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Well, it turns out that he reckons smash-hit ITV2 show The Only Way is Essex was his idea - and he's getting ready to go to court over it!
Yep, the boy from Basildon is claiming that he and his former manager pitched his idea for an Essex-based version of US reality show The Hills to Lime Productions.
He was actually featured alongside Amy Childs, Mark Wright, Kirk Norcross and Sam Faiers in the original pilot for the show - then called Totally Essex.
But he claims he was then frozen out before it went into production - and is seeking around £100k per year in lost earnings from Lime Productions and former manager Adam Muddle.
The Sun quoted a friend of his as saying: "Brian is very sad it ended this way as Mark, Sam, Amy and Adam were his friends.
"He spent two years working on an idea for an Essex version of The Hills. His manager Adam is based in Liverpool and pitched the pilot to Lime Productions, who are based in the city.
"They snapped it up and ITV loved the show but Brian was pushed out. First he wasn't cast but thought he might be involved in producing but he was cut out of that.
"Brian decided he couldn't go on reading about the show and see the stars on telly and do nothing. It was his baby."
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Source: http://celebrity.aol.co.uk/2011/04/15/brian-belo-towie/
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