Why Celebrity Big Brother star Angellica Bell’s TV star husband quit fame for ‘normal job’

ANGELLICA Bell is set to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house on Monday as the hit ITV show returns to screens.

married her husband fellow presenter back in 2010, who has since .

The couple met whilst working on CBBC as they turned their on-screen presenting work for the channel into a real-life off-screen love story.

The pair share two children and tied the knot in two years after her divorce with her first husband Stuart Amory.

Michael first rose to fame whilst hosting on the kids TV channel in the late 90s and was one of the most recognisable stars on there.

Michael featured on the kids shows like Jungle Run, The Big Bang and Ministry of Mayhem.

Wife joining the likes of , and in the CBB house.

Meanwhile Michael has decided to swap the TV studio for the classroom and couldn't be happier.

He first made the transition into teaching following the pandemic after “he couldn’t get any work”;.

In an exclusive interview with Flying Eze, Angellica opened up on how her husband was finding new fulfilment as a teacher.

She said: “It's funny. He couldn't get any work. He had a teaching degree. He was like, ‘I can't sit around' so he started teaching.

“It's been amazing. It was hard at first because he really wanted to do TV and had no control over that.

“But he loves it now. His students are like his extended children. They are blessed to have him. He thinks of creative ways to teach, to keep them engaged.

“He's even got some parents now going, ‘Oh my gosh, I used to watch you on Jungle Run'.

“He's now teaching their children. He's like, ‘oh my gosh, this is great'.”

The star admitted that at the beginning of her romance, it was her hubby Michael who was more excited by the prospect of TV jobs whilst she took a more backseat approach.

Looking back on the start of their careers, she added: “It's funny. Michael loved TV. We met on CBBC. I was a bit more laissez-faire about TV.

“He really wanted to do it. He had a teaching degree before. He did lots of CBBC. Then he went to do CITV, Jungle Run. He loved it.

“Then he did shows on ITV and . He was the Entertainment Reporter.”

Tellingly, Angellica went on to add that we may see Michael back on screens soon, as she teased: “He's had a few offers and stuff. And we have been approached to do some bits.”

Michael has been teaching for over five years at Surbiton High Boy’s Prep School in south-west London, teaching Year 4, who are eight and nine years old.

Luckily he was already a trained teacher as he did a four-year BEd teaching degree before landing his big break on – on the advice of his mum.

“It was my mum who actually said: ‘Why don’t you think of doing drama as a teaching degree, specialise in that and you’ve got something to fall back on if the acting doesn’t work out.”;