offer.”Do you know, last week I got asked to go on Celebrity Big Brother,” said Lineker, which prompted Richards to reply: Did you?!” with Shearer adding: “You got asked to go on there?”READ MORE: Danny Murphy tells BBC best Gary Lineker replacement for Match of the Day ‘obvious’READ MORE: David Coote pictured for first time since ref fired over white powder and Klopp rant vids”My agent sent it through jokingly and he replied ‘oh yes, Gary’s fee will be £50million,” said Lineker, prompting laughter from Richards. However, the response from Lineker’s agent was, unsurprisingly, a bit out of ITV’s budget range.He continued: “He did it as a joke obviously and they came back and said ‘oh that’s a little bit – that’s not within our budget’. Despite the reply being a joke, it seems ITV may have taken it as a serious demand judging by their reply.(Image: More