Gogglebox’s Sandra Martin revealed that she’s unemployed and lives off handouts from her celebrity pals.
Sandra, 61, rose to fame in the first series of the show which came out in 2013. She left the programme in 2017, after nine series.
The personality was a firm favourite alongside best mate Sandi Bogle who was also a cast member from the beginning, leaving the show in 2016.
Speaking to The Sun, Sandra said: ‘I get celebrity loans. No, they don’t get paid back, I don’t give it back.’
During her time on Gogglebox, Sandra revealed that everything was paid for leaving her £500 a month to do whatever she wanted.
Gogglebox’s Sandra Martin, 61, revealed that she’s unemployed and lives off of handouts from her celebrity pals
Sandra rose to fame in the first series of the show which came out in 2013. She left the programme in 2017, after nine series (pictured in 2018 with former best friend Sandi
She revealed that since leaving she hasn’t worked but is still living well as her private property in Hastings is also paid for.
‘I don’t work, so I can’t get paid. But they pay for my expenses, the hotels.
‘Someone took me to Amsterdam and Ibiza – I get a lot of free trips, I’m just not getting paid.’
Sandi’s 2016 exit was sudden, and sparked rumours of a feud between the pair.
Sandra addressed the rumours in 2018, telling Lorraine that the two grew apart because ‘Sandi was very busy being a celebrity’.
Sandi, 58, who owned a pub, appeared on series 20 of Celebrity Big Brother in 2017 and finished in ninth place.
The series was won by Girls Aloud’s Sarah Harding, who passed away from breast cancer at 39 in 2021.
Sandi is the cousin of supermodel Naomi Campbell, and Naomi appeared in a charity special of Gogglebox in 2014.
Sandra addressed rumours of a feud between herself and Sandi in 2018, telling Lorraine that the two grew apart because ‘Sandi was very busy being a celebrity’
Gogglebox is a British reality television series created by Stephen Lambert and Tania Alexander, broadcast on Channel 4.
The series films the reactions of several families or groups of friends around the United Kingdom to television from the previous week.
It won the BAFTA TV Award for ‘Reality & Constructed Factual Programme’ in 2014 and 2022.
Gogglebox has spawned several international versions, a spin-off featuring children, Gogglesprogs, and one of young adults watching online content, Vogglebox.
