Reggie Bird has opened about feeling like a failure despite winning Big Brother twice.
The beloved reality TV star, 50, made the comments when she appeared on the latest Mental As Anyone podcast.
Speaking to host Jonathan Moran, the mother-of-two revealed that even though she won the reality competition (once in 2003 and a second time in 2022) she cannot get a job.
Reggie, who is legally blind but still has some vision, said, ‘I sort of feel like a failure.’
The TV personality wondered aloud why no employer will give her a chance.
‘I’m starting to think, why doesn’t anyone want to give me a job? I want to work and that starts to make you feel like… no one wants you.’
Reggie Bird has opened about feeling like a failure despite winning Big Brother twice. The beloved reality TV star, 50, made the comments when she appeared on the latest Mental As Anyone podcast. Pictured
Speaking to host Jonathan Moran, the mother-of-two revealed that even though she won the reality competition (once in 2003. and a second time in 2022) she cannot get a job. Reggie, who is legally blind but still has some vision, said, ‘I sort of feel like a failure.’ Pictured with her children after winning Big Brother 2022
‘I could answer phones, you know, I’m good at talking to people,’ Reggie said, reflecting that even though she has a disability, she can still be useful.
Bird is legally blind after being diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare degenerative eye disease that causes severe vision impairment.
‘I’m limited to what I can do because of my eyes are so stuffed. I’ve now got nine degrees of pinhole vision, no peripheral vision and no night vision left.
The TV personality wondered aloud why no employer will give her a chance. ‘I’m starting to think, why doesn’t anyone want to give me a job? I want to work and that starts to make you feel like … no one wants you.’ Pictured in 2003
‘I only just see what’s in front of me, it is like looking through a straw, that’s how I explain it to people,’ she explained.
Reggie made history when she became the first reality star to win Big Brother twice, the first time in 2003 and again in 2022.
Despite taking home $250,000 in prize money during the 2003 and 2022 seasons of Big Brother, the TV personality has struggled financially over the years.
Reggie is also affected by Usher syndrome, a rare genetic disease that affects both hearing and vision.
She previously hit back at her critics who doubted her bad run of health in an interview with TV Week.
‘A lot of people are saying, “Oh, she’s faking it.” Who would want to fake being blind?’ she told the publication.
The former fish and chip shop manager, who says her vision is now like looking through straws, added: ‘They don’t know me, or the challenges I deal with every day.
‘I think people who leave comments like that have issues.’
Upon winning the 2022 celebrity edition of the show, Reggie said the prize money would go towards paying rent to ensure she and her children had stable accommodation.
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