Inside The Hotel Inspector Alex Polizzi's life from being a 'terrible mum' to famous parents
Alex Polizzi has been a staple on screens for years thanks to her role on The Hotel Inspector.
The hotelier first appeared on the Channel 5 series back in 2008, taking over from Ruth Watson. Since then, she's become a firm favourite with viewers.
Not afraid to speak her mind, no holds barred, about the establishments she visits, Alex is renowned for pulling her punches.
Away from the TV shows though, Alex is happily married to her rarely-seen baker husband and is a mum to two children. But who exactly is the woman behind the expert hotelier exterior?
Alex Polizzi's famous parents
Alex Polizzi was born in Poplar, London on August 28, 1971. And it turns out hospitality runs in the TV star's blood, as she comes from a well-known family in the industry.
Her grandfather was the Scottish hotelier Lord Forte, who founded the Forte Group, known for including brands such as Travelodge.
Meanwhile, Alex's mum Olga Polizzi is an interior designer and was a former councillor for Westminster City Council. Sadly, Alex's father, Count Alessandro Polizzi, died when Alex was just nine years old.
'It made my mum quite fearful for us, so she was a pretty strict mother and tried to keep us very close to her,' Alex said previously about her father's death.
Alex added to Best magazine: 'I became determined to be fearless and had to really fight to be allowed to go off backpacking to southeast Asia for the first time at 18. It was an argument that went on for months.'
Alex's marriage to rarely-seen husband
Alex is loved-up with husband Marcus Miller, who is a baker. The pair have been together for several years and tied the knot back in 2007, after 12 years of waiting to get married.
And according to Alex, there was a rather blunt reason she wanted to wait.
Speaking to The Sun, she confessed; 'I still wanted to f*** around, if I'm honest! Who wants to get married at 22? I'm a much better wife than I was 10 years ago.
'Partly, you really realise that this is the person you're with for the rest of your life, so there's no point p****** them off.'
Alex on why she thinks she's a 'terrible mum'
Alex and Marcus are proud parents to two children, daughter Olga, 17, and Rocco, 12. And in a previous interview, Alex admitted that she is a 'terrible mum'.
She told The Sun: 'I'm a terrible mum in that I find it really f****** boring. My lovely, adorable, gorgeous boy says to me: 'Mummy, come and play with me,' and I say: 'You know I don't play.' I'll take him for a cycle ride, I'll have a game of football with him – I'm quite physical.
Alex added: 'I'll construct a huge camp for them, but don't make me play in it. I'm better at being a hotel inspector than I am a mother.'
Alex's heartache after miscarriages
In 2013, Alex candidly spoke about her heartache after suffering several miscarriages. The TV star revealed that after welcoming her first child, Olga, she had three miscarriages, including one that came just over five months into her pregnancy.
'It is just so shocking to find out that one's body lets them down in this way,' she told MailOnline at the time. Alex went on: 'Once you've had a child, it seems unusual that one couldn't have another one. You're not expecting it, and it comes as such a wallop.'
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