Ipswich's Darnell Swallow has 'no regrets' over Big Brother
He described how, prior to programme, he "did not know what I was going to do with my life"."I had just moved here under some very unfortunate circumstances and I had no path," he said."A stranger on the street offered me a place to live, he said he had this really nice house in Borehamwood and I [said] 'What no electricity bills? Cool I'm in'."It turned out to be the Big Brother house."
Swallow was 26 when he entered the house and was the first contestant with albinism.He spent 93 days inside and likened being in the house to city living."If you move to London and try to rent here, you get used to it really fast because it's quite similar," he continued."You have that first week where everyone is getting along and washing dishes and doing the laundry and putting out their best selves, but then that wears down real quick."
Swallow said he was still close with fellow contestant Rex Newmark and was still being recognised."It's funny because I'll be at Sainsbury's just looking at vinegar real close because I don't see well, and I'll turn around and someone will have their phone out just gawking," he said.Swallow, now 43, had no regrets from being on the show and was working in the music industry."It put me on a path," he said. "It might not have been the path that I would have chosen, but it was a path nonetheless."I get to speak with cool people quite often so I can't be mad at that."
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