Favourite Gogglebox videos Mary Killen and Giles Wood have used the proceeds from the event to pay off their mortgage.
Mary and Giles joined Gogglebox in 2015 and were an instant success.
Their bizarre squabbling and deadpan evaluations of the week’s television highlights have never grown old, and may it continue indefinitely.
After more than eight years on Gogglebox, the pair, who have been married for almost 30 years, have revealed that they are reaping some of the perks of being armchair critics.
‘I guess we were able to pay off the mortgage,’ Giles said of some of the positives on BBC Radio Scotland’s The Afternoon Show.
Despite keeping ‘very quiet’ about their earnings, Giles added: ‘I leave all the paperwork to Mary because she’s more interested in the details of life.
‘I take a broad brush approach to life.’
Giles said that, despite having appeared on television for over a decade, he is still astonished when people notice him on the street.
Mary, however, teased: ‘But the thing is, when I go out, which I do much more than Giles, people usually come up beaming saying, “Are you Mary off Gogglebox? Your husband makes us laugh.”
‘They’re always very pleasant.’
Outside of Gogglebox, Giles is an artist who specialises in interior painting, while Mary is a journalist for The Spectator.
They also released their first book together in April 2023, which Giles admitted was one of his biggest regrets.
Gogglebox is due to return after its summer hiatus, with production beginning in September.
Gogglebox is available to stream on All4.
