I’m A Celebrity has a surprise millionaire – and it’s not who you think

I’m A Celebrity 2024 is ramping up connected ITV – and things mightiness beryllium astir to get adjacent much tense aft different millionaire entered the camp.

So far, we’ve been treated to Danny Jones’ enormous trouser snake and much Wagatha Christie jokes than you could shingle a instrumentality at.

The long-running world series, which has been connected the aerial since 2002, has stayed dependable successful the ITV ratings despite a important driblet successful viewers past year.

And much radical mightiness yet drawback up and springiness the bid different ratings boost if the latest entranceway to campy proves to beryllium an breathtaking one, with Reverend Richard Coles present successful the game.

He joined the likes of Coleen Rooney, Alan Halsall, Tulisa Contostavlos, and Barry McGuigan during Wednesday night’s 9pm show, alongside chap caller accomplishment Maura Higgins.

But what bash we cognize astir the Reverend’s past beingness and enactment and however has his palmy vocation contributed to the immense luck helium present has?

Who is I’m A Celebrity 2024’s astonishment millionaire?

Reverend Richard Coles, 62, is simply a erstwhile 1980s popular star-turned-reverend-turned-broadcaster, and is definite to shingle things up successful the I’m A Celebrity camp.

The TV vicar was erstwhile portion of the 1980s popular radical The Communards, alongside Jimmy Sommerville who besides sang successful the duo Bronski Beat.

He aboriginal appeared connected respective TV shows, wrote a fig of fabrication and non-fiction books, and has besides been a regular vigor broadcaster for 20 years.

It has each added up to an estimated nett worthy of up to £3.9 million, with information from Companies House besides confirming that Reverend Richard is doing conscionable good for himself.

Mistramark Ltd., which the Reverend owns, presently has much than £540,000 currency successful the bank, and its reserves are 3 times larger than they were this clip past year, sitting astatine implicit £350,000.

Documents person besides confirmed that Mistramark Ltd. paid astir £180,000 successful corp taxation successful 2023. Given that the complaint was 19% astatine the time, it’s been estimated that the institution made astir £1million.

Added to his occurrence connected TV and successful the euphony industry, it’s nary wonderment Richard’s estimated nett worthy is truthful high.

While The Communards were lone astir for 3 years, their occurrence was huge, landing 2 monolithic albums and a fistful of deed singles connected the way.

Their screen of Don’t Leave Me This Way, primitively by Harold Melvin, went to fig 1 successful the UK and stayed determination for 4 full weeks successful September 1986.

After leaving popular behind, helium studied astatine assemblage and realised helium saw a aboriginal for himself successful religion, yet being selected for priesthood and becoming ordained successful the aboriginal 2000s.

Reverend Richard started his broadcasting vocation astir the aforesaid time, appearing connected galore TV shows and vigor programmes for the BBC.

In the 15th bid of Strictly Come Dancing, helium was partnered with Dianne Buswell – sadly they finished 2nd past aft being eliminated connected conscionable 14 points from the judges.

That hasn’t enactment him disconnected appearing connected much TV shows, however, with I’m A Celebrity yet different endowment contention he’s entered

He has besides written respective best-selling enigma novels and memoirs, which has each added to his luck implicit his 40 years successful the spotlight.

Can helium adhd King of the Jungle to his database of achievements implicit the years?

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