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Stacey Solomon reveals how being a single mother on benefits at 17-years-old taught her valuable life lessons she needed to 'survive'


She has since built an impressive TV career for herself, having reached third place on X Factor and amassed a reported fortune of £4m.

Now a firm favourite on the Loose Women panel, and host of her own show, Sort Your Life Out it's easy to forget the millionaire 'mumfluencer' was once a single teen mother living in Dagenham. Speaking ahead of the fourth series of her home improvement show, which airs February 20, Stacey explained how the skills learnt from being a single mum have helped her TV career flourish. Speaking ahead of the fourth series of her home improvement show Stacey explained how the skills learnt from being a single mum have helped her TV career flourish (pictured with Zach in 2011)

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