Ruby Wax has basically ruined my career. You'll see when you watch the programme. I get more intimate with Ruby than I've ever been with another woman.

Most people have the wrong idea about me because I've been very private.

I drive a tiny Toyota iQ. I'm quite frugal and often cut my own hair.

There was a great strain in our family because my father didn't want anything to do with me. He was happy to see my brother and sister, but not me. I don't know why. Maybe it was shame. I don't know. But he never wanted anything to do with me. That rejection was terribly hurtful and it went on for years.

I'd be happy to stay single now because I've always been in relationships. For the first time ever I can do what I want, when I want, with who I want, without answering to anyone.

If you're from a poor background, you have to work even harder. But that's what makes you who you are.

I do need my independence. I have to have that.