When Stacey Solomon needed a decluttering expert to stand in for Dilly Carter on her BBC series Sort Your Life Out, she called on close pal Mrs Hinch.
Mrs Hinch, real name Sophie Hinchcliffe, appears in series three of the hit show alongside Stacey but had a hairy encounter with a cow which started to eat Mrs Hinch’s hair during filming. “Her hair must have looked like hay,” laughs Stacey. “It had a right little munch.” The show sees Stacey help families reclaim their homes from mountains of clutter and chaos.
But to transform their habitats in just a week, they must decide what they really need to keep from their homes. After all their belongings are laid out in a huge warehouse, the families donate, recycle or sell half.
For Stacey, who gently probes the reasons at heart of the chaos, it’s more than just a TV show. “We get so invested in families and we care so much,” she admits. “It’s a huge sense of pride when we get to the end of it and everyone has mucked in and gone above and beyond.
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