I’m a former pimp and Celebrity Big Brother star – now I run a tropical bird sanctuary
CELEBRITY Big Brother star Heidi Fleiss has swapped her Hollywood pimp lifestyle to run a tropical bird sanctuary.
Heidi, 58, was famously arrested for pandering in a police sting in 1993 over a high-class prostitution ring whose clients included A-listers such as Charlie Sheen.
The former madam was sentenced to seven years in prison on separate federal tax evasion and money laundering charges.
Heidi, who appeared on Celebrity Big Brother back in 2010, has now swapped pimping in Tinseltown for saving macaws at a sanctuary for around 30 birds in the Nevada desert.
She now calls herself a “retired Hollywood Madam turned active Macaw patroness”.
In 2022, Heidi claimed someone injured one of her macaws right before Christmas of the previous year.
The parrot was shot in the leg with a pellet gun.
She offered $5,000 for information that may help find and arrest the culprit.
“I want to castrate him, I want them to get the death penalty for shooting my little Chuey, who was just flying around doing nothing — and they shoot her,” she told the Pahrump Valley Times.
She has been a Pahrump resident for nearly 15 years and is making the decision to move from Nevada as a result of the incident.
At the time, she said she intended to leave Nevada for Missouri and is planning to relocate her exotic bird rescue sanctuary.
Heidi’s wealth is estimated to be £1million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Sometime in 1993, she achieved infamy for leading a Los Angeles prostitution ring that pandered to Hollywood’s stars.
While she left her life as a madam behind, she went on to achieve success as an author.
In 2002, she published her first book titled Pandering.
Soon enough, she followed up with her 2004 book The Player’s Handbook: The Ultimate Guide on Dating and Relationships.
Born and raised in California, Heidi is one of six children in her family.
From 2000 to 2003, the former madam made headlines for her relationship with Saving Private Ryan actor Tom Sizemore.
In 2010, she and Sizemore reunited when they both appeared in Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.
She then appeared of on the seventh series of Celeb Big Brother – 14 years ago.
Her CBB UK stint didn’t last too long, she was the second contestant to be evicted.