The Sunday Mirror has reported today that David Gest is costing ITV a small fortune with his bizarre and extravagant demands.

The newspaper reported:

As well as a DVD of himself on I’m A Celebrity being continuously played in his dressing room, he demanded bottles of sparkling and still mineral water “at no more than 2degC”, freshly-squeezed orange juice - “room temperature” - and 12 bottles of bubbly, along with 10 Swarovski crystal champagne flutes at £100 a go.

He also insisted on six bottles of J20 (apple and mango) in an ice bucket, a massage chair (for his bad back), a foot spa with aromatherapy oils and 20 white hand towels.

And last night Gest topped off his demands by insisting on 18 of his pals to be chauffeur-driven to the studios to join him backstage after the show at a cost of more than £2,500.

However ITV have been quick to dismiss the claims saying:

Following a story in one of the Sunday tabloids today regarding David Gest’s 8k dressing room demands, Grease is the Word would like to point out that this story is entirely untrue and actually David’s has only a couple of dressing room requests that are more than modest and are:

David Gest does request in his dressing room:
- A few cans of diet coke
- Some fruit
And he likes After Eight mints!

David hates champagne and never drinks it (so did not request 12 bottles of it) and says that he can never watch himself back on TV because it would “make him want to vomit” which is why he would never request a DVD of himself on I’m a Celeb for his dressing room.

On Saturday night he had one guest come down to watch the show (who drove there himself) rather than the reported 18 people who were apparently chauffeur driven there.

He doesn’t drink mineral water or fresh organse juice,

And he’s never heard of the soft drink J20 which he also apparently orders!