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Seventies heartthrob David Cassidy is being lined-up for the new series of Celebrity Big Brother .
The former Patridge Family star has been offered £100,000 to spice things up on the Channel 5 series.
A TV source told the Sunday People: “TV bosses want him to go in there like a human grenade and say what he thinks.
“He is renowned for his straight-talking.
“Plus he’s been through the mile - divorce, bankruptcy, three drink-driving arrests and rehab, so he’ll have a lot to talk about.”
The I Think I Love You singer, who’s now 66, lives in Florida.
He caught the eye of production heads last September, after giving a fiery interview on ITV’s This Morning and causing a furore with viewers who suggested he appeared drunk.
Looking a little puffy around the gills over a live video link-up, he shot down presenter Eamonn Holmes after being asked about filing for bankruptcy, snapping: “Are you trying to rubbish m