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Gary Lineker confirms Celebrity Big Brother offer as BBC star's 'fee' revealed

Gary Lineker shut down the idea of appearing on Celebrity Big brother and other reality TV shows after news of his Match of the Day departure - but that didn't stop him from having fun at ITV's expense

And according to Lineker, his agent even decided to have some fun at the broadcaster's expense by requesting a fee they knew ITV wouldn't pay for his appearance on Celebrity Big Brother. Gary Lineker jokingly told ITV he wanted £50million to appear on the show - and they believed him (Image: YouTube/The Rest is Football Podcast)"Do you know last week I got a request to go on Celebrity Big Brother?" Reports previously suggested that the BBC wanted to hand the role to Chapman in a job share with Kelly Somers - an idea that he rejected.

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