OHMYGOSSIP — Shane Richie has admitted taking part in this year’s ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’ will help him out – because he is “literally skint” and has had to borrow money from his pals.
The former ‘EastEnders’ actor was keen to do this year’s show because it is the 20th anniversary, so he signed up in January, but following lockdown he is running low on funds after the coronavirus pandemic put paid to six months of work.
He said: “We got the call in January and I agreed to do it because it was the 20th one.
“My kids were old enough to travel to Australia and they wanted to meet Ant and Dec! We were all really excited.
“We were going to fit it around my other work projects as I was going on tour, doing a TV series and panto but that all got cancelled in March.
“And now I am literally skint! You save money for a rainy day but you don’t expect the rainy day to last six months.
“Thankfully I’ve been able to borrow money from mates, my family and the bank and my wife is now very happy we can finally pay off the credit card!”
The 56-year-old star – who is married to Christie Goddard – joked he is looking forward to interacting with “adults again” rather than his wife and kids.
He said: “What an honour to be asked before lockdown.”
And he quipped: “I am so grateful and I am really looking forward to being around adults again instead of my wife and three children.”
Shane is anticipating it to be “cold and dark” during this year’s series – which is taking place in a North Wales castle instead of the Australian jungle, due to the pandemic – and he is hoping his appearance on the programme will lead to other opportunities.
He added: “I do feel like I have come home. Everyone thinks of me as a BBC person but I am ITV. I was Mr Saturday night.
“Yeah I would love to do more entertainment shows again. If they said, ‘Let’s give Shanie a show,’ wouldn’t that be lovely?”
Source: VacationHunter.Online
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