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Reggie Sorensen ‘THIRD TIME LUCKY!’
THE BIG BROTHER STAR ON HER NEW MAN, HER UPCOMING BOOK AND OVERCOMING 20 YEARS OF UPS AND DOWNS
I’m so lucky I got to do Big Brother all over again,” Reggie Sorensen tells WHO from her home on the Gold Coast, 19 years after she won Season 3 of the social experiment, and on the back of her return in 2022. “And I’d do it again if they asked me to come back,” she laughs. “They’re bringing back the UK Big Brother – throw me in over there!” Here, the 48-year-old reality TV favourite opens up about overcoming tragedy, finding love again and what’s next.
How have things changed since we first met you all those years ago?
So much has changed in 20 years. The biggest thing that’s happened is obviously that my eyesight is going. I was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, which is degenerative. I have nine degrees of central pinhole vision, no peripheral vision and no night vision. I’ve got two kids – Mia who’s 15, and Lucas who’s 12. He has cystic fibrosis, which sucks. They’re the biggest things that have happened!
Reggie, you’ve lived quite a life already.
Gosh, yes! I’ve had two marriage breakdowns, which is sad, but I’ve met another man who’s a lovely partner. Third time lucky!
Can you give us an update on your vision?
The last two years it’s stayed at nine degrees. I’ve been lucky. I need to go back to my
