A FIRST Dates star has revealed the show isn’t as well-paid as fans think as she shopped for reduced food.
Reality favourite Cici Coleman, who has been a waitress on the Channel 4 show since its first series, took to Instagram to reveal her supermarket habits as she tried to save money.
Cici posted a snap of her shopping to Instagram
The star has been a waitress on the show for nine years
Cici, 35, who is often seen alongside French maître d’hôtel Fred Sirieix, has been helping singles find love for nine years.
However, the star has now admitted the show isn’t as well-paid as some of her social media followers might think.
Cici snapped a selfie in the mirror as she headed to supermarket chain Sainsbury’s to do her weekly shop.
The star then filmed herself picking up reduced items around the store, as she hit out she wasn’t “a millionaire”.
“When people think I’m a millionaire coz I work on a TV show once a year for 2 weeks…” she penned in the caption.
“On Christmas Day, my uncle asked me who was paying for all my holidays.
“I think he misunderstood that I had to get a second job (online coaching) because continuously waiting for the next big TV opp to arrive wasn’t exactly realistic.”
“I just went to Sainsbury’s and did a shop which cost me £36 for roughly 4 days worth of food,” she continued.
She then encouraged her following to sign up to her online coaching site, which helped teach others to save money.
Earlier this year, Cici revealed her impressive weight loss achieved in just nine weeks of hard work.
She admitted she “hadn’t set foot in a gym for months” and didn’t even have to give up booze to shape up.
Cici – who is also an online fitness coach – showed a before and after picture as she posed in her bikini.
Cici first made her name on First Dates, which helps singletons on their journey towards finding their dream partner.
She was well loved in the First Dates restaurant and was head waitress on Fred Sirieix’s team.
She has recently been living in Bali on a “journey of self discovery”.
