Big Brother winner Rochelle reveals what she’s spending £100k on after her victory sparked backlash
Big Brother UK winner Rochelle Rackham has revealed what she plans to spend her winnings on, after she took home £100,000 in prize money.
The 57-year-old mother of three won the ITV reality show on Thursday (5 October) after spending eight weeks on our screens, as part of the social experiment.
The pubic vote was close between the top two finalists, Rochelle, who got 37.65 percent of the votes, and runner-up Twinks Burnett, who was just 1.3 percent behind with 36.62 percent.
Appearing on Joe Baggs’ podcast, Not My Bag, on Tuesday (10 November), Rochelle admitted: “Until I see that money in my account, I’m a bit jittery because I haven’t got it yet.”
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When quizzed on what she plans to spend the huge sum on, she explained: “I’ve got a lot of children. I’ve got three sons, two daughters-in-law, a girlfriend, two babies. I’m gonna give them something.”
Rochelle added: “Obviously, I’m gonna get handbags and a new horse. That will be happening. Russell’s [her husband] got a big birthday next year, so I wanna take him away, but other than that, that’s it.”
She admitted: “ I didn’t think I was gonna win it, Joe. I went in there as a joke, and I planned on being out the first week, so I can’t believe it.”
It comes as The Mirror has reported this week that Ofcom has received a whopping 925 complaints about the finale.
A spokesperson for the broadcasting watchdog told the outlet: "The majority of complaints related to Rochelle winning Big Brother."
Digital Spy also reported that Rochelle’s behaviour prompted viewers to reach out to Ofcom with almost 500 complaints last month.
It’s no secret that Rochelle was a controversial housemate and winner, having upset a number of the others, and most notably clashing with her fellow contestant, Johanne Cade, with their feud continuing on the reunion episode afterwards.
It comes after Rochelle revealed her entire application to the show was an accident, and she actually wanted to go on The Traitors instead.
Speaking to Richard Arnold, Susanna Reid and Ed Balls on Good Morning Britain on Monday (9 November), she said: “I actually wanted to go on The Traitors because I thought, ‘Oh, I’d love that. That’s a bit of me’.
“And obviously because I’d been looking at my phone, things popped up, and I was riding. I was by myself, and suddenly this Big Brother thing came up, and I thought, “Oh, I’ll just make a video.”
Rochelle recalled: “I was on my horse; I had no makeup on, it was raining, and I had my hat on. I did the worst video ever because I’m techno-useless, and then I just sent it.
“And when they got in touch with me, I thought it was a joke, and then it kind of snowballed from there.”
She admitted: “I don’t know what I was doing. I’ve never had any desire to go on it. I never even watched it. Here I am, and I’ve won it.”
Despite winning, she didn’t exactly enjoy her time in the house and also admitted that she ‘begged’ production to let her leave four times.
Speaking about the final, she said: “When they said my name, I literally couldn’t believe it. It was amazing. I deserved it. Believe me, I deserved it. I deserve every penny for what I went through. I have had mental torture for eight weeks.
“I said to them, ‘This is the worst hotel I’ve ever been to, and I am never coming back again. And they kept saying to me, ‘Would you come again?’ I was like, ‘Why would I want to come again? I can’t wait to get out of here.”
Topics: Big Brother, Celebrity, Entertainment, Podcasts, Money
Madison Burgess
