Would Salazar allow this? Mo Farah signs up for "I'm a Celebrity" reality tv show in Britain which could last 22 days

I don’t have specific answers to your questions, but in general what is going on with him ... this, the Djibouti thing and back when he shilled for cleaning products. Is he making a big cash grab before retirement, or really hard up for money?

He dropped his PR firm a few months ago. He's a lunatic who was caged relatively well by Freuds.

mormon_mary wrote:

I don’t have specific answers to your questions, but in general what is going on with him ... this, the Djibouti thing and back when he shilled for cleaning products. Is he making a big cash grab before retirement, or really hard up for money?

For sure it's about raising his profile with a view to making money. But I don't see that's there's anything per se wrong with that.

Whether or not he's already rich is not really the point - there are loads of multi-millionaires still working to make more money...

I'm not really a fan of the show but I've seen a few episodes.

My impression is that contestants are holed up 24/7 in their camp. That said, it may be edited to give that impression, and I think the next series is being filmed in Wales so things may be different.

The impression I get is that many contestants make no impact, some win the hearts and minds of the viewing public, and there's always a villain or two.

Mo has a very high profile in the UK and remains popular, particularly amongst armchair fans who don't really follow the sport. (Indeed is one of few athletes a random member of the public could name). Maybe he feels he needs something to put him in the public eye as his career winds down.

It strikes me as an odd move...the usual route is to go straight into TV punditry (though from TV appearances I've seen him do, he may not present so well in front of the camera. Cram, Johnson, Jackson, Radcliffe etc are very good on TV, so there simply may not be an opening for him).

I don't think that a good showing will particularly raise his profile, but a poor showing might do some reputational damage.

FWIW, Fatima Whitbread came across very positively a few years back, so maybe I should be more optimistic.

Will people outside of our community even know who he is?

CuriousQuestion wrote:

Will people outside of our community even know who he is?

Typical stupid American. You do realize there are other countries where he is HUGE... right? The "sir" thing didn't tip you off as to his fame and popularity? Just like people in this country outside of swimming know Phelps, so do they know Mo in England and Somalia.

Most definitely, he has been a household name in the UK since his double at the London Olympics and almost everyone here knows who he is.

I wonder will he get into any fights like he done in Haile's hotel

One can dream.

American here that's watched IACGMOOH for the better part of 10 years now. My favorite season is the one Toff won because well Toff. Depending on the rest of the cast Farah has a decent chance of winning, he's currently the odds favorite at 5/1.

mormon_mary wrote:

I don’t have specific answers to your questions, but in general what is going on with him ... this, the Djibouti thing and back when he shilled for cleaning products. Is he making a big cash grab before retirement, or really hard up for money?

His wife and lifestyle likely fleece him for nearly everything. I’d assume he’s living paycheck to paycheck, despite what his social media might might appear. I’d ask for 22 days away from that woman as well.

Nonsense! wrote:

CuriousQuestion wrote:

Will people outside of our community even know who he is?

Typical stupid American. You do realize there are other countries where he is HUGE... right? The "sir" thing didn't tip you off as to his fame and popularity? Just like people in this country outside of swimming know Phelps, so do they know Mo in England and Somalia.

I bet you can’t find 100 random Somalis on the streets of Mogadishu that know who Michael Phelps is. Typical American.

mormon_mary wrote:

I don’t have specific answers to your questions, but in general what is going on with him ... this, the Djibouti thing and back when he shilled for cleaning products. Is he making a big cash grab before retirement, or really hard up for money?

He'll be payed pretty well for this and it'll be good for raising his profile (as long as he doesn't act like a complete tool, which isn't out of the question).

It's one of the biggest shows in the UK. But this year it's being held in a castle in the UK rather than the Australian jungle so it'll be a bit different.

3 weeks off training wont hurt him much, but 3 weeks off EPO might.

Yes, millionaires still try to make more money but discerning ones are picky about their projects. I’d be shocked to see Shalane Flanagan on Big Brother, for example.

Dropping the PR firm makes sense.

Oh and Alberto definitely wouldn’t allow this, but at the peak of Mo’s career the focus is on medals, not staying in the public eye.

Banana Bread wrote:

I wonder will he get into any fights like he done in Haile's hotel

+1. lol.

Also to answer other q's, no he wont be able to run, its usually a pretty small set "camp" and similar to Big Brother, half the drama comes not from the game show itself but from the boredom of everyone being holed up together and arguing eventually.

Also 300K seems excessive for this appearance fee, but I'm more confused about the timing. He did the 1hr race, Anterim Half and VLM pacing, but that was some weeks ago now so he'd be recovered and so it seems weird timing to now go towards up to 3 weeks of no running. Unless he has a small race in the pipeline directly beforehand?

He might let him if Mo didn’t turn down a kiss from him like Kara did. Salazar is such a scum bag

1) This is the man who whined about the sacrifices he made to go train without his family around him. Now he's going to spend three weeks without them.

2) To be honest, I reckon he'll be one of the first two or three celebrities voted off. Once you get past the Mobot there's not a lot of personality left. He comes across like a 10-year-old boy trying to impress his mates.

3) He's approaching 40, he's got to start building a media career / profile if he's to get a cushy well paid gig with BBC Sport.