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Benefits Street star White Dee reveals she was 'forced to move' after Big Brother appearance


White Dee has opened up about the impact of her sudden fame, revealing that she was 'forced' to move out of her home on Benefits Street due to safety concerns

The reality TV star, whose real name is Deirdre Kelly, rose to fame after appearing in the 2014 Channel 4 series that followed the lives of residents on James Turner Street in Birmingham's Winson Green area. Speaking on This Morning with Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley, White Dee admitted that she was "forced" to leave James Turner Street due to safety fears for herself and her children after her Celebrity Big Brother appearance. "Your life has changed significantly since then," Ben observed, to which Dee agreed: "It has, it's kind of like a funny story really because, you know, I went to Celebrity Big Brother, I left my house on James Turner Street to go into CBB, came out, we moved."

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