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Former American Idol host Ryan Seacrest is reportedly not happy about Katy Perry’s huge salary

Source: News Corp Australia Network:
May 29, 2017 at 15:42
RYAN Seacrest isn’t happy with how much money he’s being offered to host the new American Idol on ABC — and it is Katy Perry’s fault.

Seacrest, who hosted the show on Fox for 15 seasons, was set to MC the reboot until Perry — said to be getting $25 million ($A36 million) as an American Idol judge — bragged last week on radio station 103.5 KTU: “I’m really proud that, as a woman, I got paid. And you know why? I got paid, like, more than like pretty much any guy that’s been on that show, and by the way, I love men. So I’m a paid woman and I’m ready for a beautiful man.”

Katy Perry is reportedly on track to score a huge pay cheque for her work on American Idol. Picture: Richard Shotwell
Katy Perry is reportedly on track to score a huge pay cheque for her work on American Idol. Picture: Richard ShotwellSource:AP

Sources say ABC initially offered Seacrest over $10 million ($A13.4 million).

“[He] was suddenly asking himself why he would come back for a 16th season at a salary [much smaller than that] of the newcomer judge,” Richard Rushfield, author of American Idol: The Untold Story, wrote in his e-mail newsletter, The Ankler.

Since Seacrest is already employed in New York at Live With Kelly & Ryan, and American Idol would require weekly cross-country trips to LA, he “has grown notably cooler on the prospect,” Rushfield reported.

Ryan Seacrest is already tied up with his new show Live with Kelly and Ryan. Picture: Theo Wargo
Ryan Seacrest is already tied up with his new show Live with Kelly and Ryan. Picture: Theo WargoSource:Getty Images

An ABC spokesman told the New York Post : “We don’t comment on negotiations or salary.”

“Ryan isn’t pleased with the protracted negotiations,” a source familiar with the talks said. “But he is hopeful that a deal can be reached given his affection for the show.”

A network insider also added, “Perry is not getting $25 million.”

This article originally appeared on The New York Post and has been republished here with permission.

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