BIG Brother legend Helen Adams looks unrecognisable 20 years after shooting to fame on the reality show.
The star – famous for her flirtation with Paul Clarke in the house – is now 42 and living a much quieter life as a hairdresser near Bristol.
Dressed all in black she had three bags with her as she headed to work in the salon.
The Welsh hairdresser shot to fame on Big Brother’s second series in 2001 thanks to what became known as Helen-isms such as “I love blinking I do”.
While Helen and Paul were certainly flirty in the house, in a move that seems positively restrained compared to current reality TV standards, the pair never even kissed.
But in the real world, with her boyfriend of the time – known as Big G – out of the picture they started a relationship for real this time.
In the aftermath of the show they were bombarded by magazine and newspaper deals and even offered their own reality show, which they turned down.
The couple bought a house together in North London but split after five years together in 2006.
Paul also started a life away from TV, forging a successful career in car design and, now in his mid-40s, still looking boyishly youthful.
Their break-up was so amicable they even an interview on the subject together and she now lives with her husband and daughter near Bristol.
Speaking to Heat she said: “I felt like the Wicked Witch because I was first to say something. But then Paul said to me, ”would you want to marry me?’
“I said, ‘I don’t think I would’ and he said, ‘well, I don’t want to marry you either’. And we laughed.”
