Josie Gibson has revealed she’s finally got her dream home forher and son reggie, but it’s come at a price
Josie Gibson has revealed she is “so broke” and has no savings left after splashing all the cash she has on renovating her house.The This Morning presenter, 41, has created her dream home in Bath, Somerset, with the makeover the subject of her ITV series, Josie Gibson’s Big Country Build.But the Bristol-native admitted she “didn’t plan properly” when the renovations began and has poured her savings into the build.Speaking on Katherine Ryan’s What’s My Age Again? podcast, she said: “I will just say I am so broke now. I’ve taken every bit of every life saving I’ve ever had.”She added: “It’s been a headache. I had a bad start. I had a really bad start. I probably didn’t plan properly. And I will say this: I was thinking about the price a bit too much. So I went cheap. Where you go cheap, you buy twice.”
Despite the financial commitment, Gibson is happy with the work she has done on the home.She said: “All of it I’m really proud of, even where I’ve put all the window, how I’ve incorporated the outside in, but I’m not there yet. I’m still building it. I’m just doing the interiors now.”
Josie’s net worth is estimated to be around £900,000 to over £1 million, built up through her long-running television career. She rose to fame when she won the reality series Big Brother in 2010.
After becoming a hit with viewers, Josie began a media career and landed a role as a regular presenter on This Morning and she appeared on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! in 2023, picking up a rumoured £100,000 fee.Gibson has a son Reggie, eight, who she credited with making her confident.She said: “I concentrated on my career a lot more (after becoming a mother) because I knew I had to support somebody.“When I had my little boy, that’s when all my confidence came as a woman. I’d walk into places and feel like I was alright being there.”
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