Big Brother star unrecognisable 22 years after show success and quitting fame for very normal job
BIG Brother star Helen Adams has been seen 22 years after appearing on the show – as it prepares to return to our screens.
Despite becoming a household name, the now 45-year-old has put fame and fortune behind her and is living a quiet life as a hairdresser near Bristol.
Helen looked totally different to her time on the iconic reality show back in 2001.
She was spotted in a baggy grey graphic T-shirt and black leggings and trainers as she headed out of a petrol station near Bristol on Thursday.
The blonde beauty finished second place on Big Brother‘s second series when she was just 22 years old behind champion Brian Dowling.
She won an army of fans for her loveable nature and famous phrase: “I like blinking I do.”
Viewers were also captivated by her whirlwind romance with co-star Paul Clarke.
Their love story is still remembered as one of the biggest romance stories to ever emerge from Big Brother.
They went on to date for five years after the show ended and even moved in together.
Helen went on to make a number of TV appearances on shows such as Loose Women, GMTV and Ready, Steady Cook before she and Paul split in 2006.
While Helen has since returned to her hairdressing roots, Paul is believed to have gone back to work as a car designer.
The couple blamed the pressures of fame on their breakup but have said to have ended on good terms.
Speaking to Heat she said: “I felt like the Wicked Witch because I was first to say something. But then Paul said to me, ”would you want to marry me?’
“I said, ‘I don’t think I would’ and he said, ‘well, I don’t want to marry you either’. And we laughed.”
Big Brother returns to our screens this autumn after being axed in 2018.
The reboot will be hosted by former Strictly star AJ Odudu and her close friend Will Best.