This Morning's Josie Gibson opens up on 'sleepless nights' as she admits 'I'm skint'
Good Morning Britain featured Josie Gibson on Thursday (7 August). The ITV personality joined presenters Ranvir Singh and Ed Balls to discuss her latest television venture.
The This Morning host has been filming her new series, Josie Gibson's Big Country Build, which follows her transformation of her Somerset property into an environmentally conscious sanctuary with her nearest and dearest.
GMB aired a teaser clip for the upcoming seven-part programme. In it, Josie revealed the harsh realities of tackling such an ambitious building project, confessing it has rendered her "skint."
Throughout the chat, she also discussed the difficulties encountered whilst collaborating so intimately with her relatives and mates during the refurbishment.
Ranvir began by observing, "You know what, you used to live in a caravan before all of this, and now, just a few years later, you've bought this enormous house. You're a great British success story, Josie!"
Nevertheless, Josie confessed: "Well, I'm moving back into a caravan, I don't know about that!"
Josie continued by revealing that her "dream" has consistently been to construct an environmentally friendly dwelling "as off-grid as possible," reports the Mirror.
The television favourite is collaborating with her siblings, Josh and Charlie, who work as scrap metal dealers, her relative Tom, a construction worker, and a crew of local residents to assist in revolutionising her Somerset residence. Josie confessed on GMB that this brought its own difficulties.
She revealed to Ed and Ranvir, "I've actually roped the family in. They say never to work with family or animals, and I've done just that. To say my stress levels are up here..
"They are great, they are amazing, but there are a lot of challenges, let's say."
Nevertheless, the This Morning presenter seemed to harbour no second thoughts about embarking on such an ambitious venture, despite the "massive obstacles" she's encountered along the way.
"I've had a lot of sleepless nights," the mum-of-one Josie confessed. "Sometimes, you get this great big dream and you follow your dreams, but you don't realise, with those dreams, there could be quite a lot of hurdles."
Josie's fresh ITV programme, created by MGM Alternative, is scheduled to broadcast in 2026. ITV is yet to announce an official launch date.
The upcoming television venture follows her four-part Channel 5 travel programme, Around the World in First Class, which debuted earlier this year. The programme saw the celebrity journey to destinations including Hong Kong.
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