CHICAGO, April 15 (UPI) -- Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will ask a federal judge in Chicago for permission to travel to Costa Rica to be in a reality TV show, his attorney said.
The impeached and indicted politician agreed to appear on a television show called, ironically, "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here," the Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday. The survival-style program is scheduled to air beginning June 1 on NBC, and would pay the financially strapped governor weekly until he's voted off. Accounts conflicted about the amount, with a range of $50,000 to $80,000 a week reported.