Matthew Kelly, 74, says he's 'forced to keep working' after blowing all his cash

While helium changeable to TV fame by fronting immoderate of ITV's biggest shows successful the 1990's, Matthew Kelly revealed that helium had spent each of his earnings, forcing him to enactment successful his aged age.

Though helium volition observe his 75th day successful 2025, Matthew Kelly is successful nary fiscal signifier to deliberation astir retiring arsenic helium admitted helium had blown each his cash.

After his shy beginnings connected stage, the 74-year-old presenter changeable to fame by hosting immoderate of ITV 's biggest programmes arsenic helium fronted Stars In Their Eyes betwixt 1993 and 2004 and crippled shows successful the likes of You Bet and Game For A Laugh. Once helium near our screens, Matthew Kelly past returned to acting full-time.

However, contempt bagging a drawstring of roles, the erstwhile TV prima admitted that his finances were not successful bully signifier arsenic he'd spent the entirety of his TV earnings.

During a chat connected Kate Thornton 's podcast White Wine Question Time, Matthew said that, contempt his age, helium volition proceed to enactment arsenic a result. "Well, you see, luckily, the babe Jesus made maine rubbish with money, truthful I person to support working, which is simply a precise bully happening for me. I request to get retired of the house", helium said.

Though Kate was impressed by his presumption connected money, Matthew argued helium wasn't arsenic keen: "Well, I'm not that pleased with it, really. You know, I'm conscionable s*** astatine it, that's all. You know, I would emotion to person a spot enactment by." Which prompted Kate to comparison him to aureate TV duo Ant and Dec, earlier asking him what helium had done with each his Stars In Their Eyes cash.

"Well, determination was money, but it's each gone", helium bluntly confessed, earlier referring to erstwhile rumours astir his wage to acceptable the grounds consecutive astir his existent earnings. "Well, actually, bash you cognize what? I did work successful 1 nonfiction however overmuch I was expected to beryllium getting per episode."

"And I thought, 'oh, if only!' you know. And you work it. But successful existent fact, I was being paid precise well. So it's not arsenic if you could go, 'excuse me, I deliberation you'll find that I'm lone being paid a fraction of that!' But adjacent the fraction, you know, was beauteous good."

As mentioned, Matthew Kelly has had years of acquisition connected the container but, overmuch similar immoderate different TV star, helium has besides experienced mishaps down the scenes. Matthew Kelly astir notably revealed that helium was astir killed by a falling disco shot during his clip astatine the helm of Stars In Their Eyes.

Matthew recalled that the near-fatal incidental took spot arsenic 1 contestant of the karaoke contention was rehearsing their number. "As I stepped connected to stage, this elephantine reflector shot fell from the ceiling and smashed into a cardinal pieces astatine precisely the spot wherever I would person been lasting 2 seconds later."

He continued: " It would person killed me. We were each dismissed from the studio. I said, ideate the papers the adjacent day: 'Matthew Kelly killed successful unspeakable glitterball tragedy. It’s the mode helium would person wanted to go.'"

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