REVEALED: Britain's richest TV couples - from the pairing you'd never guess are worth £20m to how much Stacey Solomon, Molly-Mae and Spencer Matthews really make, the secrets the stars would rather keep under wraps
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The success of reality shows such as The Only Way Is Essex (TOWIE) and Made In Chelsea has created a raft of uber-wealthy TV stars, but the real financial clout happens when they pair up.
While married presenting duos such as Richard and Judy and Eamonn and Ruth, who split last year, started out on local radio and TV, the bulk of today’s richest power couples of the screen found fame – and sometimes each other – on reality television.
Here, CLAUDIA CONNELL examines the impressive wealth of TV’s top ten richest couples . . .
1. Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright
Combined wealth: £20 million
Instagram followers: Mark 2 million; Michelle 7 million
Mark, 38, first appeared on TV in the reality show TOWIE in 2010 and continued making a name for himself in others such as I’m A Celebrity and Strictly Come Dancing, which led to him presenting American entertainment news programme EXTRA for three years.
Although he’s earned around £5 million for his TV work, and has £1 million endorsement deals with Littlewoods and Marks & Spencer, the bulk of his fortune has been made from investing in property via his company Chigwell Properties Ltd. He’s now a Heart FM DJ, too.
His Essex portfolio includes five rental properties worth £6.5 million, as well as the £3.5 million Epping Forest mansion he shares with wife Michelle and their baby Palma.
Michelle, 37, found fame in Coronation Street 17 years ago and has starred in TV dramas including Our Girl for the BBC, Brassic for Sky and Fool Me Once for Netflix.
She earns around £2 million a year for her acting roles and endorsement deals with companies included GHD, L’Oreal and Very. Most recent accounts for her company Rosia Promotions showed £3.2million in the bank.
2. Cat Deely and Patrick Kielty
Combined wealth: £17.5 million
Instagram followers: Cat 490,000; Patrick 116,000
This Morning pays presenter Cat an annual salary of £500,000 and she earns a further £600,000 a year from her US presenting work, including the long-running reality show So You Think You Can Dance and The Joe Schmo Show.
Cat, 48, is believed to have notched up an £8 million fortune from her 28-year TV career, both here and in America.
In the past she’s had an endorsement deal with haircare brand Pantene Pro-V, and now promotes cosmetic brand Ella & Jo.
She also co-owns perfume company E11even – but latest accounts at Companies House show net assets of just £21,000.
She married Kielty in 2012 and the couple spent most of their married life in the States living in Cat’s Beverly Hills mansion that she bought for £2 million and sold last year for twice that.
She met Patrick, 54, when they hosted BBC talent show Fame Academy together in 2002.
Like Cat, his TV career spans nearly three decades across the UK, Ireland and the US. His weekend show on BBC Radio 5 Live and his presenting gig on Irish chat show The Late Late Show are worth around £400,000 a year.
The couple share a house in north London purchased for £5 million in 2023, which is nearing the end of a major renovation after being fitted with a ‘nanny apartment’, his-and-hers dressing rooms and a car port. When finished, the property will be worth in the region of £8 million.
3. Vogue Williams and Spencer Matthew
Combined wealth: £15.5 million
Instagram followers: Spencer 978,000; Vogue 1.1 million
Former Made In Chelsea lothario Spencer, 36, has taken part in Celebrity MasterChef and The Jump (where he met wife Vogue, 39), presented for CBeebies and made Finding Michael for Disney+, a documentary about his brother’s disappearance.
He is the brains behind CleanCo, a range of alcohol-free spirits sold in Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Accounts show the company has £9.3 million in the bank.
He married Irish TV presenter and podcast host Vogue in 2018 and they have three children.
Vogue has hosted a series of successful podcasts including My Therapist Ghosted Me and recently presented Channel 4 TV series Renovation Rescue.
She has her own line of tanning products called Bare, a children’s clothing range sold via M&S and Next and a £1.4 million deal with Fairy washing up liquid.
Latest figures from her company Howth Media Limited listed £3.2 million in the bank. She and Spencer are currently selling their £4.2 million London home and relocating to Ireland where they own a £2.5 million house in Howth.
4. Rochelle and Marvin Humes
Combined wealth: £15.1 million
Instagram followers: Rochelle 2.3 million; Marvin 954,000
A former member of girl band The Saturdays, Rochelle, 36, moved into TV in 2013 when she started presenting This Morning with Marvin.
They currently front music quiz show The Hit List for BBC One. However, it’s her spin-off companies and advertising endorsements that have earned her in the region of £6 million.
Rochelle has a long-running contract with Next and owns the highly-successful My Little Coco, selling skin and hair products for babies and toddlers. Stocked in Asda, Boots, John Lewis and Ocado, it is expected to hit sales of over £4 million this year.
Husband Marvin, 40, with whom she has three children, earned £6 million during his time as a member of boy band JLS, who have recently reformed and announced a tour.
He earned £150,000 for competing in I’m A Celebrity in 2023 and commands around £10,000 per gig as a DJ.
Home is a £5 million palatial pad they built from scratch in north London that includes a basement gym and a ‘glam’ room plus cinema and games room.
5. Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury
Combined wealth: £13 million
Instagram followers: Molly-Mae 8.5 million; Tommy 5.2 million
Molly and Tommy, both 25, met in 2019 when they coupled up on reality show Love Island. The pair got engaged in July 2023 but split a year later after he was reported to have cheated on her, which he has denied.
As luck would have it the couple are now back together just as the second series of Molly’s reality show Behind It All lands on Prime.
Influencer Molly has launched her own range of clothing called Maebe, homeware and fake tan. She is also a brand ambassador for fashion company Pretty Little Thing and has an ongoing endorsement deal with Starbucks. Filed accounts for her company MMH International showed £1.4 million in the bank, while her tanning company Filter has £260,000 in the coffers. And this week it was announced that Molly has signed a deal thought to be worth £1 million with Beauty Works, for whom she’ll be delivering a series of products including a haircare range.
Her TV show, companies and endorsements put her earnings around £6 million and she owns a £4.5 million seven-bedroom house in Cheshire.
Meanwhile, pro boxer Tommy, brother of Tyson, is worth £3 million in his own right, earning around £1.6 million per fight plus a 35 per cent share of the pay-per-view revenue, and has a contract with M&S food worth £150,000.
6. Tess Daly and Vernon Kay
Combined wealth: £11.5 million
Instagram followers: Tess 874,000; Vernon 906,000
Tess, 56, has been presenting the BBC’s flagship entertainment programme Strictly Come Dancing since its launch 21 years ago, earning around £150,000 per series. While her salary isn’t huge compared to some TV deals, it puts her face in ten million homes every weekend leading to lucrative endorsement deals with companies including M&S, L’Oreal and Wellwoman Vitamins.
She has her own range of homeware and sells a jewellery line through QVC. In 2021, she founded swimwear brand NAIA Beach, sold through John Lewis, although most recent accounts showed the company had net profits of just £10,000.
Her earnings have delivered approximately £4.4 million.
Tess met Vernon, 51, 24 years ago at a BBC Christmas party and they married in 2003. He made a name for himself as a presenter on Channel 4’s youth programme T4 and later went on to front ITV’s Family Fortunes.
Today he’s a regular presenter on The One Show and also hosts the mid-morning slot on BBC Radio Two, after taking over from Ken Bruce in 2023. His earnings total around £3 million including his £250,000 fee for competing in I’m A Celebrity in 2020, where he finished third. Most recent accounts for their jointly-owned company 21 TV shows net assets of £777,000. They share a six-bedroom home worth £4 million in Buckinghamshire with their two daughters.
7. Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash
Combined wealth: £11 million
Instagram followers: Stacey 6.1 million; Joe 2.1 million
Stacey, 35, owns about £6 million worth of properties, including Pickle Cottage, the £1.2 million Essex home she shares with husband Joe Swash and their five children. Accounts show Stacey earns around £57,000 a month. A panellist on ITV’s Loose Women, she also presents the show Sort Your Life Out, while lucrative endorsements with Asda, Primark and Jet2 bring in around £2 million a year.
Joe, 43, found fame playing Mickey Miller in EastEnders before winning both I’m A Celebrity and Dancing On Ice. He married Stacey in 2022 and has made around £1.5 million from his TV work, which includes their latest BBC reality show Stacey & Joe and cooking programme Batch From Scratch on Channel 4.
8. Emma and Matt Willis
Combined wealth: £10.6 million
Instagram followers: Emma 2 million, Matt 518,000
Emma, 49, has been working in TV ever since starting out as an MTV host 23 years ago. Her other work includes fronting Loose Women, This Morning, Big Brother and The Circle. She currently hosts The Voice and Cooking With The Stars for ITV.
Her extensive presenting portfolio is thought to have netted her around £5.5 million, with a further £1 million coming from endorsement deals with M&S, Absolute Collagen, Gillette Venus and Oral-B.
She met Matt, 41, when he appeared on her MTV show with his pop group Busted. They married in 2008.
Matt won I’m A Celebrity in 2006 and went on to present the programme’s ITV2 after-show in 2008 with Emma. Since then, they’ve presented Love Is Blind UK for Netflix, as well as making documentaries together, including the story of his drug and alcohol addiction for the BBC.
He is thought to have earned around £3 million from his music and TV work and is also a brand ambassador for M&S food. The pair have a new series starting on BBC One later this month called Change Your Mind, Change Your Life, about people who are going through therapy.
They live in a £1.7 million house in Hertfordshire with their three children.
9. Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo
Combined wealth: £8 million
Instagram followers: Jamie 1.5 million; Sophie 901,000
The couple met when appearing on Made In Chelsea and tied the knot two years ago.
Jamie, the great-great-grandson of a baronet, is a regular on reality TV shows, appearing on Strictly, Celebrity Hunted and Celebrity Bake Off. He owns confectionary company Candy Kittens, which has an annual turnover of £12million.
Jamie, 36, and Sophie, a model, 30, have now joined forces to establish themselves as a media power couple and have set up their own production company JamPot.
They star in their own podcast NewlyWeds and recently purchased a £5 million house in London’s Notting Hill, which they are currently renovating.
10. Giovanna and Tom Fletcher
Combined wealth: £8 million
Instagram followers: Tom 2 million; Giovanna 2 million.
McFly's lead vocalist, Tom, 39, has taken his net worth to around £4 million, thanks to his stint as a judge on The Voice alongside his former bandmate Danny Jones and his popular children’s books.
He has also written songs for One Direction and Busted, as well as Paddington: The Musical.
In 2021, he was the eighth contestant to be eliminated from Strictly with his dancing partner Amy Dowden.
Wife Giovanna, who turned 40 in January, has earned around £4 million as an author, podcast host and children’s TV presenter.
She has presented the CBeebies series The Baby Club and won I’m A Celebrity in 2020.
Accounts show Giovanna’s two companies (Giovanna Fletcher Limited and Happy Mum, Happy Baby) currently hold cash reserves of just over £1 million.
The pair live with their three children in a renovated 18-century, four-bedroom farmhouse in Hertfordshire, complete with an orangery and nine chickens, having sold their five-bedroom Northwood mansion for £2.5 million in 2021.
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