Reggie Bird has spoken about feeling like a failure despite winning Big Brother twice.
The beloved reality TV star, 50, made the comments when appearing on the latest Mental As Everyone podcast.
Speaking to host Jonathan Moran, the mother-of-two revealed that even though she won the reality competition (once in 2003 and a second time in 2022), she can’t get a job.
Reggie, who is legally blind but still has some vision, said, “I feel like a failure.”
The television personality wondered aloud why no employer is giving him a chance.
‘I’m starting to think, why doesn’t anyone want to give me a job? I want to work and that starts to make you feel like… nobody loves you.’
Reggie Bird has spoken about feeling like a failure despite winning Big Brother twice. The beloved reality TV star, 50, made the comments when appearing on the latest Mental As Everyone podcast. in the photo
Speaking to host Jonathan Moran, the mother-of-two revealed that even though she won the reality competition (once in 2003 and a second time in 2022), she can’t get a job. Reggie, who is legally blind but still has some vision, said, “I feel like a failure.” In the photo with his children after winning Big Brother 2022
“I can answer phones, you know, I’m good at talking to people,” Reggie said, reflecting that even though he has a disability, he can still be useful.
Bird is legally blind after being diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare degenerative eye disease that causes severe visual impairment.
‘I’m limited to what I can do because my eyes are so covered. I now have nine degrees of pinhole vision, no peripheral vision and no night vision.
The television personality wondered aloud why no employer is giving him a chance. ‘I’m starting to think, why doesn’t anyone want to give me a job? I want to work and that starts to make you feel like… nobody loves you.’ Photographed in 2003
“I only see what’s in front of me, it’s like looking through a straw, that’s how I explain it to people,” he explained.
Reggie made history when he 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 during the 2003 and 2022 seasons of Big Brother, the television personality has struggled financially over the years.
Reggie is also affected by Usher syndrome, a rare genetic disease that affects both hearing and vision.
He previously responded to his critics who doubted his poor health in an interview with TV Week.
“A lot of people say, ‘Oh, she’s faking it.'” Who would want to pretend they’re blind? he told the publication.
The former fish and chip shop manager, who says her vision 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.”
Upon winning the 2022 celebrity edition of the show, Reggie said the prize money would go toward paying rent to ensure she and her children had stable accommodation.