Jack Maynard ‘misses out on’ £25k fee after getting kicked off I’m A Celebrity
JACK Maynard will have to forfeit his £25,000 fee for I'm A Celeb after being kicked off the show for posting homophobic and racist slurs online, according to reports.
The 22-year-old YouTuber became the contestant who has spent the least time in the jungle after being axed from the show when his vile tweets and comments were exposed - as well as inappropriate messages to a female fan.
Now, like all the celebs who spend less than three days in the jungle, it's thought he won't be paid - due to an "unwritten rule" that has affected the likes of Gemma Collins who quit in 2014.
A Towie rep said its star Gemma was only paid £4,800 by ITV after being in the jungle for just over 72 hours, and she gave the fee to charity.
Jack's reported fee of £25,000 is far more modest than those of his fellow stars, like Amir Khan, who is thought to be pocketing £250,000.
Among the offensive messages Jack was exposed for sending were insults directed at gay people, the disabled and those with deformities - and he frequently used the N-word.
On Twitter, The Sun revealed that Jack - the brother of pop star Conor Maynard - had casually branded other users “retarded” and “f****ts”.
In tweets dating back up to six years Jack, followed by 650,000 impressionable young fans, mocked gay men, called his friends the racist term and laughed at people's appearances.
In December 2012, he replied to two people using the phrase “retarded f****t”.
In another post in February 2013, Jack shot back at one critic: “hahaha shutup you f****t... By the way who hit you with a shovel?”
In one racist tweet, posted online in June 2011, he said he was “At alices with my n****s!” He also repeatedly calls people “retards”.
In one post he tweeted pics of people with deformities with comments “in his prime” and “Ahahahaha! Sooo funny!” On one image of a black man with bulging eyes he added: “looking greatttt!!”.
As the ITV show launched to millions, Jack - who has 1.2m YouTube subscribers - admitted the words he used were “inflammatory” and “insulting”.
A spokeswoman for the vlogger said: “Jack is ashamed of these tweets, many were deleted a long time ago.
"He would never use that language now and realises this kind of retaliatory, inflammatory, insulting language is completely unacceptable.”
An ITV spokeswoman said: “Jack has issued a full apology and has deleted the tweets that he sent.”
Jack left Australia on Tuesday afternoon with the Mirror claiming bosses made a last-minute decision on the day to axe him from that night's programme.
A statement from Jack's agent read: "In the last few days Jack has been the subject of a succession of media stories which he has been unable to respond to.
“Since it is only fair that everyone should be aware of any allegations made against them and should also have the right to defend themselves, it was agreed it would be better to bring him out.
“Jack agrees with this decision which was made by his representatives and ITV, and thanks everyone who has supported him in the show this far.”
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