BIG Brother star Sarah Griffiths has revealed she’s lost her job just two months before Christmas.
The TV reality star, who appeared on the fly-on-the-wall show last series, worked as a spa account manager.
But in a new update, Sarah has revealed that she was made redundant just two days ago.
Sarah said she’s been riddled with “anxiety” and “stress” over her future and how she’ll pay for her upcoming wedding and house renovation.
In a new social media clip, a disheartened Sarah told her fans: “I lost my job two months before Christmas while planning a wedding and renovating a house.
“Last week I was literally sat on my laptop ready to join Teams Call and then I get told your position is being made redundant and your last day is next Friday.
“And yesterday I definitely have the Sunday scaries but for a very different reason.
“I am not someone who thrives well with a lack of routine, so I’m currently in a freeze state.
“One side of my brain is going panic, panic, panic… security, you need a job, you need a full-time job right now, you’re trying to pay for a house, pay for a wedding, you need security.
“The other of my brain is saying, you’ve got some paid time off, some people would die for this opportunity, relax make the most of it and pursue things that you wouldn’t have time to do or the means to do before.”
Sarah said she’s full of doubt over her next move – as she considers becoming a full-time influencer.
“I feel like I’m currently having to choose between security or possibilities you may have noticed,” she continued.
“I’ve been putting a lot more effort into my content recently, course this is something I really really enjoy and I told myself this could be the perfect opportunity to really put all my time in, curate it and maybe even monetize it to make this a way that I can make a living.
“The negative voice in my brain says you can try that for three months but you’re probably going to fail and then you’re really going to be in a pickle when the redundancy money has run out and you are unemployed.
“And there’s another weird little small voice in my brain that says just bed rot, eat a lot of Doritos, watch movies and just hide under the duvet.
“The redundancy process was not very pleasant.”
Sarah revealed that she only got word of a possible redundancy a few weeks ago, which was a shock for her.
But trying to take the positives from it, the ex reality star said she’ll be taking some time out to reset.
She went on to say: “I was told a few weeks before, you may lose your job without any certain confirmation, so I’ve spent the last few weeks in a very fight or flight full of anxiety ‘am I going to have a job?’ and now I know the answer is no.
“So I feel right now, I just want to take a few days to look after myself, to eat the right foods, spent time outside, exercise and try and regulate my nervous system because rationally I know this stress and anxiety is not helping my brain function properly.
“That’s why I’m probably finding it so hard to work out what direction to go from here.
“I’ll still be side hustling, that honeymoon needs to be paid for.
“I suppose this is day one of being unemployed.”
RACE ROW
Sarah shot to fame on the last series of Big Brother.
Although it wasn’t all plain sailing and the show received over 745 Ofcom complaints after she was accused of making a racist comment.
Sarah was called “out of line” when she referenced the slogan Stop The Boats during a conversation about black housemate Hanah, whose parents are immigrants.
The Stop The Boats slogan was coined during Rishi Sunak’s campaign to stop migrants using small boats to cross the English channel from France.
Sarah had already nicknamed Hanah “gloaty” in one of the house tasks, and she later said in front of Hanah, “stop the gloats”.
Confiding in fellow black housemate Segun, Hanah admitted: “I don’t know how I feel about that one. I don’t like that.”
She later told the Diary Room: “I don’t think that’s funny, if I’m being honest with you.
“I studied international politics; I graduated with 2:1. I’m not stupid.”
Sarah was called into the Diary Room by Big Brother, but appeared to be confused.
Big Brother told her: “Sarah, Big Brother wants to talk to you about language you have been using in the house.
“Hanah, Khaled, and Emma had been aware that you previously used the term ”gloaty’ about Hanah.
“This was referring to a conversation you had with Emma where you described Hanah as gloaty in a reference to Marcello becoming the Head of House.
“On a separate occasion prior to this, during the Vampires and Villagers task, together with Nathan, you chanted, ”Stop the gloats’, which you confirmed was a reference to the political phrase, ‘Stop the boats’.”
The housemate, who admitted to once voting for UKIP, replied: “For me, it was just funny because it rhymed, and I don’t really talk about politics that often because it’s not something I’m interested in, but it was a joke.
“It had no racial connotations, I have no connotations about boats or immigration, or anything like that. It was just making funny of political slogans.”
Big Brother explained: “When Hanah questioned you about you calling her gloaty, you referred to the ‘Stop the gloats’ chant you had created with Nathan during the earlier task.
“Your use of language around this political reference has had an impact on your fellow housemates.
“As you know, the Big Brother house is made up of people from all walks of life with different life experiences.”
Big Brother added: “Big Brother cannot permit language that is likely to be considered offensive by housemates or the viewing public.”
