Big Brother star Reggie Bird makes heartbreaking admission: ‘Hopefully we find something soon’
Reality star Reggie Bird has revealed she is struggling to find a permanent place to live.
The two-time Big Brother winner, 50, took to Instagram on Thursday to share her workout routine with her 56,000 followers, as she revealed she was struggling to find permanent accommodation.
The video showed the former fish and chip shop owner working up a sweat on an elliptical machine before sitting down to give her pins a workout on the leg press.
After her workout, Reggie said she was at the gym to relieve stress while she worked on finding permanent housing for herself and her children Mia, 14, and Lucas, 13, who have cystic fibrosis.
“I just need to release some stress,” she said in the video.
‘I’m still trying to find a place to live for me and the kids. Hopefully we’ll find something soon.
Ny Breaking Australia has contacted Reggie Bird for comment.
Despite the confession, Reggie appeared cheerful and smiling as she left the gym.
Reality star Reggie Bird has revealed she is struggling to find a permanent place to live
However, she may have ruined all her good work by stopping at a nearby KFC after her workout session.
“I called here after I was at the gym, naughty,” she said as she waited in the store for her order.”
Reggie’s post, captioned “Today I was good, then bad,” received a flood of comments, with many wishing Reggie the best in her house hunting.
The two-time Big Brother winner took to Instagram on Thursday to share her workout routine with her 56,000 followers, as she revealed she is struggling to find permanent accommodation
“I wish you the best of luck finding your home Reggie,” one follower wrote.
Another chimed in with something similar: “Good luck finding a house.”
She also shared a similar video on Friday, in which she completed the same training before being seduced by the Colonel again.
‘Should I go back? [to KFC]?,’ she asked. “No, today was good.”
Reggie made history when she became the first reality star to win Big Brother twice, first in 2003 and again in 2022.
Despite taking home $250,000 in prize money from the 2003 and 2022 seasons of Big Brother, the TV personality has struggled financially over the years.
Bird is legally blind after being diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare degenerative eye disease that causes severe vision disturbances.
She also has Usher syndrome, a rare genetic disease that affects both hearing and vision.
She previously hit back at her critics who doubted her poor health in an interview with TV Week.
After her workout, Reggie said she was at the gym to relieve stress while she worked on finding permanent housing for herself and her children Mia, 14, and Lucas, 13, who has cystic fibrosis.
Reggie made history when she became the first reality star to win Big Brother twice, first in 2003 and again in 2022
“A lot of people say, ‘Oh, she’s faking it.’ Who would want to pretend to be blind?’ she told the publication.
The former fish and chip shop manager, who says her view now is like looking through straws, added: ‘They don’t know me or the challenges I face every day.
“I think people who leave comments like that have problems.”
When Reggie won the celebrity edition of the show in 2022, Reggie said the prize money would go towards paying rent to ensure she and her children had stable accommodation.
Reggie’s winnings have also helped cover her medical costs, as she is legally blind after being diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare degenerative eye disease that causes severe vision disturbances.
She also has Usher syndrome, a rare genetic disease that affects both hearing and vision.