I’m A Celebrity Australia: Star ‘threatens to QUIT’ after hearing Nathan Buckley’s huge pay cheque

A star on the new season of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! reportedly threatened to quit the series after hearing AFL star Nathan Buckley’s whopping pay cheque for appearing on the show.

According to The Herald Sun, NRL player-turned-TV presenter Beau Ryan ‘lost his cool’ after discovering Buckley was being paid $300,000 to appear on the 2022 season, while he entered the jungle for free as an employee of Channel 10.

The publication claims Buckley, 49, told Ryan, 36, of his fee while the pair were performing tasks together on the show.

They say a witness working on the series overheard The Amazing Race host ‘responding angrily’ after he entered the series free of charge.

Daily Mail Australia have contacted a representative for Beau Ryan and Channel 10 for further comment.

Nathan will no doubt bring plenty of eyeballs to the Channel 10 reality show, after he stepped down as Magpies coach six months ago.

His relationship with Alex Pike, 44, has also made headlines after he announced his split from his wife of 18 years, Tania Minnici, last December.

Filming has already wrapped on the new season, which is set to air in January with viewers choosing the winner in a live finale.

Channel 10 has yet to release the full line-up, but have teased a beauty queen, reality star and comedian will be amongst those taking part.

Recently, host Dr Chris Brown told Fitzy & Wippa that one mystery camper has never been on a reality show before.

‘So, here’s what I can tell you,’ he said. ‘We have a celebrity type in the first week that we’ve never had before. Okay, and that no reality show has ever had before.’

When asked if the person is known across the world, Dr Chris responded: ‘I can’t say. But they have been international at one point.

‘They are like, nothing, they’re like no one. Different category, different genre, different everything.’ 

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! premieres Monday, January 3 on 10