He was I’m A Celebrity’s unknown signing but still went on to be crowned King Of The Jungle.

But the social media star Angry Ginge, 24, has revealed he only went on the ITV show, not to raise his profile, but to make his mother, Michelle, proud.

It can further be revealed that Ginge, whose real name is Morgan Burtwistle, lost out on a substantial amount of money by taking a five-week break from his lucrative live-streaming and missing out on Christmas brand deals.

He told the Daily Mail: ‘I remember her [Michelle] saying years ago one of her main aims was that she wanted to go to Australia and I managed to get her a free holiday there.

‘I didn’t do it for publicity. I just did it because I’ve got an opportunity here to live an eight-year-old Morgan’s dream and to make my mum proud.’

Ginge was raised in a single-parent household on a council estate in Salford, as his father was absent and left Michelle to raise her son and daughter, Tasha, on £12,500 a year while she juggled three jobs.

Angry Ginge revealed that he didn't go on I'm A Celeb for publicity or fee but to make his mother Michelle proud
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Angry Ginge revealed that he didn’t go on I’m A Celeb for publicity or fee but to make his mother Michelle proud

Ginge, 24, was crowned King of the Jungle on Sunday night's episode and posed after his stint in the Jungle back in his infamous Lightening McQueen crocs
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Ginge, 24, was crowned King of the Jungle on Sunday night’s episode and posed after his stint in the Jungle back in his infamous Lightening McQueen crocs

Ginge lost out on 'hundreds of thousands of pounds on Christmas brand deals and streaming' during his three week stint in the Jungle but he did it to fulfil his life long dream
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Ginge lost out on ‘hundreds of thousands of pounds on Christmas brand deals and streaming’ during his three week stint in the Jungle but he did it to fulfil his life long dream

Opening up about what the win meant for him personally, he said: ‘I wanted my mum to know how well she did raising us and how much I do appreciate everything that she did from literally.

‘From being a single parent, since I was probably one year old and then on and off and then throughout my whole life basically working all of the jobs that she had just to know that.

‘Anything I can do would make her proud. It’s just the best.’

Meanwhile, a source close to the star said: ‘Ginge has lost hundreds of thousands of pounds coming on to this show, he didn’t do it for him, he did it to make his mum proud.

‘He missed out on all the brand deals on the run up to Christmas and a month of streaming.’

Twitch streamers, and there are millions of them, make money through subscriptions, donations and sponsorship deals, and the more viewers they get, the more money they make.

Ginge was the favourite to win the show having already five million loyal followers under his belt from his lucrative Twitch streaming account – a gaming platform come chat show website.

He was ITV’s Gen Z pull for this year and proved to be a success as the show attracted 2.5million consolidated viewers, its most since the World Cup in 2022.

Ginge went on the show to show his mum Michelle [pictured] how well she had done raising him and his sister Tasha in a single-parent household
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Ginge went on the show to show his mum Michelle [pictured] how well she had done raising him and his sister Tasha in a single-parent household

The content creator and his mum Michelle delighted TV audiences when she and his sister, Tasha, surprised him in the Jungle
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The content creator and his mum Michelle delighted TV audiences when she and his sister, Tasha, surprised him in the Jungle

In terms of what is next for the young star, he will return to his home of streaming for some time before making a move into the mainstream next year, according to sources close to him.
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In terms of what is next for the young star, he will return to his home of streaming for some time before making a move into the mainstream next year, according to sources close to him.

He was ITV¿s Gen Z pull for this year and proved to be a success as the show attracted 2.5million consolidated viewers, its most since the World Cup in 2022
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He was ITV’s Gen Z pull for this year and proved to be a success as the show attracted 2.5million consolidated viewers, its most since the World Cup in 2022

But the social media giant revealed he almost quit the show 10 days in, which would have been a disaster for the channel, when he was seen by viewers crying on a bench by himself.

He said: ‘I was sitting and I was going to myself, “I’ve got the taste. I know the experience now, the 10 days in. I know what it’s like. I’ve got an extra two weeks.” I was debating it, but then I just powered through it and got through it.’

In terms of what is next for the young star, he will return to his home of streaming for some time before making a move into the mainstream next year, according to sources close to him.

But, for now, he said: ‘I haven’t got a clue, can you go higher from here? I don’t know.’