{"id":67380,"date":"2023-08-28T18:23:41","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T18:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/?p=67380"},"modified":"2023-08-28T18:23:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T18:23:41","slug":"chantelle-houghton-says-shed-love-to-go-back-in-the-big-brother-house-as-show-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/celebrities\/chantelle-houghton-says-shed-love-to-go-back-in-the-big-brother-house-as-show-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Chantelle Houghton says she\u2019d \u2018love to go back in the Big Brother house\u2019 as show returns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chantelle Houghton says her first stint in the Big Brother house back in 2006 was "a once-in-a-lifetime" experience but she'd jump at the chance to go back in.<\/p>\n

The iconic reality show – which launched the careers of the likes of Alison Hammond and Josie Gibson – is set to return to screens later this year, five years after it last aired on Channel 5.<\/p>\n

Chantelle, who bluffed her way to victory in the Celebrity version of the show by pretending to be a famous pop singer, says it was the thing that turned her life around and she'd love to have another go.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefinitely, without a shadow of a doubt, it\u2019s such a great experience,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s four weeks of fun, twists and turns, no bills to pay. You get fed, watered and a roof over your head, so 100 per cent I would.<\/p>\n


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\u201cIt was the most incredible, amazing, once-in-a-lifetime experience,\u201d she says during our exclusive chat. \u201cIt was life changing. I was so glad of the opportunity. I loved every minute of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cUp until that point, I didn\u2019t know where my life was going. Then I walked in that house and it shaped my whole future.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Essex-born star, who has just celebrated her milestone 40th birthday, famously met and fell in love with her first husband, fellow CBB housemate Samuel Preston, lead singer of The Ordinary Boys rock band.<\/p>\n

They married shortly after leaving the house but separated 10 months after, in June 2007.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re still in touch,\u201d Chantelle reveals. \u201cWe still talk, we\u2019ll send messages to each other about funny things we remember. We\u2019re really, really good friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a whole love story \u2013 pure and innocent and lovely."<\/p>\n

Since leaving the house, Chantelle, who has a 10-year-old daughter, Dolly, with Katie Price\u2019s ex-husband Alex Reid, has been in and out of the spotlight.<\/p>\n

After a period of turbulence she says she gained almost four stone in weight but is now happier than she's ever been. \u201cI\u2019m concentrating on my life and I\u2019m in a really good place with my health and my wellbeing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Proving the point, she spent her 40th birthday last week at a spa, meditating and drinking green tea. When it comes to dating – Chantelle split from fianc\u00e9 Michael Strutt in 2021 – she's not in a hurry to settle down.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not looking, but I\u2019m not \u2018not looking\u2019 either,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019m the happiest I\u2019ve been in everything, so I\u2019m not searching for a man to fix me like I might have done years ago. I\u2019m just happy with me."<\/p>\n

Chantelle was speaking on behalf of ICE 36 (ice36.co.uk) <\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n