Several high-profile celebrities have come under fire for choosing to furlough staff, despite their own personal fortunes.
In April 2020 Victoria Beckham was branded a “total disgrace” for making the decision to furlough staff. Elsewhere, the fashion designer Stella McCartney also found herself hitting headlines last year after she revealed she would be placing employees on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), despite having an estimated personal fortune of around £60million.
Now it seems that millionaire reality TV star Charlotte Crosby has also found herself in a similar situation. Known for her time on MTV’s show Geordie Shore and for winning the twelfth series of Celebrity Big Brother, the star has now come under fire for using the Government’s furlough scheme.
According to the Mirror, Crosby is estimated to be worth around £2.9million but chose to claim furlough for her company CLC Enterprise last December.
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