Overview

• Martin left Gogglebox in 2017 after rising to fame on the Channel 4 series alongside Sandi Bogle.
• She says she signed back on for benefits in February 2018 when television earnings dried up.
• By Christmas 2017, she said she was homeless and penniless after spending her remaining funds on a hotel stay.
• Subsequent TV work, including 100 Years Younger in 21 Days and chat-show appearances, proved brief and unreliable.
• In January 2025, she posted a video from a Ryanair flight refusing a middle seat and invoking her celebrity, drawing fresh criticism alongside commentary about her holiday posts.