{"id":423533,"date":"2026-01-19T16:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/423533\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T16:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:14:13","slug":"afl-legend-brendan-fevolas-wild-response-to-nepo-baby-daughter-mia-being-cast-on-im-a-celebrity-as-her-pay-packet-is-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/423533\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL legend Brendan Fevola’s wild response to nepo-baby daughter Mia being cast on I’m A Celebrity… as her pay packet is revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

By MARTA JARY, SHOWBUSINESS NIGHT EDITOR, AUSTRALIA<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 06:52 EST, 19 January 2026 | Updated: 06:52 EST, 19 January 2026 <\/p>\n

Brendan Fevola<\/a> has revealed what he really thinks of his daughter, Mia Fevola<\/a>, being cast on the latest season of\u00a0I’m A Celebrity<\/a>… Get Me Out Of Here! Australia.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before the show kicks off next week, the AFL great said on his Fifi, Fev & Nick <\/a>radio show that he’s excited for Mia to get paid.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Mia, my eldest daughter, is in the cast of I’m A Celebrity,’ he said, before revealing what he told the 26-year-old about landing the gig.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘She was like, “Dad, should I do it?”, and I’m like, “Bro, easy cash!” he said with a laugh.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Get in there and get it done!’ Brendan, 44, added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Carlton and Brisbane Lions star previously appeared on the show himself, winning the second season in 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Brendan <\/p>\n

Brendan Fevola (pictured) has revealed what he really thinks of his daughter, Mia Fevola, being cast on the latest season of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! Australia<\/p>\n

It comes after Daily Mail revealed that Mia could be netting between $40,000 and $60,000 for her time on the jungle-based reality series.<\/p>\n

Despite her online following, Mia is believed to be among the lowest-paid cast members.<\/p>\n

‘Social media reach doesn’t move the needle for TV advertising,’ the insider stressed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘It’s not the bargaining chip people think it is.’<\/p>\n

Insiders say several cast members were unhappy with their deals but felt pressure to accept.<\/p>\n

‘There’s a quiet understanding,’ the source said. ‘Say no, and you don’t get invited back into the TV world.’<\/p>\n

Another insider was even more blunt.<\/p>\n

‘Some of them are basically being paid to starve on camera,’ they said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"'She <\/p>\n

‘She was like, “Dad, should I do it?”, and I’m like, “Bro, easy cash!” he said with a laugh. Mia is pictured on the show\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"It <\/p>\n

It comes after Daily Mail revealed that Mia could be netting between $40,000 and $60,000 for her time on the jungle-based reality series<\/p>\n

‘If the cheque was bigger, the complaints would stop.’<\/p>\n

While contestants haggle over five-figure deals, the real budget has been funnelled elsewhere.<\/p>\n

‘With hosts like Robert Irwin on multi-million-dollar contracts, the cast budget gets gutted,’ a production source said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘That’s the trade-off.’<\/p>\n

Network 10 declined to comment when approached by Daily Mail.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mia has been courting a television career in recent years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She appeared on the 22nd season of Dancing With The Stars last year, and was\u00a0sensationally sent packing during the second semi-final.<\/p>\n

Share or comment on this article:
\n AFL legend Brendan Fevola’s wild response to nepo-baby daughter Mia being cast on I’m A Celebrity… as her pay packet is revealed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By MARTA JARY, SHOWBUSINESS NIGHT EDITOR, AUSTRALIA Published: 06:52 EST, 19 January 2026 | Updated: 06:52 EST, 19…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,680,3237,100,222690,85,2017],"class_list":["post-423533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-brendan-fevola","tag-brisbane-lions","tag-dailymail","tag-mia-fevola","tag-sports","tag-tvshowbiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}