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Interview: Lea

Monday 14 August
Day 89, 17:49

She's been in, out, in, out, but she's loved it all! Of being in The House Next Door Lea says: "It was absolutely mental, I loved it, it was wicked. I couldn't believe the public voted for me to go back in. Why vote me out again though, I could still be there now! You should have kept me in from the start, I could have won it! (laughs)

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How was it being reunited with the others? "I love Grace, she's getting such bad press but she's wicked, she's so funny, and I love Mikey to bits, he and Glyn were the funniest ones." Speaking of Mikey and Grace, does she rate them as a love match? "Mikey's totally in love, it's not false. They definitely care about each other and they're not doing this for publicity. Mikey hung on for her and Grace did for him. This isn't a publicity stunt."

Hmm! And how did Lea feel about not making it to the final week? "Of course I was devastated because I'd have had such a laugh all week and now Nik's gone in there.. Nikki's just concentrating on Pete, which is all well and good because that's what she wanted, but if I'd been put back in, it would have been more of a laff."

We had to pose the 64,000 dollar question: are Nikki and Pete for real? "Umm...I don't know. I think they really care about each other, but Pete just needs attention because he's been locked in there for three months, he misses his friends and family deeply, and just wants to be loved. When he's out of the House his friends and family, his band.. they'll give him the love that he craves, so... I don't know, I really can't answer if they're going to make it or not, I'd like to think they would, but I don't know."

And a final word for all you Lea fans out there: "Thank you so much! I really mean that. I appreciate it so so much, you've got no idea, it's like all my Christmases coming at once."

Loving your work, Lea!