Fun House star Melanie Grant has had a career change and is now pulling pints at her local Wetherspoons.
The former TV star, 52, and her twin sister Martina enjoyed overnight success following the launch of Fun House in 1989, with two teams going head to head in a series of notoriously messy challenges to win a prize.
The show, a syndication of the hugely popular American series of the same name, went off air following a ten-year run in 1999, but returned for a one-off Fun House event in 2015.
Since then, Melanie has mostly left showbusiness and now works at Wetherspoons in her hometwn of Ramsgate, Kent.
Melanie, who said she still often gets recognised by punters who saw her on Fun House, feels the job suits her perfectly.
Speaking to The Sun, she said: ‘Since Fun House came to an end, Martina and I haven’t been on TV regularly.
Fun House star Melanie Grant has had a career change and is now pulling pints at her local Wetherspoons
The former TV star, 52, and her twin sister Martina enjoyed overnight success following the launch of Fun House in 1989
The show, a syndication of the hugely popular American series of the same name, went off air following a ten-year run in 1999, but returned for a one-off Fun House event in 2015
‘We still get the odd showbiz jobs here and there but it’s not my full-time job anymore and I needed something to pay the bills.
‘I’ve always been a real people person and I love working with the public, so when the Wetherspoons job came up, I thought it sounded perfect.’
Melanie would like the opportunity to return to TV at some point though, saying she’d jump at the chance to appear on Strictly Come Dancing or I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
Martina, who is now mum to 11-year-old Stanley – who has Down’s Syndrome – and eight-year old Mabel with husband Ben Freebury, previously told MailOnline: ‘We do occasionally still get recognised in the street.
‘My partner is seven years younger than me and he used to watch Fun House – he finds it a bit weird that he used to watch me on TV and now we have children together.’
She added: ‘My mother-in-law Dolly helps look after the children, and so does my own mum. I’m lucky that the job doesn’t take me away from them for that long.’
The show featured ‘messy games’ involving grunge and a ‘fun kart’ Grand Prix in which teams of children pitched themselves against each other.
Melanie said: ‘I’ve always been a real people person and I love working with the public, so when the Wetherspoons job came up, I thought it sounded perfect’
She said: ‘We still get the odd showbiz jobs here and there but it’s not my full-time job anymore and I needed something to pay the bills’ (Melanie and Martina pictured with Pat Sharp in 2017)
Martina said: ‘All three of us would be happy to do a new show. There’d be a lot of health and safety issues to work out with the kids and the gunge, but it could be done.’
When Fun House ended in December 1999 the sisters released an album called ATT (A Twin Thing), which was successful in Japan.
They have also had a handful of TV appearances, including stints on The Bill, Soccer AM and This Morning.
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