Jodie Marsh doesn't care about showbiz anymore.
Jodie Marsh now runs Fripps Farm in Essex after giving up her TV career
The 44-year-old former model was a mainstay on reality TV in the 2000s but in recent years has quit the limelight altogether to run her Fripps Farm animal sanctuary in Essex and admitted she has been left amazed by the support of some of fellow famous faces amid the new venture.
She told Heat magazine: "I don't give a s*** about showbiz, or how I look, or about my weight or anything. I genuinely would rather be here than at some premiere, and I feel like a lot of celebs would rather be at the premiere than doing anything meaningful in life. I'm good friends with Jessie Wallace and Linda Henry from 'EastEnders'. They're both wonderful, and Linda is amassive animal lover and just adores what we do here. What's been interesting is seeing what celebs have gone back in touch and which ones, some I didn't even know in the first place, are now supporting the farm. So, for example, Nicole and Natalie Appleton, who I don't know, just phone up my local food shop and order food for the animals and have it sent to me.
"I don't ask them to do that, they just do it. It's blown me away, but the public blow me away as much as the celebrities. I regularly end up in tears from messages of support from the public."
The former 'Celebrity Big Brother' star went on to add she is the "happiest" she has ever been since setting up Fripps Farm and noted that is what she should have been doing all along.
She said: "This is the happiest I've ever, ever f***** been. Ever. This is not just what I wanted to do, but this is what I should've been doing. This is all I've ever wanted and more."
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