17-05-2025
RHOM star Jackie Gillies reveals how escaping a toxic relationship helped tune her psychic abilities...and how she used them to 'manifest' marriage to Ben Gillies
Former Real Housewives Of Melbourne star Jackie Gillies has revealed that a toxic relationship in her teens, helped tune her psychic abilities.
Writing in The Australian on Saturday, Jackie, 44, admitted that she had the ability to 'see spirits' from an early age, before blocking them out during her teenage years.
She revealed that it was a 'controlling relationship' she was in at 19 that had helped reacquaint the former reality star with her gift.
'It wasn't until one day I remember I was crying in my bed and I said to God, why is this happening to me? And I saw a vision of every time this person ever cheated,' Jackie shared.
'I went to this person and told them what I'd seen. It was like I was looking at a movie theatre.
'I was looking at my bedroom wall, but it was like a movie theatre of images. It was after this relationship broke down that I started to do the inner work and tuned back into my intuition.'
She also revealed that, with the help of a 'manifestation board' she had used her gift to engender everything she wanted, including her RHOM role and marriage to Silverchair rocker Ben Gillies.
She shared that she knew her future hubby as a teen before losing touch after high school.
After becoming reacquainted with Ben at a party, that night she had a dream of her and Ben together and, upon telling Ben, he admitted he'd had the same dream.
'We hung out for about a year, I was 29 and I'd said to my Dad I'm going to be married by the time I'm 30,' she said.
'Finally Ben kissed me. Then two days later he proposed with a diamond that was on my vision board, that he had no idea about. We got married a day before I turned 30.'
Jackie's admission comes after she made a surprise appearance on Real Housewives Of Sydney.
Having left RHOM back in 2020 after starring since 2014, Jackie was called in to offer her psychic and medium services to this season's Sydney cast.
The former reality star told that she was encouraged to make her surprise cameo by current season cast member Terry Biviano.
'When I was asked by Terry to come on, she was like, "Jackie, I want you to try and help this group because there's so much fracture in the group,"' she said.
'It was a no-brainer for me because I have been in this dynamic before.'
Jackie said she tried to lead the group to better themselves but 'a lot of ego' and 'a lot of jealousy towards some of the other ladies' among the cast.
'In the beginning, they were all willing, open and receptive, but it was almost like they were triggered by their experiences with whoever they've had those experience with – and it went like left field' she explained.
'It was gnarly. There's so much anger in this group'.
Jackie was asked if she would consider returning full time - and said she is absolutely up for getting the 'old school cast' back together.
'The fans want Real Housewives in Melbourne back, and I believe it's time to bring them back,' she said.
In 2020, Jackie announced she was quitting the show to focus on starting a family with her musician husband Ben Gillies, 45.
She told Stellar that she was confident in her decision to put a pause on the show and to grow their family in their hometown of Newcastle in NSW.
Jackie revealed to the publication that at the time, she was on fourth round of IVF and that she kept her treatments under wraps because she felt she'd be judged.
'Keeping it hidden meant I also wasn't being honest to who I am. And since I've started telling people, everyone has been so supportive,' the TV personality said.
She also revealed that her time in the South African jungle on Channel 10's I'm A Celebrity back in 2018 helped her realise she wanted to be a mother.
The medium added that while her physic abilities do not show her everything that will happen in life, she knew motherhood was for her.
'Do I know I'm definitely going to have children? From the depths of my heart, yes' she said.
'But what I haven't been prepared for is the way it was going to come' she said.
The pair welcomed twin boys, Bonham and Rocco, three years ago.
