The 42-year-old Bra Boy, who exited the show on Wednesday night due to back problems, told Triple M Sydney’s Moonman In The Morning that he pocketed $100,000 from Channel 7.“I was paid 100 grand,” Abberton declared on Thursday morning’s show. “Another thing that I’m talking about there is other avenues of work, you be loud and proud and sometimes you find it, so that’s what that was.”It makes Abberton among the highest paid celebrities on SAS Australia, with retired NRL star Sam Burgess reportedly making between $150,000 to $200,000.Burgess, 32, is Seven’s key talent for this season, generating significant media coverage over his appearance thanks to interest over his off-field indiscretions over the past 18 months.The pay packets are fairly eye-watering given the show was shot over just two weeks earlier this year in Capertree Valley, NSW.Elsewhere, former My Kitchen Rules judge Manu Feildel was reportedly the only celebrity who didn’t receive a sign-on fee to participate, according to The Daily Telegraph.The chef’s brief appearance on SAS was said to be part of his network contract, meaning he didn’t receive an initial special fee that all the other celebrities got.Of the celebs who received a sign-on fee, former politician Emma Husar was the lowest paid on SAS, reportedly getting $25,000.Most stars who signed on received between $50,000 to $70,000.SAS Australia airs Monday to Wednesday on Channel 7
Source: Sun Herald
