Helen Wood (born 1986) is an English television personality, author, columnist, podcaster and former escort. She is known as the winner of Big Brother 15 and for her regular column in the Daily Star newspaper until March 2017.[1]
Wood was brought up within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton and has two brothers. After what Wood claims was a troublesome upbringing in her memoir, she was placed into Foster care aged 14 after leaving home. While at school Helen then became pregnant with her only child, born in 2003.[2] She attended Thornleigh Salesian College.[3]
In 2006, Wood was a single mother and in debt and was recruited into escort work by her former friend Jenny Thompson.
Jennifer Thompson sold a story to the News of the World claiming she and Wood were each paid £1,000 for a threesome with Wayne Rooney in a Manchester hotel in July 2008 while his wife, Coleen Rooney, was five months pregnant.[4][5] It was reported his solicitors unsuccessfully tried to fight the allegations when they first surfaced in early August 2010.[6][7] Wood allegedly attempted to gain support from Wayne Rooney's agent to suppress the story. Wood eventually sold her version of events for £40,000.[8]
In 2011, an actor took out a court injunction to prevent her revealing their relationship.[9] The actor paid Wood after booking her via an escort agency in March 2008.[10] Despite the injunction, the actor's name was revealed in the Irish and US press.[11] Former publicist Max Clifford represented Wood at the time. Shortly after the injunction was carried out, both Wood & Clifford appeared to be no longer associated.
In 2014, Wood controversially won Big Brother 15, where the winner's prize was £100,000. She was the first woman to win the competition since the show's inception on Channel 5.
Ofcom recibió más de 1.500 quejas por el acoso de Wood y Pauline Bennett a Jale Karaturp. [12] Wood recibió una advertencia el día 12 debido a la intimidación de Jale Karaturp [13] y el día 21, recibió otra advertencia debido a que usó un comportamiento amenazante hacia su compañero de casa Matthew Davies. [14]
Wood continuó su enemistad con su compañera de casa Danielle McMahon después de que terminó la serie. Wood fue arrestado en marzo de 2015 luego de un altercado con McMahon. [11]
Regresó en Gran Hermano 16 durante dos semanas como "compañera de casa en Time Warp". [15] Wood chocó con otro compañero de casa de Time Warp, Brian Belo , calificándolo de "psicópata", comparándolo con un asesino y diciéndole que "parecía un violador". Belo trepó por la casa del muro del hermano mayor y Wood recibió una última advertencia formal. [11] El jefe de Channel 5, Ben Frow, le prohibió aparecer en la serie o en su programa hermano, Bit on the Side , nunca más. Afirmó que fue un "error permitirle ser compañera de casa por segunda vez". [11] Wood continuó explicando en sus memorias las razones de lo que supuestamente sucedió detrás de escena entre ella y Belo.
Después de su aparición en Gran Hermano , Wood escribió una columna para el tabloide británico Daily Star . [dieciséis]
Sus primeras memorias, A Man's World , se publicaron el 3 de junio de 2019. [ cita necesaria ]
En 2019, Wood apareció en el podcast “Anything Goes” de James English, donde habló sobre su problemática educación, carrera y relación con Wayne Rooney.
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