Celebrity Big Brother star forced to move home ‘for safety of kids’ [Video]

Benefits Street’s Deidre ‘White Dee’ Kelly has revealed she was forced to move home due to concerns over her children’s safety.

The TV star first appeared on screens in the Channel 4 documentary series, which followed the lives of benefits claimants living on James Turner Street in Birmingham.

In the same year, 2014, she was cast on Celebrity Big Brother alongside Gary Busey, James Jordan, George Gilbey, Lauren Goodger and Stephanie Pratt, eventually coming in fifth place.

Now, a decade on, Dee has spoken about having to move off her infamous street, which all unfolded while she was in the Big Brother house.

Appearing on This Morning on Tuesday, Dee, 52, told hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard about how she felt about the series with hindsight, especially after it received criticism for its portrayal of people claiming benefits.

‘I feel proud to a certain extent because it brought to the forefront that not everyone in the system was a bad person,’ she said.

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