Former Big Brother star Penny Ellis looks unrecognisable from her days on the reality show where she famously dropped her towel while nude 22 years ago.
The ex English teacher, 55, was a born again Christian and took part in the 2001 series where she was the first housemate evicted on day 15.
Penny looks worlds away from when TV fans first got to know her and she now sports long grey hair and glasses.
The former reality contestant has become popular on TikTok and still sometimes discusses her experiences taking part in the show.
In the house, Penny famously dropped her towel on the live feed which forced Channel 4 to issue an apology, with Penny later saying the moment ‘ruined’ her life.
Now: Former Big Brother star Penny Ellis looks unrecognisable from her days on the reality show where she famously dropped her towel while nude 22 years ago
Limelight: The ex English teacher, 55, was a born again Christian and took part in the 2001 series where she was the first housemate evicted on day 15
Penny later said she never thought producers would air the towel moment and didn’t expect to see it in the papers the following weekend.
Penny has been candid about the negative side effects of going on Big Brother, previously claiming it ‘ruined her life’ and led her to be sacked from her teaching job.
Speaking to Capital FM, she insisted her application to Big Brother was ‘a mistake’ and she had actually been trying to get in touch with Big Breakfast.
She said: ‘I was trying to phone the Big Breakfast to get my girls to go on and read some of the letters out that they’d been writing about bullying and about racism and I got through to the hotline instead.
‘So I carried it [the form] around in my bag and then I put it in the bin, got it out of the bin, finally had to fill it in practically the day before it had to be in and sent it off.’
‘It has been 20 years of being mocked, and jibed and ridiculed.
‘I lost all my money, my reputation, my church, my job, my self-esteem, my friends, my home – that two weeks in the house I lost everything.’
Penny learned she had been sacke from her job as a teacher when she left the house with several outraged parents complaining about her.
Controversy: During her stint in the house, Penny famously dropped her towel on the live feed, forcing Channel 4 to issue an apology
Revival: Big Brother is set to return to screens later this year on ITV2 with AJ Odudu and Will Best serving as hosts
However, Penny has also capitalised on her reality TV stint by releasing a book called Meet Me at the Mirror earlier this year which chronicles her rise to fame.
Penny’s series of Big Brother was won by Brian Dowling who later went on to present the show for two years on Channel 5.
Big Brother is set to return to screens later this year on ITV2 with AJ Odudu and Will Best serving as hosts.
Big Brother contestant looks unrecognisable 22 years after nude moment that ‘ruined her life’
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