TV presenter Angelica Bell has opened up about how she was ‘hurt’ after being brutally axed from The Martin Lewis Money Show in 2023 as she felt shunned by her former colleagues
Angellica Bell has taken aim at Martin Lewis after her brutal sacking from his ITV money saving show. The 49-year-old TV presenter was seen breaking down in the Diary Room on her recent stint on Celebrity Big Brother as she confessed her feelings on her “secret sacking” from The Martin Lewis Money Show in 2023.
The star found out just days before filming commenced that she was being given the axe. Producers claimed that Angellica had created a conflict of interest by appearing on Channel 5’s The Gadget Show, which was rebranded to become Shop Smart, Save Money.
Now Angellica has confessed that she felt hurt and let down by the people she had worked with as she slammed them for showing no consideration to her after her departure. She said: “I think I was hurt because it wasn’t my fault. You work with people, you go through so much and build up bonds, and when that’s gone, with no card, no thanks, it’s really hard.”
Speaking to The Sun Angellica continued: “I’m a nobody in this business – I’m at the bottom of the food chain, so when it changed, it changed a lot for me, not just emotionally, but financially, too.
“When you love something – you love the show, the audience and the people who work on it – and then it’s gone. . . I was sad.”
However, she confirmed she hasn’t held a grudge and “respects” the decision that was made to sack her in such brutal fashion. She said: “Things happen, things change. I respect the decision, but I think the way it was handled. . . People need to take care of people’s feelings.
“I always try to treat people how I want to be treated. Sometimes, I put other people’s feelings above mine. But not everyone works the same way. It is what it is.”
Angellica found herself doing CBB so that she could show audiences the real her after what she had been through.
She admitted she had “never been offered a reality show before,” and that when she was approached to appear on Celebrity Big Brother she found herself questioning why they would invite her to appear as she “would never class myself as a celebrity.”
But as a fan of the show she decided to take the plunge despite her “fear of the unknown,” and how “the last couple of years have been a bit tricky.”
Angellica added: “I wanted to find and reconnect with myself, and I thought: ‘Maybe this is the time that I need to just be me.’ I’ve done a lot of growing up in this business and I thought this would be a chance to have fun and to relinquish control.
“I’m so chuffed I did it, I had the best time. I lasted longer than I thought I would, and I made some connections with people I never expected.”
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