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Tom Arnold: “I was joking”

...or did someone have a quiet word to management?

After media concluded much from Tom Arnold’s tweet about his $600 – $700k salary from I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, the US comedian now says he was just joshin.’

His new tweet follows a statement by TEN to quell the speculation he was paid up to $AU900,000.

“Every year, we see inflated figures thrown around by celebrities. Unfortunately we are contractually unable to refute it as Network TEN does not disclose confidential contract details.”

So was Arnold really joking? Or did someone have a word to his management?

As he now indicates, it’s a contract breach to publicly discuss rates. That’s because the network still has to negotiate salaries for subsequent seasons and every other show on its books. While the current cast wouldn’t learn of his fee until they have departed, there are still 2 hosts on the show who have full access to his revelation.

If salaries become public knowledge it puts more negotiating power in the hands of talent to up their fees.

It also isn’t a great look when the network has had to tell shareholders they are facing a full-year earnings loss of $20 million to $30 million.

With a staff of around 400 in South Africa -more than half of whom are Aussies- the pricetag for the show must be one of the biggest in the biz.

6 Responses

  1. There is only Germany and the UK still producing the show and they both use a camp in err….Australia….Murwillumbah. I think Kruger National Park has been used previously by other countries, so I guess ch10 moved into an already established camp.

    1. I belive that the South African location is used by several versions of the show, so ten would be sharing the cost with those versions and it would be cheeper then going to a fresh location.

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