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On the first episode of this year’s I’m A Star, host Ant McPartlin said there could only be one winner of the program.
” Caitlyn Jenner’s agent … by the sounds of it,” was Dec’s reply.
The gold medal-winning Olympian was undoubtedly the star booking of this series, reported to have actually been paid ₤500,000 to participate.
” The papers lie,” says Natasha Hill, the talent agent accountable for getting Caitlyn onto the ITV program. “I wish it had been that much, but it was incorrect.”
She won’t say just how much exactly Caitlyn is being paid to be on the program, however validated there was a charge and settlements did take location to protect it.
” I desired to put an American forward for it and somebody who was really popular.”
When she talked to Caitlyn about entering into the jungle, her reaction was: “Are you kidding me? I ‘d enjoy to do it. It would be a break from social networks.”
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Natasha fulfilled Caitlyn through her partner Sophia Hutchins, seen here on the left.
She says she suggested her client to the I’m A Celebrity manufacturers due to the fact that of her love of “amazing daredevil experiences” which fact that she’s “never ever fazed by anything”.
The evidence? In the first episode, Caitlyn leapt out of a plane.
Natasha’s job as head of talent UK at MN2S suggests it’s her obligation for getting popular people onto TELEVISION, into clubs for live looks or striking profitable advertising tie-ins and contracts.
The 30- year-old says getting Caitlyn on to I’m A Celebrity is her most significant achievement to date.
She’s formerly worked with all sorts of individuals from a member of the Royal Household (she will not say who) to Sir Bob Geldof to The Vamps and Love Island candidates.
” It’s so incredibly important for celebs to ensure they are viewed as somebody who is relatable.”
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Natasha started as a receptionist, working her way up through various talent firms.
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To be a talent scout, Natasha concurs you need to be lively, ambitious and callous (” but in a good method”) – and says she’s never ever nasty.
She states she’s constantly in advance and honest with her clients about the potential service life of their time in the public eye.
” I’m not going to lie to them,” she states. “I tell them right from the start that the industry is hard. It’s so oversaturated with people who wish to do the very same thing.
She states that’s specifically real of individuals who originate from reality TELEVISION shows – some of them she works with.
” I inform them that we’ve got to join together to become this brand that’s unstoppable.
” You see individuals go from reality TELEVISION shows who then play the same game and there’s absolutely nothing unusual. Then you’ve got those who tick a lot of various boxes and is more than just the program they come from. All of the talent I work with are more than that.”
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Natasha is likewise agent for Ruby Bhogal from the Excellent British Bake Off.
She’s currently dealing with two previous TV participants – Jamie Jewitt from the 2017 series of Love Island and Ruby Bhogal, a finalist in the 2018 series of the Fantastic British Bake Off.
Ruby informs Radio 1 Newsbeat that Natasha was “extremely truthful” with her when she first registered to the company.
After reaching the final of the program, she unexpectedly found herself in demand and required somebody to help negotiate all the deals of work she was getting.
” We were very strategic,” says Ruby. “We understood precisely the number of months we had until the next series of Bake Off was coming around.
” We understood those months were essential to ensure I had as much of an effect as I might have. We built relationships to make certain that – as much as I respected Bake Off – I was likewise a name separately outside of that.”
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Natasha says her job resembles having multiple relationships with individuals at the very same time – however often those relationships end, and she needs to consent to part ways with a celebrity.
She informs the story of one successful boyband member (she doesn’t name him).
” He was such a nice guy and we got on really well, but it became increasingly more tough to get him deals with brands.
” I had to inform him that I think I ‘d done all I could provide for him. At first he pretended he hadn’t heard me and for a few weeks later on he still didn’t seem to have actually comprehended.
” In the end he asked me to assist him find another representative due to the fact that he was stressed nobody else was going to work with him.”
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Natasha found herself seriously starstruck when she met the explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes.
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Natasha says she’s been working as a representative for 7 or 8 years, but started out as a receptionist for International Radio in London.
She admits she was chatty, good at talking the talk and getting noticed. For many years, she’s worked for numerous agencies and handled many high profile figures.
Nevertheless, there’s just one person she’s been really starstruck by – and it’s not who you ‘d expect.
” Sir Ranulph Fiennes,” states Natasha.
The 75- year-old is one of the UK’s most popular explorers and she dealt with him on an environmental project.
” I saw him discuss 3 years earlier and I didn’t know what to do. I practically fell over and it was the first time I ‘d ever seemed like that.”
As for Caitlyn, she states she wasn’t phased when she initially met her: “All the skill I work with, I just treat like they’re somebody else on the street who I ‘d simply begin chatting to.”
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