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Revealed: How much Kiosk Keith from I'm A Celebrity gets paid and everything we ever wanted to know about his real life
His secret life has been revealed by his ex as he quickly becomes 'the biggest celebrity in I'm A Celebrity'
Mel Evans
Kiosk Keith is now officially a cult figure – more popular than some of the stars of I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here, it would seem.
The mysterious shack dweller, who's not much into talking, has been looked into in a bid to unravel the mystery.
He has a Twitter account, on which he claims he's an 'Aussie Lad born and bred and employee of the month at The Outback Shack'.
"I'm the biggest celebrity in I'm A Celebrity", he proudly proclaims.
For years he has made viewers giggle with glee - and this year seems to be the year the shack dweller, who nary says a word, has won over all hearts and became a cult character worthy of his own spin-off.
But now the lid has been lifted on who Keith really is, reports the Mirror as his ex revealed all about the jungle grump who stands between hungry celebrities and some tasty morsels of food during the Dingo Dollar Challenge.
Kiosk Keith is a man of few words (Image: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
There's long been conspiracy and speculation as to Keith's real identity - especially seeing as we're yet to see him speak ; his voice only heard over the camp's phone, making us question whether the voice and the man link up.
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Perhaps he is just one of the English crew, we thought, roped in to play the character, but earning such an audience he had to keep up the schtick.
Now we know that's not so - Keith really is Australian, as the Twitter bio says: born and bred.
Only his name isn't Keith.
Martin Roberts talks with Kiosk Keith on the bush phone (Image: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
*Pause for shock and horror*
The Sun tracked down "Keith's" ex, Donna, and got the gossip on the man, the legend - whose real name is Raymond, a 52-year-old labourer.
He holds all the cards... (Image: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Donna and Keith share four children and were together from 1994, splitting in 2003 before trying to reconcile - unsuccessfully - in 2006. Now the two are friends and co-parent their brood.
(Image: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
It's true that Raymond is a member of the crew and was roped in - he's helped build the IAC set since 2002, and, according to the publication, it was when producers noticed the larrikin would be perfect for the screen they wrote him in for the now-infamous scenes at the kiosk.
Kiosk Keith in his outback shack (Image: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Donna said: "He just thinks it's funny. It's just a joke. As far as he's concerned he's an average father who goes to work, does Kiosk Keith and goes home."
Keith is not one for shows of enthusiasm (Image: Im-a-Celebrity.jpg)
Surprisingly, Raymond gets paid nothing, zilch, nada, to play the starring role - he just adds it to his IAC labouring CV, which, according to Donna, pays him £14,000 for the English and German versions of the franchise.
Up close and personal with Kiosk Keith (Image: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
"They just get him on screen when they need him to do the shack. They will radio him and say, 'Look, we're doing the shack now, come up'," Donna adds. "And he goes up and does Kiosk Keith. And then he goes back to work."
Before taking on the important role of Keith, Raymond spent four years serving in the Australian Army.
All roads lead to the outback shack (Image: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
However, his life hasn't always been erotic novels and jungle capers - Donna also revealed Raymond has been "charged for assault, multiple DUIs and a domestic incident that saw him arrested after a drunken row" at the home the couple shared.
She explained he never "punched to slapped" her, saying he came home drunk, "carrying on like a pork chop" and got "verbally abusive".
Kiosk Keith: Poker face strong (Image: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
However, the two have a great relationship now, according to Donna, and will still go to lunch together - and are planning on spending the Christmas together as a family.
Still, if Twitter - and Georgia Toffolo's flirty advances - have anything to do with it, "single" Raymond may have his own shack sheila to bring home for the holidays before he knows it.