Stacey Solomon was babysitter for reality star who reveals what she was really like
Fans will recall that the singer-turned-presenter shot to fame on The X Factor back in 2009
A reality TV star has revealed that they were looked after by Stacey Solomon when she was a youngster, revealing what the TV favourite is really like to be around.
Fans will recall that the singer-turned-presenter shot to fame on The X Factor, appearing on Simon Cowell's ITV singing competition back in 2009 where she finished in third place behind runner-up Olly Murs and eventual winner Joe McElderry.
It was the following year that she appeared on the tenth series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, which she won, before her career on the small screen was launched, with her now seen as a panellist on Loose Women, while now fronting her own show, Sort Your Life Out, for the BBC.
But it seems that before her fame, Stacey was a local babysitter in Essex. Speaking on You Alright, Hun?, the official TOWIE podcast from ITVX, it was Courtney Green, who joined the ITV2 show back in 2016, who revealed Stacey was her babysitter as she named her as the most famous person in her phonebook.
As host Denise Van Outen asked for more details, Courtney said: "She used to sing to me all the time. She was so nice!" Denise then asked: "How strict was she?" to which Courtney replied: "She wasn't strict. She'd let me stay up past my bedtime." She added: "She was a good babysitter."
Despite seemingly turning her back on a music career, after being flooded with requests to hear her singing again, back in December, Stacey shared a video on Instagram of her performing the song that 'started it all', What a Wonderful World, which she sang during her first audition on The X Factor.
Alongside the clip as she performed at her grandmother's care home, she wrote to her millions of followers: "The song that started everything. Every Christmas my Grandma asks me to sing at the care home. And I’ll never not sing for Grandma. This makes me cringe posting it on here but SO many of you asked me to so I hope it brings a smile to your Sunday. It’s the residents and carers singing along for me."
It was then earlier this year that she was quizzed as to whether fans will get to see her perform as a singer again. Speaking on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show, she said: "No way! The anxiety I used to get every Saturday night. My mouth would go so dry... I've got the shivers just thinking about it!
"My mouth would go like sand, and my lips would turn inside out and I can honestly say, I don't know if it was trauma or what, but I don't remember the performances. I would completely black out, come back off [stage] and say, 'I don't even rememebr what I just did! Did I get the words right? Did I sing in tune?' That's how nervous I was and I don't think I can put myself through that again."