Laura worth more
Star’s all set for ‘£250k payday’
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She is i set to take over from Holly W Willoughby on hit ITV panel show sh Celebrity Juice.
TV so sources claim Laura, 35, has lande landed a six-figure deal that makes h her one of the most highly paid pai women on the box.
The Iri Irish star – who has appeared o on Celebrity Juice before – is expecte expected to be a team captain on the show sho hosted by Keith Lemon, alongside alo I’m A Celeb... fave Emily Emil Atack, who will replace Mel M B.
An insid insider said: “Laura’s high prof i l le e presenting gigs including Love Island have allowed her to demand sixfigure fees for new TV commitments. Sh She is well loved by TV bosses and a audiences alike.”
In Ma May, Laura – who also hosts a Radio 5 Live show – admitt admitted she doesn’t know how much money she made in the last year.
She explained she simply takes a wage from her firm Yer Wan – a reference to being b referred to as ‘ yer wan off the th telly’ when she returns to her ho home town Dublin.
LOVE Island host Laura Whitmore has been lined up for a £250,000 new telly job
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Laura – who to took over as ITV2’s Love Island host i in January after the tragic death of her pal Caroline Flack – explained in an interview: “Money goes into my limited limit company and I pay myself from there. th
“But my mum and dad seem to know ( how much much) as every year a paper in Ireland prints p what highincome earners ha have made.”
She said she tr tries to be astute when it comes to shopping, especially for clothes.
“I like a bargain. If I I want to splash out, I can rent a lux luxury dress, especially if I’m only plan planning on wearing it once,” she said. “I “often realise I don’t like it as muc much as I thought I would and I’m glad I didn’t buy it.
Laura added that t she was “extremely lucky” to be able to buy herself a flat in C Camden, North London, when she w was 26, and that doing so gave her “a bit b of security”.
She lives with her h long- term boyfriend Iain Stirlin Stirling, 32, a Baftawinning Scottish comedian c who works as narrator on Love Island.
It’s believed the pa pair got engaged in South Africa earlier this year.