{"id":3367,"date":"2011-01-17T15:05:53","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T14:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/?p=3367"},"modified":"2011-11-10T00:15:50","modified_gmt":"2011-11-09T23:15:50","slug":"im-a-celebrity-john-cleese-turn-down-i%e2%80%99m-a-celebrity-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/3367\/im-a-celebrity-john-cleese-turn-down-i%e2%80%99m-a-celebrity-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m A Celebrity: John Cleese Turn Down I\u2019m A Celebrity Offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"logo\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/images\/uk\/realitytvspy\/imaceleb\/logo.jpg\" alt=\"logo\" width=\"682\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>John Cleese has revealed that he turned down an offer to take part in <em>I&#8217;m A Celebrity&#8230; Get Me Out Of Here!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Monty Python<\/em> comedian said that producers were willing to offer him \u00a3200,000 to appear on the programme, but he insisted that he would never be tempted to star on reality TV.<\/p>\n<p>Cleese told the <em>Sunday Mercury<\/em>: &#8220;I was asked to do a reality show a few months ago. I forget which &#8211; it might have been the jungle one or perhaps <em>Celebrity Root Canal<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just laughed, then asked how much they were offering out of curiosity. It was \u00a3200,000 but I would never agree to one of those shows. That would mean the collapse of western civilisation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 71-year-old also admitted that he is not a fan of the current state of British television and compared it unfavourably to the TV of his youth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I was growing up, we had the best television in the world,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Now it&#8217;s as bad as it is everywhere else, and I don&#8217;t particularly want to participate in that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t really watch TV these days, except live sport. There&#8217;s nothing much that appeals to me. I would rather read a book.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cleese went on to add: &#8220;There is always a filter when it comes to accepting work. I call it the EQ &#8211; the embarrassment quota. I will only do embarrassing things if there is a lot of money involved and people won&#8217;t really know about it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some people ask me to do ads and I think, &#8216;I don&#8217;t really want to sell potato crisps,&#8217; but I am very happy to do the commercials for the AA because I think it&#8217;s an extraordinarily impressive organisation and has been for decades.&#8221;<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* auditions 300x250, created 9\/6\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"7469702309\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Cleese has revealed that he turned down an offer to take part in I&#8217;m A Celebrity&#8230; Get Me Out Of Here! 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