Reggie's New Heartache- My Family Is Homeless
Woman's Day Australia|3 July 2017

The reality TV star and single mum is facing a new crisis

Lizzie Wilson
Reggie's New Heartache- My Family Is Homeless

It’s hard to imagine it could get any worse for Reggie Sorensen, yet last week she was dealt another cruel blow when she received an eviction notice at the humble Gold Coast home she shares with her two children.

“I’m so scared,” reveals Reggie, fighting back tears. “This time I don’t know what to do. It’s made me realise how vulnerable we are… one day your kids are cuddled up and warm and safe and just like that, it could all be gone. I owe my kids a warm bed and a safe house, that’s not too much to ask, is it?”

Reggie, 43, who won $250,000 in the first series of Big Brother in 2003 and fast became one of our most loved TV stars, can’t fully comprehend she and her daughter Mia, 10, and seven-year-old son Lucas, no longer have a place to call home. On top of her other battles – Lucas struggles daily with cystic fibrosis, and Reggie has rapidly diminishing eyesight – it seems too much to bear. “It’s hard to believe

This story is from the 3 July 2017 edition of Woman's Day Australia.

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