The 40-year-old LEGO Masters host featured on the Foxtel* reality special which aired last month, alongside other Aussie celebs including Julia Morris and the Irwin family.Just before the show went to air, it was reported the Blakes received an eye-watering $500,000 to star in just one 45-minute episode, but speaking on Kyle and Jackie O this morning, Hamish put that rumour to rest.“That [report] blew me away,” Hamish said. “[We were paid] $5000. Five, zero, zero zero.“Everyone gets the same thing. There was never any discussion of money.”He added: “The same executive producer that makes LEGO Masters is in charge of Gogglebox as well, good mate, and that’s why we did it.“Literally, over lunch one day he goes, ‘Hey we’re doing a celebrity version of Gogglebox,’ and I was like, ‘Mate we’ll do that, that sounds like great fun.’”The parents-of two participated because they were simply “fans of the show”.“And then that [report] came out and I was like, no one would believe it … No one cares anyway,” he said.“Everyone gets the same; I didn’t even think about the money.”Elsewhere in the interview, Jackie O also revealed she and Sophie Monk were offered a spot on the show, but turned it down.“That’s what we got offered [too],” the radio host said.Celebrity Gogglebox is available to stream on Foxtel On Demand*Foxtel is majority-owned by News Corp, publisher of this website
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