Remember Wife Swap’s foul-mouthed Lizzy Bardsley? Here’s what the mum-of-eight looks like now
The 44-year-old reality star caused outrage after revealing her family received £37,500-a-year in benefits
SHE found fame as one of Britain's most controversial reality stars.
Lizzy Bardsley, 44, from Milnrow, Lancashire, appeared on Channel 4’s Wife Swap in 2003, alongside her then-husband Mark.
The foul-mouthed mum-of-eight caused outrage after revealing her family received £37,500-a-year in benefits.
At the time, she told : “I thought we came across really well. I feel like a little star.”
In the programme, Lizzy swapped homes, husbands, roles and jobs with genteel Emma Spry, a mum of two.
Viewers saw Lizzy, who hadn’t worked for the past 11 years, carry out menial tasks in an office while Emma struggled to keep her cool in the Bardsley’s chaotic household.
The swap ended after just three days when Lizzy told Emma to pack her bags.
The Bardsley’s swore a staggering 60 times throughout the 44-minute programme – mostly using the F-word.
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Lizzy was the runway star of the series, and went on to take part in Celebrity Fit Club, losing a stone and nine pounds, and appeared on The Weakest Link.
She also posed naked for a Sunday newspaper.
But then the bubble burst.
Lizzy was fined for benefit fraud in 2004 after receiving £3,800 for media work, found guilty of child cruelty in 2007, and then her marriage ended.
Lizzy, who is now believed to be working as a housekeeper, told in 2009: “Yes, I’d do it all again because it gave my family so many opportunities.
“Our marriage was fine when we went on the show but he found the fame hard to deal with. I’m better off without him.”
Lizzy has a page and regularly shares updates of her football-mad daughter, Aneeka.
She appears to have ditched her famous topknot and now sports blonde curly hair.
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