Celebrity Big Brother has reportedly gone all out for its launch night panel on the spin-off show.
ITV bosses are said to have ‘blown the budget’ securing superstar comedian Alan Carr for Monday’s Late and Live.
Actor Mickey Rourke – who has an estimated net worth of £3.8million ($5million) – is being paid a huge six-figure sum to appear on the ITV show alongside the likes of JoJo Siwa, Chesney Hawkes and Patsy Palmer.
And it seems there is also no expense spared for Late and Live’s launch night either, with The Sun reporting that Chatty Man Alan is set to sit on the panel.
A source told the publication: ‘Alan Carr is the first guest on Late And Live tonight, they wanted to blow the budget and get a really good name on.
‘He’d be a dream CBB signing but they’ll have to make do with him being on the spin off show for now.’

Celebrity Big Brother has reportedly gone all out for its launch night panel on the spin-off show Late and Live on Monday, signing up a huge star

ITV bosses are said to have ‘blown the budget’ securing superstar comedian Alan Carr for Monday’s Late and Live (Seen in February)
MailOnline has approached ITV for comment.
It was reported after the signing of star Mickey that there are fears that the acting icon could decide to leave the Big Brother house early, which has been described as a ‘worse-case scenario’ for broadcasters.
‘The last time he was really big was during The Wrestler, and he like everyone else needs to pay some bills,’ a source told MailOnline.
‘So doing the show is a no brainer. He’s a producers dream because he has loads of stories, is a loose cannon, he is considered a huge get.
‘Producers always hope for the train-wreck but being a revelation works as well, if we see a new side of Mickey that could work.
‘The worst-case scenario would be if he left early. When he did The Masked Singer a few years ago, he eliminated himself.’
Mickey will reportedly appear on Big Brother alongside Love Island’s Chris Hughes, Olympian Daley Thompson, Coronation Street legend Jack P Shepherd, politician Sir Michael Fabricant and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner Danny Beard, among others.
Trisha Goddard, Donna Preston, Ella Rae Wise and Angellica Bell are also in the running.

Actor Mickey Rourke is being paid a huge six-figure sum to appear on the ITV show alongside the likes of JoJo Siwa , Chesney Hawkes and Patsy Palmer
MailOnline contacted ITV and Mickey’s representatives for comment at the time.
Mickey, 72, marks one of the show’s biggest signings in history and with public feuds with Robert De Niro, two marriages and a string of high profile relationships, producers will be hoping the he brings plenty of drama to the house.
In the past Mickey has been open about his changing face throughout the years, claiming to have undergone plastic surgery predominantly for facial restructuring due to injuries from boxing.
He told DailyMail.com in 2009: ‘Most of it was to mend the mess of my face after the boxing. I went to the wrong guy to put my face back together.’
Mickey continued: ‘I had my nose broken twice. I had five operations on my nose and one on a smashed cheekbone.

Mickey has previously discussed hitting rock bottom and being completely broke before his career resurgence
‘I had to have cartilage taken from my ear to rebuild my nose and a couple of operations to scrape out the cartilage because the scar tissue wasn’t healing properly,’ calling it one of the most ‘painful operations’ he’s had.
He has notoriously battled addiction – both drugs and alcohol – in the past and has taken blame for his own career decline over the years.
Mickey has also opened up about his regret over taking steroids and eating huge meals six times a day to gain weight for his role in 2008 movie, The Wrestler.
Celebrity Big Brother returns on Monday at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.