BIG Brother ruined my life; Manipulated. Humiliated. Turned into a national hate figure - and driven to attempt suicide. As a new crop of housemates move in, one predecessor's salutary story . . . Tonight sees the return of TV's most unedifying spectacle. Here, two unlikely allies condemn its tawdry influence.

From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: May 18, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: NATASHA PEARLMAN

IT WAS meant to be her big break. Instead, Big Brother has brought nothing but heartache for 20-year-old Lesley Sanderson from Huddersfield.

Turned into a hate figure by the tabloids, derided by her friends, she has become so introverted and depressed that she recently attempted suicide.

Here, she tells Femail about the cost of fame.

THE first thing that hit me as I walked out of the Big Brother house was the noise: the deafening sound of people booing. It's hard to describe what it feels like to experience hatred like that, especially ...

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