Interesting. That NBC link says that the participant's charity will get a share of monies donated by viewers. But NBC Chicago (and everyone else in town really) reports that Patti is banking a hefty paycheck:
"The former Illinois first lady said she has had trouble landing a job since being fired from her fund-raising gig once her husband's scandal broke. "It's harder when you've gotten notoriety attached to you," Blagojevich told the Sun-Times. "The first thing that an employer does is Google you, right?"
"To pay for her two daughters' $10,000-a-year private schooling, Blagojevich plans to take a role on NBC reality TV show "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here." It'll be filmed in the Costa Rican jungle.
Blagojevich did not say how much she'll be paid to be filmed doing humiliating "tasks" opposite B-list celebrities like former American Idol contestant Sanjaya Malakar.
Her husband was reportedly offered $123,000 to do the show, but the judge in his corruption case nixed that opportunity."
Other local sources say she (and the erst of the cast?) make $80 K every episode they do not get voted off.
NBC Chicago News