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Scott Mills wants to make a documentary with Pitbull.
The BBC Radio 1 DJ recently forged a friendship with the 'I Know You Want Me' hitmaker after interviewing him and has revealed he is now eager to get to know him even better.
He exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "The show would be me going on nights out with Pitbull. It would be insane."
The 41-year-old broadcaster previously made the two-part documentary 'The Hoff: When Scott Came to Stay' in 2009, during which he lived with 'Baywatch' star David Hasselhoff in his California mansion for four days, and is now keen to do something similar with Pitbull.
He explained: "After he left [the interview] I was like, 'I need to do a show with him, because his life is insane'. He did the interview with us and he said, 'I've got to go. I'm off to the Maldives to do a private party'. And it's literally private jets and all of that. So I would quite like to see what his life is like and what he's actually like because he's got this kind of persona a bit like David, where it's kind of like, 'What's the real thing?' So I'll suggest it."
And while the 34-year-old rapper has been friendly with Scott since their meeting, the DJ admitted he finds his quirky personality hilarious.
Speaking at Kylie Minogue's headline concert at Barclaycard British Summertime in Hyde Park, he added: "He's been emailing me. So it comes up as Mr Worldwide, that's how it comes up on the email.
"He's just followed it up, he was like, 'Hey, it was great to meet you. I'd love to be interviewed by you again.' And it's quite cool because normally it would say 'Sent from Blackberry', but it says 'Sent from Pitberry'."
Scott Mills wants to make a documentary with Pitbull
Scott Mills wants to make a documentary with Pitbull.
The BBC Radio 1 DJ recently forged a friendship with the 'I Know You Want Me' hitmaker after interviewing him and has revealed he is now eager to get to know him even better.
He exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "The show would be me going on nights out with Pitbull. It would be insane."
The 41-year-old broadcaster previously made the two-part documentary 'The Hoff: When Scott Came to Stay' in 2009, during which he lived with 'Baywatch' star David Hasselhoff in his California mansion for four days, and is now keen to do something similar with Pitbull.
He explained: "After he left [the interview] I was like, 'I need to do a show with him, because his life is insane'. He did the interview with us and he said, 'I've got to go. I'm off to the Maldives to do a private party'. And it's literally private jets and all of that. So I would quite like to see what his life is like and what he's actually like because he's got this kind of persona a bit like David, where it's kind of like, 'What's the real thing?' So I'll suggest it."
And while the 34-year-old rapper has been friendly with Scott since their meeting, the DJ admitted he finds his quirky personality hilarious.
Speaking at Kylie Minogue's headline concert at Barclaycard British Summertime in Hyde Park, he added: "He's been emailing me. So it comes up as Mr Worldwide, that's how it comes up on the email.
"He's just followed it up, he was like, 'Hey, it was great to meet you. I'd love to be interviewed by you again.' And it's quite cool because normally it would say 'Sent from Blackberry', but it says 'Sent from Pitberry'."
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Kym Marsh wants to be a judge on 'Britain's Got Talent'.
The 'Coronation Street' actress - who first found fame with the band Hear'Say on the talent show 'Popstars' - believes she'd be great on the ITV show because she's been there herself and can "empathise" with the contestants.
She said: "I'd love to have the chance to judge on one of those shows one day, but I think I'd be better on 'Britain's Got Talent' than 'The X Factor'. I'm a Jack-of-all-trades, so I might be better suited to that. So far Simon [Cowell] keeps passing me by! I know what it's like to go through a reality show - I could empathise with the contestants as I know how they're feeling."
The 39-year-old star - whose daughter Emily auditioned for BBC rival 'The Voice' earlier this year - also confessed she's not sure BBC Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw is the best choice for the 'X Factor' judging panel following the announcement he and Rita Ora are to join Simon Cowell and Cheryl Fernandez Versini on the show later this year.
Speaking in her column for OK! magazine, she explained: "I get Rita Ora as she has done 'The Voice UK'. I'm not sure about Nick Grimshaw, which is a bit of a weird one. But I suppose you have to give people a chance. People might not know who he is, but Simon Cowell knows what he's doing with these shows."
Kym Marsh: I’d ‘love’ to be a judge on Britain’s Got Talent
Kym Marsh wants to be a judge on 'Britain's Got Talent'.
The 'Coronation Street' actress - who first found fame with the band Hear'Say on the talent show 'Popstars' - believes she'd be great on the ITV show because she's been there herself and can "empathise" with the contestants.
She said: "I'd love to have the chance to judge on one of those shows one day, but I think I'd be better on 'Britain's Got Talent' than 'The X Factor'. I'm a Jack-of-all-trades, so I might be better suited to that. So far Simon [Cowell] keeps passing me by! I know what it's like to go through a reality show - I could empathise with the contestants as I know how they're feeling."
The 39-year-old star - whose daughter Emily auditioned for BBC rival 'The Voice' earlier this year - also confessed she's not sure BBC Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw is the best choice for the 'X Factor' judging panel following the announcement he and Rita Ora are to join Simon Cowell and Cheryl Fernandez Versini on the show later this year.
Speaking in her column for OK! magazine, she explained: "I get Rita Ora as she has done 'The Voice UK'. I'm not sure about Nick Grimshaw, which is a bit of a weird one. But I suppose you have to give people a chance. People might not know who he is, but Simon Cowell knows what he's doing with these shows."
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'The Only Way Is Essex' star Pete Wicks has been forced to delete a quote about stabbing someone in the neck from his Instagram account.
The long-haired hunk - who joined the cast of the ITVBe show earlier this month - has been "spoken to" by bosses after sharing the inappropriate quote with his 33,000 followers just months after Dan Osborne was sacked from the show for threatening to stab his ex-girlfriend.
Alongside a meme which read, "If you tell me to relax while I'm angry I will stab you in the neck with a knife", he wrote: "#True Say #WednesdayFeels (sic)."
And 'TOWIE' bosses have now confirmed they told the inked up star to remove the inappropriate message from his page.
An ITV spokesperson told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "We have spoken with Pete about this matter."
The latest controversy comes after Gemma Collins defended Dan - who is now engaged to 'EastEnders' actress Jacqueline Jossa - saying "all Essex boys" threaten their girlfriends.
She said: "Dan is one of the loveliest guys I've met. People say things in temper. If you live in Essex that's what all the boys say to their girlfriends.
"Death threats, yeah, that's Essex boys for you. I have had boyfriends say to me if I ever leave them they will kill me. In Essex, it's a normal thing."
The 34-year-old star has since reported to have been suspended from the show for throwing a "hissy fit" and storming off set during a row with Vas J. Morgan.
Pete Wicks ‘spoken to’ by The Only Way Is Essex bosses
'The Only Way Is Essex' star Pete Wicks has been forced to delete a quote about stabbing someone in the neck from his Instagram account.
The long-haired hunk - who joined the cast of the ITVBe show earlier this month - has been "spoken to" by bosses after sharing the inappropriate quote with his 33,000 followers just months after Dan Osborne was sacked from the show for threatening to stab his ex-girlfriend.
Alongside a meme which read, "If you tell me to relax while I'm angry I will stab you in the neck with a knife", he wrote: "#True Say #WednesdayFeels (sic)."
And 'TOWIE' bosses have now confirmed they told the inked up star to remove the inappropriate message from his page.
An ITV spokesperson told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "We have spoken with Pete about this matter."
The latest controversy comes after Gemma Collins defended Dan - who is now engaged to 'EastEnders' actress Jacqueline Jossa - saying "all Essex boys" threaten their girlfriends.
She said: "Dan is one of the loveliest guys I've met. People say things in temper. If you live in Essex that's what all the boys say to their girlfriends.
"Death threats, yeah, that's Essex boys for you. I have had boyfriends say to me if I ever leave them they will kill me. In Essex, it's a normal thing."
The 34-year-old star has since reported to have been suspended from the show for throwing a "hissy fit" and storming off set during a row with Vas J. Morgan.
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Jamie Laing says being posh is "very difficult".
The 'Made In Chelsea' star - who is the heir to McVitie's biscuits and owns his own company named Candy Kittens - claims he joined the E4 show so people would be able to relate to him more easily.
He said: "Being posh is very difficult to relate to with accents and that, so doing 'Made in Chelsea' was a way for people to get to know who I was."
However, the 26-year-old star insists that although he is set to inherit his family's fortune in the future, he's still had his fare share of rubbish jobs.
He told the Evening Standard newspaper: "I worked for a catering company and we had to do a job for Ralph Lauren. My job was the absolute worst. I had to stand there holding a fishbowl with sushi on top for five hours. And people were so rude.
"That saying, 'Be nice to everyone on the way up', is so true."
The cheeky chappy also revealed he hopes to front his own TV show one day after finding fame on the reality series.
He added: "I love ['Made in Chelsea'] but its my dream to do presenting, it would be great to have my own chat show. I feel like I could do it."
Jamie Laing says being posh is ‘very difficult’
Jamie Laing says being posh is "very difficult".
The 'Made In Chelsea' star - who is the heir to McVitie's biscuits and owns his own company named Candy Kittens - claims he joined the E4 show so people would be able to relate to him more easily.
He said: "Being posh is very difficult to relate to with accents and that, so doing 'Made in Chelsea' was a way for people to get to know who I was."
However, the 26-year-old star insists that although he is set to inherit his family's fortune in the future, he's still had his fare share of rubbish jobs.
He told the Evening Standard newspaper: "I worked for a catering company and we had to do a job for Ralph Lauren. My job was the absolute worst. I had to stand there holding a fishbowl with sushi on top for five hours. And people were so rude.
"That saying, 'Be nice to everyone on the way up', is so true."
The cheeky chappy also revealed he hopes to front his own TV show one day after finding fame on the reality series.
He added: "I love ['Made in Chelsea'] but its my dream to do presenting, it would be great to have my own chat show. I feel like I could do it."
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James Jordan doesn't think same-sex couples on 'Strictly Come Dancing' would be taken seriously.
The ballroom dancer - who was sacked from the show after eight years in 2014 - has stood by his comments that the BBC celebrity dance contest shouldn't allow men to dance with men and women with women, adding that they would be seen as a "joke couple".
He said: "The world has become so PC [politically correct] now and everyone's scared to have their own opinion. I'm not, I have an opinion. Why change it [the show]? Why change a winning format? Why have same sex couples? Why is it tick this box, tick this box, tick this box? I say just leave it as it is, it's an amazing success, it's a brilliant show, I love it and will always support it but if there is a same sex couple dancing I don't think ... If they did it, it would be a joke couple. People wouldn't take it seriously, it'd have to be comedy value - two men dancing a sexy rumba together? I don't think it would work. That's my opinion."
The 37-year-old star also insisted he's not homophobic and, if anything, believes having gay men and women dance with members of the same sex is "sexist".
Speaking on ITV's 'This Morning', James - who is marred to 'Strictly' professional Ola Jordan - added: "Why should a gay man not be able to dance with a woman? Isn't that sexist within itself? Saying that because I'm gay, I have to dance with a man? That's sexist really. Ballroom and Latin dancing is about a man dancing with a woman ... The way the dress moves, the femininity, the masculinity and at the end of the day it's easy for ['Strictly' judge] Craig [Revel Horwood] to say, 'I want to see same sex dancing', but he's not from my dance world. He's from the theatre world. He's not a Ballroom and Latin dancer. I am. So I have a right to say whether or not I agree with it. It doesn't make me homophobic at all, it's just something I feel very strongly about."
James Jordan: Same-sex couples on Strictly Come Dancing would be ‘a joke’
James Jordan doesn't think same-sex couples on 'Strictly Come Dancing' would be taken seriously.
The ballroom dancer - who was sacked from the show after eight years in 2014 - has stood by his comments that the BBC celebrity dance contest shouldn't allow men to dance with men and women with women, adding that they would be seen as a "joke couple".
He said: "The world has become so PC [politically correct] now and everyone's scared to have their own opinion. I'm not, I have an opinion. Why change it [the show]? Why change a winning format? Why have same sex couples? Why is it tick this box, tick this box, tick this box? I say just leave it as it is, it's an amazing success, it's a brilliant show, I love it and will always support it but if there is a same sex couple dancing I don't think ... If they did it, it would be a joke couple. People wouldn't take it seriously, it'd have to be comedy value - two men dancing a sexy rumba together? I don't think it would work. That's my opinion."
The 37-year-old star also insisted he's not homophobic and, if anything, believes having gay men and women dance with members of the same sex is "sexist".
Speaking on ITV's 'This Morning', James - who is marred to 'Strictly' professional Ola Jordan - added: "Why should a gay man not be able to dance with a woman? Isn't that sexist within itself? Saying that because I'm gay, I have to dance with a man? That's sexist really. Ballroom and Latin dancing is about a man dancing with a woman ... The way the dress moves, the femininity, the masculinity and at the end of the day it's easy for ['Strictly' judge] Craig [Revel Horwood] to say, 'I want to see same sex dancing', but he's not from my dance world. He's from the theatre world. He's not a Ballroom and Latin dancer. I am. So I have a right to say whether or not I agree with it. It doesn't make me homophobic at all, it's just something I feel very strongly about."
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FKA Twigs is being lined up to replace Rita Ora on 'The Voice'.
Bosses of the BBC One singing competition reportedly believe the 'Two Weeks' hitmaker - whose real name is Tahliah Debrett Barnett - would add a "cool and credible" vibe to the show after it was revealed Rita has jumped ship to ITV rival 'The X Factor'.
A source told the Daily Star newspaper: "Rita may have brought glamour to 'The Voice' but she wasn't too clued up on musical knowledge.
"She didn't know who The Monkees were.
"FKA Twigs is beautiful and credible."
It is thought the 27-year-old star - who is dating 'Twilight' actor Robert Pattinson - would join existing coaches will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and Kaiser Chiefs' frontman Ricky Wilson, although no official announcement has been made as of yet.
Meanwhile, The Script's Danny O'Donoghue - who was a mentor on the first two series - has revealed he thinks Rita has made a mistake by quitting the show in favour of 'The X Factor'.
He told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "I think it's wrong for Rita to turn her back on 'The Voice' like that and go over to 'The X Factor'.
"The BBC are really fuming, although of course it's great news for Simon Cowell.
"Fair play to him. He's got a good head and he knows what he's doing."
FKA Twigs to replace Rita Ora on The Voice?
FKA Twigs is being lined up to replace Rita Ora on 'The Voice'.
Bosses of the BBC One singing competition reportedly believe the 'Two Weeks' hitmaker - whose real name is Tahliah Debrett Barnett - would add a "cool and credible" vibe to the show after it was revealed Rita has jumped ship to ITV rival 'The X Factor'.
A source told the Daily Star newspaper: "Rita may have brought glamour to 'The Voice' but she wasn't too clued up on musical knowledge.
"She didn't know who The Monkees were.
"FKA Twigs is beautiful and credible."
It is thought the 27-year-old star - who is dating 'Twilight' actor Robert Pattinson - would join existing coaches will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and Kaiser Chiefs' frontman Ricky Wilson, although no official announcement has been made as of yet.
Meanwhile, The Script's Danny O'Donoghue - who was a mentor on the first two series - has revealed he thinks Rita has made a mistake by quitting the show in favour of 'The X Factor'.
He told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "I think it's wrong for Rita to turn her back on 'The Voice' like that and go over to 'The X Factor'.
"The BBC are really fuming, although of course it's great news for Simon Cowell.
"Fair play to him. He's got a good head and he knows what he's doing."
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Former 'Coronation Street' actor Bruce Jones is now living off benefits.
The 62-year-old star - who played cab driver Les Battersby for 10 years - is to reveal how he blew his entire £1 million fortune after being axed from the ITV soap in 2007 on new Channel 5 documentary 'Celebs on Benefits: Claim to Fame'.
A spokesperson for the show said: "[The documentary] looks at the lives of former stars and professional high-fliers who now live on the poverty line.
"It features Bruce Jones whose divorce and struggle with booze has left him skint."
After being sacked from 'Corrie' for his drinking, Jones was given a suspended jail sentence for dangerous driving while drunk in 2010, had two houses repossessed and split from his wife, resulting in him living in a caravan with just £14 to his name at one point.
And last year the former soap star - who was reportedly paid just £15,000 to take part in 'Celebrity Big Brother' in 2013 - complained to police that he was owed £4,000 by an agent who failed to pay him for his appearance on 'The Jeremy Kyle Show'.
Bruce has previously spoken about how his change in fortune led him to attempt suicide.
Meanwhile, former 'Big Brother' beauty Lisa Appleton will also appear in the documentary to talk about her "15 minutes of fame" and how she now lives "below the breadline".
According to the Daily Star newspaper, she says: "Anyone who thinks people on benefits are sponging off the state and have an easy life should think again.
"It's killing me. It's hard to keep a smile on my face and it's deeply affecting my self-esteem and confidence.
"I've always worked hard and now it's as if I'm being punished for having been on telly."
Former Coronation Street actor Bruce Jones living off benefits
Former 'Coronation Street' actor Bruce Jones is now living off benefits.
The 62-year-old star - who played cab driver Les Battersby for 10 years - is to reveal how he blew his entire £1 million fortune after being axed from the ITV soap in 2007 on new Channel 5 documentary 'Celebs on Benefits: Claim to Fame'.
A spokesperson for the show said: "[The documentary] looks at the lives of former stars and professional high-fliers who now live on the poverty line.
"It features Bruce Jones whose divorce and struggle with booze has left him skint."
After being sacked from 'Corrie' for his drinking, Jones was given a suspended jail sentence for dangerous driving while drunk in 2010, had two houses repossessed and split from his wife, resulting in him living in a caravan with just £14 to his name at one point.
And last year the former soap star - who was reportedly paid just £15,000 to take part in 'Celebrity Big Brother' in 2013 - complained to police that he was owed £4,000 by an agent who failed to pay him for his appearance on 'The Jeremy Kyle Show'.
Bruce has previously spoken about how his change in fortune led him to attempt suicide.
Meanwhile, former 'Big Brother' beauty Lisa Appleton will also appear in the documentary to talk about her "15 minutes of fame" and how she now lives "below the breadline".
According to the Daily Star newspaper, she says: "Anyone who thinks people on benefits are sponging off the state and have an easy life should think again.
"It's killing me. It's hard to keep a smile on my face and it's deeply affecting my self-esteem and confidence.
"I've always worked hard and now it's as if I'm being punished for having been on telly."
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Jeremy Clarkson was a "suicidal wreck" after being severely bullied at boarding school.
The former 'Top Gear' host attended the £9,000-a-term Repton School in Derbyshire - one of the UK's most famous educational institutions - but revealed that life at the school was "terrible" after he was singled out for constant attacks from the older boys who made him lick toilet bowls and would regularly beat him in the middle of the night.
He said: "As the years dragged by I suffered many terrible things.
"I was thrown on an hourly basis into the ice plunge pool, dragged from my bed in the middle of the night and beaten, made to lick the lavatories clean and all the usual humiliations that public school used back then to turn a small boy into a gibbering, sobbing, suicidal wreck.
In the first two years the older boys broke pretty much everything I owned.
"They glued my records together, snapped my compass, ate my biscuits, defecated in my tuck box and they cut my trousers in half with a pair of garden shears."
Jeremy attended in the 70s and got nine o-levels but was expelled before taking his A-levels for being caught drinking and smoking at local pubs.
The school - founded in 1557 - cites writers Roald Dahl and Christopher Isherwood and the athlete Harold Abrahams amongst its alumni.
Meanwhile, the 55-year-old presenter - who was recently replaced on the BBC motoring show by BBC Radio 2 presenter Chris Evans - admitted in his column for The Sun newspaper that he will be emotional watching his final ever episode of the show when it airs this weekend but insisted he has similar projects in the pipeline.
He penned: "I'll miss the BBC, I really will. Because for every silly idiot, there were ten good guys who are mad and wonderful and good at what they do. But I won't miss making a car show."
Clarkson was suicidal at school after being bullied
Jeremy Clarkson was a "suicidal wreck" after being severely bullied at boarding school.
The former 'Top Gear' host attended the £9,000-a-term Repton School in Derbyshire - one of the UK's most famous educational institutions - but revealed that life at the school was "terrible" after he was singled out for constant attacks from the older boys who made him lick toilet bowls and would regularly beat him in the middle of the night.
He said: "As the years dragged by I suffered many terrible things.
"I was thrown on an hourly basis into the ice plunge pool, dragged from my bed in the middle of the night and beaten, made to lick the lavatories clean and all the usual humiliations that public school used back then to turn a small boy into a gibbering, sobbing, suicidal wreck.
In the first two years the older boys broke pretty much everything I owned.
"They glued my records together, snapped my compass, ate my biscuits, defecated in my tuck box and they cut my trousers in half with a pair of garden shears."
Jeremy attended in the 70s and got nine o-levels but was expelled before taking his A-levels for being caught drinking and smoking at local pubs.
The school - founded in 1557 - cites writers Roald Dahl and Christopher Isherwood and the athlete Harold Abrahams amongst its alumni.
Meanwhile, the 55-year-old presenter - who was recently replaced on the BBC motoring show by BBC Radio 2 presenter Chris Evans - admitted in his column for The Sun newspaper that he will be emotional watching his final ever episode of the show when it airs this weekend but insisted he has similar projects in the pipeline.
He penned: "I'll miss the BBC, I really will. Because for every silly idiot, there were ten good guys who are mad and wonderful and good at what they do. But I won't miss making a car show."
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Former soap stars are making up to four times the amount of current cast-members for personal appearances.
Todd Carty - who played Mark Fowler in 'EastEnders' from 1990 to 2003 - is charging up to £10,000 while the BBC One soap's longest serving star Adam Woodyatt (Ian Beale) only makes between £2,500 and £5,000 per appearance, The Sun newspaper reports.
Other former stars of the east London-based soap including Tamzin Outhwaite and Ross Kemp - who played Melanie Owen and Grant Mitchell respectively - would cost in the region of £15,000.
Zoe Lucker - who previously starred in both 'EastEnders' and 'Footballers' Wives' and now plays Reenie McQueen in 'Hollyoaks' - charges between £6,000 and £10,000 to make an appearance at events.
Meanwhile, former 'Coronation Street' actor Kevin Kennedy - who played the ITV soap's much-loved Curly Watts for two decades - charges up to £2,500 while Danny Baldwin star Bradley Walsh can make as much as £25,000 per appearance.
Craig Charles - who announced earlier this year that he is quitting his role as Lloyd Mullaney - will pull in around £10,000 for his services once he leaves the cobbles.
However, it's not just former soap stars who are lining their pockets outside of their day jobs.
'Strictly Come Dancing' judges Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman charge £25,000 and £15,000 respectively to attend events.
And the magician Paul Daniels receives up to £10,000 while boxing legend Frank Bruno would set planners back £5,000, according to the celebrity booking agency NMP Live.
Former soap stars cashing in on personal appearances
Former soap stars are making up to four times the amount of current cast-members for personal appearances.
Todd Carty - who played Mark Fowler in 'EastEnders' from 1990 to 2003 - is charging up to £10,000 while the BBC One soap's longest serving star Adam Woodyatt (Ian Beale) only makes between £2,500 and £5,000 per appearance, The Sun newspaper reports.
Other former stars of the east London-based soap including Tamzin Outhwaite and Ross Kemp - who played Melanie Owen and Grant Mitchell respectively - would cost in the region of £15,000.
Zoe Lucker - who previously starred in both 'EastEnders' and 'Footballers' Wives' and now plays Reenie McQueen in 'Hollyoaks' - charges between £6,000 and £10,000 to make an appearance at events.
Meanwhile, former 'Coronation Street' actor Kevin Kennedy - who played the ITV soap's much-loved Curly Watts for two decades - charges up to £2,500 while Danny Baldwin star Bradley Walsh can make as much as £25,000 per appearance.
Craig Charles - who announced earlier this year that he is quitting his role as Lloyd Mullaney - will pull in around £10,000 for his services once he leaves the cobbles.
However, it's not just former soap stars who are lining their pockets outside of their day jobs.
'Strictly Come Dancing' judges Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman charge £25,000 and £15,000 respectively to attend events.
And the magician Paul Daniels receives up to £10,000 while boxing legend Frank Bruno would set planners back £5,000, according to the celebrity booking agency NMP Live.