Heidi Fleiss, who appeared on the 2010 series of Celebrity Big Brother, was one of the most talked about women in the world when she was arrested in 1993 for running a high-class prostitution ring.
Former Celebrity Big Brother star Heidi Fleiss, once known as Hollywood Madam, has made a major career change.
The 58-year-old, who was part of the 2010 Celebrity Big Brother series won by Katie Price’s ex Alex Reid, now works at a bird sanctuary in Nevada and rescues macaws.
Fleiss was one of the most talked-about women in the world when she was arrested in 1993 for running a high-end prostitution ring. She reportedly had an elite client list and was said to have earned her £442,000 a week. But her empire collapsed in June 1993 when she was arrested and charged with five counts of pandering.
She later served seven years in prison for separate federal tax evasion and money laundering charges. Now, Fleiss is living a completely different life away from Los Angeles and the entertainment industry. The former Celebrity Big Brother contestant describes herself as a “retired Hollywood madam turned active macaw patron.”
She is believed to have 23 rare and endangered birds, some of which she reportedly traveled to the “ends of the earth” to acquire, according to the Daily Star. ing. In 2022, Fleiss claimed that someone shot and injured the macaw in the leg with a pellet gun before Christmas the previous year.
Heidi is so distraught that her pet was shot that she offers a reward of £3,900 to catch the culprit. She told a local newspaper, “I want him castrated. I want him to get the death penalty for shooting my little Chewie, who was flying around doing nothing. And they shot her.”
Heidi isn’t just known for her pets. She wrote a book titled Pandering in 2002 and another book about dating in 2004. She previously dated Saving Private Ryan actor Tom Sizemore for three years. In 2010, she briefly appeared on Britain’s Celebrity Big Brother as the second contestant to be eliminated.
Heidi took part in the last series of Big Brother, which aired on Channel 4. The show then moved to Channel 5 in 2011 and ran for 15 series. Celebrity Big Brother, which was canceled in 2018, will be revived on ITV1 with a new series starting on Monday. Rumors about the line-up suggest that the new episodes will feature big names such as Fern Britton, rugby champion James Haskell, X Factor legend Louis Walsh and Love Island star Ekin-Su Krukroglu. Meanwhile, AJ Odudu and Will Best will return as hosts.
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