Brendan O’Carroll was offered £150,000 to appear on ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ – but he turned it down.
The ‘Mrs. Brown’s Boys’ creator – who plays the interfering matriarch in the hit comedy – was approached by bosses of the reality TV show and offered the impressive sum in order to take part in the new series next week but he decided to reject it because he’d be homesick as he lives in Ireland.
Speaking to the Daily Star newspaper, he said: "I had a tentative chat about Celebrity Big Brother but I just decided it’s not for me. I’d be homesick."
And it seems like the famous family are hot property right now as the 62-year-old comedian’s son Danny – who plays Buster in the sitcom – was asked to do ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’.
Brendan explained: "He was asked to do the Jungle but turned it down. He hates spiders."
But they’re not all against doing reality TV shows as Brendan’s wife Jennifer Gibney, who plays Cathy in the show, took part in ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ in 2014.
Meanwhile, the line-up for the new series of ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ is yet to be confirmed but it’ll hit screens on January 2, 2018, and will see an all-female cast head into the iconic house in commemoration of 100 years since women won the right to vote before men join a few days later.
A statement from Channel 5 said: "Presented by Emma Willis, ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ will initially explore how the all-female housemates interact, from politicians to performing artists, as they enter the house first, ahead of the celebrity male housemates. Over the course of the series, as the male counterparts enter the house, the housemates will take part in a series of entertaining tasks and hidden experiments which will test their – and our – assumptions, challenge gender stereotypes and reveal fascinating truths about what it is to be a woman – and man – in the 21st century."
Brendan O’Carroll turns down £150k Celebrity Big Brother fee
