Angellica Bell has opened up about her ‘secret sacking’ from the Martin Lewis Money Show as she made a barbed comment about her former co-host.
The TV presenter, 49, who recently appeared on Celebrity Big Brother, insisted it ‘wasn’t her fault’ thshe was let go from the programme as she detailed her bitter exit.
During her time on the reality series, Angellica spoke about her 2023 axing from the show as she broke down in the Diary Room in emotional scenes.
Speaking about it for the first time since she left the show, Angellica told The Sun: ‘I think I was hurt because it wasn’t my fault. You work with people, you go through so much and build up bonds, and when that’s gone, with no card, no thanks, it’s really hard.’
‘I’m a nobody in this business – I’m at the bottom of the food chain, so when it changed, it changed a lot for me, not just emotionally, but financially, too. When you love something – you love the show, the audience and the people who work on it – and then it’s gone. . . I was sad.’
Revealing she has no ill will but didn’t appreciate the way it was handled, Angellica said: ‘Things happen, things change. I respect the decision, but I think the way it was handled. . . People need to take care of people’s feelings.’
Angellica Bell has opened up about her ‘secret sacking’ from the Martin Lewis Money Show as she made a barbed comment about her former co-host
The TV presenter, 49, who recently appeared on Celebrity Big Brother, insisted it ‘wasn’t her fault’ thshe was let go from the programme as she detailed her bitter exit
It was claimed that due to Angellica’s appearance on Channel 5’s The Gadget Show, rebranded Shop Smart, Save Money, it represented a conflict of interest.
The former Blue Peter presenter was told days before she was due to resume filming on Martin’s show that she was no longer required.
Days before Angellica broke down in tears discussing being axed from his show on Big Brother, Martin made an ill-timed remark about how much work he’s been juggling.
Angellica was overcome with emotion as she finally addressed the reports she’d been ‘secretly sacked’ from The Martin Lewis Money Show back in 2023.
The CBBC presenter confessed it had taken a ‘long time’ to get over and revealed she’d finally begun to feel like herself again during her time on CBB.
Shortly before the emotional scenes aired, Martin told his followers he was having to turn down work because he simply didn’t have the time to give.
In an Instagram post, the TV money expert revealed he was asked to take part in Celebrity Traitors but he was worried he wouldn’t be able to fit it into his busy schedule.
He confessed ‘I’m no Traitor, sadly. I’ve got FOMO [fear of missing out] looking at the Celebrity Traitors line up. I was asked if I wanted to do it, but said no as I couldn’t commit the time.’
Days before Angellica broke down in tears discussing being axed from his show on Big Brother, Martin made an ill-timed remark about how much work he’s been juggling
Angellica was overcome with emotion as she finally addressed the reports she’d been ‘secretly sacked’ from Big Brother
Martin went on to admit he hadn’t watched the show at the time he was offered a place in the celebrity version, but he has since caught up and is ‘gutted’ to be missing out.
He added: ‘I hadn’t watched it then, but watched the last series after that and loved it. So now I feel a little gutted – though I still don’t have the time. Sigh!’
The new celebrity version of the show is coming to the BBC later this year and features a star-studded line-up which reportedly includes Stephen Fry, Celia Imrie, Charlotte Church, Tom Daley, Jonathan Ross, Alan Carr, Paloma Faith and Kate Garraway among others.
The show – which is expected to air in the second half of 2025 – sees a group known as The Faithfuls hunting for The Traitors, a group whose identities are kept secret from the majority and carry out a nightly ‘murder’ to eliminate a member of the group.
While fans won’t be able to see Martin on Celebrity Traitors he is often seen on Good Morning Britain and This Morning since as well as hosting The Martin Lewis Money Show.
Angellica served as co-presenter on Martin’s show from 2017, but when the show returned for series 13, she was missing.
Ahead of being evicted from Celebrity Big Brother, she opened up about her experience, saying she felt like she had ‘found herself again’ in the house.
Angellica said: ‘It’s probably the best thing I’ve done in a long time. Before I came in here, I was a little bit scared.
‘The press were asking if I’d talk about the Martin Lewis show and stuff. It took me a long time to get over that.’
Shortly before the emotional scenes aired, Martin told his followers he had to turn down work appearing on Celebrity Traitors because he simply didn’t have the time to give
She went on: ‘I’m so grateful to all the audience that messaged me about it and also to other celebrities who contacted me and stuff.
‘It was those messages and support that got me through. That’s why I wanted to come on the show to tap into my old self.
‘It has taken a long, long time. I think I’ve found myself again being here. Every cloud.’
contacted representatives for ITV for comment. Representatives for Angellica declined to comment when approached.