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Host to be paid £250k for show
Love Island presenter Laura Whitmore is set for a £ 250,000 new telly job.
She’s lined up to replace Holly Willoughby on hit ITV panel show Celebrity Juice.
TV sources claim Laura, 35, has landed a six-figure deal making her one of the most highly paid women on the box.
The Irish star – who has appeared on Celebrity Juice before – iss expected to be a teamm captain on the show, hosted byy Keith Lemon, alongside I’m A Celeb... fave Emily Atack, who will replace Mel B. An insider said: “Laura’s high-profile presenting gigs, including Love Island, have allowed her to demand sixf igure fees for new TV commitments.
“She is well loved by TV bosses and audiences alike.” In May, Laura, who also hosts a Radio 5 Live show, admitted she doesn’t know how much money she made in the last year. She said she simply takes a wage from her firm Yer Wan – a reference to being referred to as “yer wan off the telly” when she returns to her hometown Dublin. Laura – who took over as ITV2’s Love Island host in Januar y after the death of her pal Carol ine Flack – said : “Money goes into my limited company and I pay myself from there.
“But my mum and dad seem to know (how much) as every year a paper in Ireland prints what high-income earners have made.”
She said she tries to be astute when it comes to shopping.
She added: “I like a bargain. If I want to splash out, I can rent a luxury dress, especially if I’m only planning on wearing it once.
“I often realise I don’t like it as much as I thought I would and I’m glad I didn’t buy it.
Laura sa id she was “extremely lucky” to be able to buy herself a flat in Camden, north London, when she was 26, and that doing so gave her “a bit of security”.
She lives with her long term Baf ta- winning Scot tish comedian boyfriend Iain Stirling, 32, who works as narrator on Love Island. It’s believed they got engaged in South Africa earlier this year.