Controversial talk host Piers Morgan has revealed he turned down a BBC One show because bosses “couldn’t afford him.”
Piers was offered Strictly Come Dancing last year
The TalkTV presenter was wanted for the Strictly Come Dancing 2022 series, which was eventually won by wildlife presenter Hamza Yassin.
Piers, 58, told The Sun that “Strictly asked me last year. There wasn’t enough money.”
He continued: “If you want me to humiliate myself on a dance floor, I was offered $150,000 by Dancing With The Stars in America when I was doing America’s Got Talent.”
Piers Morgan reacts to the Phillip Schofield scandal (Credit: Piers Morgan Uncensored)
“And I said, ‘Come back to me if it’s $ 1.2 million’. They haven’t come back yet,” he said.
He was then asked whether he would reconsider the offer, and with a grin, he said: “I don’t want to put the other contestants under that kind of pressure. Look at this natural dancing torso.”
Piers was a judge on America’s Got Talent for six series, hosting alongside stars including the late Jerry Springer and Sharon Osbourne.
Ant and Dec want him on I’m A Celeb
It seems BBC bosses are not the only ones who want the presence of Piers to grace their shows, as Ant and Dec have said he would be their “dream campmate” for I’m A Celebrity.
But Piers snubbed the offer and said: “On balance, I’d rather eat my own testicles.”
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