Former Tory politician ‘signs huge six-figure deal to star in Celebrity Big Brother house’
CELEBRITY Big Brother has signed a controversial former Conservative MP, according to reports.
Sir Michael Fabricant, 74, is said to have put pen to paper on a bumper six-figure deal to star in the ITV reality show.
A source told the Mail: “He doesn’t hold back, he’s going to be compulsive viewing, we can’t wait.
“We wanted a top politician but one with enormous personality which would entertain the viewers.
“He recently lost his seat so was available, already the execs are excited that he will be a star of the series.”
He’s the latest political figure to enter the house from George Galloway to Lembit Opik.
It’s not Fabricant’s first foray into the world of reality television.
He previously starred on Celebrity First Dates for Stand Up To Cancer with his £25,000 appearance fee going to charity.
He has also appeared on the BBC‘s Have I Got News For You.
During his parliamentary career, Fabricant’s luscious head of hair made him an instantly recognisable figure.
He was MP for Lichfield in Staffordshire from 1992 until losing his seat to Labour last year by 810 votes.
Fabricant established himself as a staunch Brexiteer, who called for a pact between his party and Ukip in 2012 to force an In/Out referendum.
He has also courted some controversy, often caused by his outspoken views and eccentric, candid approach to social media.
In 2012, he was sacked from his role as Tory Vice-Chairman after tweeting “about time” following the resignation of his party colleague Maria Miller as Culture Minister.
However, Fabricant told The Independent he believed that his departure was also sparked by him making a bizarre joke about bestiality with llamas on Twitter.
The MP is unmarried, and revealed in an interview with the Daily Mail that he has had relationships with both men and women.
“I’m not exclusively gay [though] I have certainly done things with a bloke,” he told the paper.
Joining him in the CBB house will be pop star Chesney Hawkes, Corrie actor Jack P Shepherd and British Olympic great Daley Thompson.