EXCLUSIVE Big Brother's Lisa Appleton reveals she went from earning £10k on photoshoots to becoming homeless and living in a £5-a-night treehouse as she explains how fame (and a sausage addiction) nearly ruined her life Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] By REBECCA LAWRENCE FOR MAILONLINE Published: 08:41, 9 November 2024 | Updated: 08:41, 9 November 2024 e-mail View comments In 2008 Lisa Appleton shot to instant fame when she landed a spot on Big Brother. The former bodybuilder and sales rep appeared on series nine of the reality show alongside boyfriend Mario Marconi, making history as the first couple to ever enter the house together.
While the pair failed to make the final, Lisa and Mario became household names, with the couple snapped up for glossy magazine shoots and personal appearances. Yet fame didn't last forever and Lisa soon fell on hard times, being swindled by a convicted conman, splitting from Mario, and ultimately ending up on benefits and living in a treehouse. The mother-of-one then turned to comfort eating, revealing she developed an addiction to pork sausages which resulted in her scoffing up to 50 bangers a day.
Now Lisa, 56, tells MailOnline how she went from rags to riches and back again. Big Brother's Lisa Appleton reveals she went from earning £10k on photoshoots to becoming homeless (pictured on the Channel 4 reality show with ex Mario Marconi) Fame didn't last forever and Lisa soon fell on hard times, being swindled by a conman, split.
