Big Brother winner Helen Wood has revealed her hopes of becoming a foster carer were killed off because of her escort past.
The 2014 champion was rejected five times because of her previous 'career choices’, she told the Manchester Evening News .
The 33-year-old also has opened up about her past – including when she was put into care as a teenager.
Former call-girl Helen revealed in her new book A Man’s World that she was one of three escorts to sleep with ex-England captain Wayne Rooney more than ten years ago.
Now she says what she used to be is preventing her moving forward – and giving a child in need a new home.
“My past choices have dictated my life. Surely someone who has lived a life is exactly the right person to be doing that kind of job?” she told the MEN.
“How can someone who has not been through anything be able to connect with a troubled young person? Someone who feels upset and angry?
“No university courses are going to prepare you for that. They might be able to empathise but there’s no way they can relate or understand.”
Helen has been on the receiving end of backlash ever since her name became public following the scandal, and says she is still paying for it to this day.
“I’m not going to say I’m a victim, I have caused a lot of my own problems but I do think it’s wrong to keep reminding someone of something that happened ten years ago,” she said.
"I took my son out for a meal on his 15th birthday and 40 men started shouting ‘Rooney’ at me while banging on the table while I was eating with my child.
"I said, if you have got an issue with me, fine, but don’t say things like that when I am with my son.”
Helen used to be in care too – and says having help when she was young makes her want to give something back.
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