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Shane Jacobson: Fees “easily misread”

Shane Jacobson may have been paid well for The Real Full Monty -but it wasn't a charity event.

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Actor and presenter Shane Jacobson, who is locked in a legal battle with his former manager over a fee dispute, has spoken about the work he has done for charities.

It follows public disclosure of a $13,000 fee for the Bega Cheese Charity Dinner and $54,000 fee for participating in The Real Full Monty for Seven.

While some have raised eyebrows over the size of the fee, there is a misconception the strip show was a charity event. In reality it was purely to raise awareness around Men’s Prostate Cancer. Seven paid costs to stage the event, including giving away free audience tickets.

Jacobson told Fairfax, “What you don’t see on that list is all the work I have done as the chief scout of Victoria, the 10 years worth of work I have done for Parkinson’s Australia, the Mirabel Foundation. All that work I do for free. Bega is a big corporation, they wanted to make a donation to the bushfire victims, but they paid me to host their evening … as I do for many corporate clients.

“Same as Channel Seven, they had sponsors, they are a commercial network. They paid me a fee. Our goal was to raise awareness. The picture being painted can be easily misread.”

Jacobson maintains he owes no money to former manager Deb Fryers but the matter is before the Victorian County Court.

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  1. I may be wrong but I remember in the old days telethons used to be commercial free but like everything these days they have heaps of ads. So my question is, do the TV stations make a lot of money out of telethons? I never see the stations actually making big donations or the stars themselves to lead by example when continually asking Mr, Mrs, Ms struggler and family to donate. Not making assumptions and I do realise it would cost big to put them on but just often wondered.

  2. If you read it properly, simmo3, he’s not boasting. He’s setting the record straight on something that has been misreported or misunderstood in the public arena.

  3. So let me get this straight, they pay him and use him as a vehicle to drive others (viewers, who probably don’t make his ‘fee’ in one year work) to donate – wonder what the personalities get paid for Good Friday… really making mugs of us all

    2. The Real Full Monty was not a fundraiser, it was an awareness campaign. People are so quick to make assumptions. As the article states, Shane does donate his time to various charities, but he is also entitled to earn a living as well.

    1. Yeah, but they also don’t get criticised in public for doing their job for a fee. I’m glad he made money for the charity dinner – i wouldn’t host a charity dinner for free, Know your worth

    2. Neither did Shane until the documents filed against him for this court case made his earnings public forcing him to explain it. I don’t interpret this as him boasting.

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