I hosted one of the biggest TV shows of all time but when I was axed I ended up working at a call centre and sleeping on my dad's sofa, recalls AJ Odudu

When AJ Odudu landed her role on Big Brother's spin off show Bit On The Side in 2013 she thought she had hit the jackpot. In a new interview she told Hunger magazine she said: 'The industry has made me feel like you've got to make hay whilst the sun shines. In November 2013 she was co-presenting the show with Rylan Clark and Emma Willis but was axed at the end of the series and wasn't asked back to front it. AJ Odudu hosted one of the biggest reality TV shows of all time but when she was dropped she ended up working at a call centre and sleeping on her dad's sofa In November 2013 she was co-presenting the show with Rylan Clark and Emma Willis but was axed at the end of the series and wasn't asked back to front it She told the publication: 'I know how dark the couple of years after that were and I know how deeply traumatic that whole experience was. You just never know when it'll end' Last year she was announced as the main host for Big Brother working alongside Will Best when the show was brought back last year after a hiatus AJ recalled in a chat with the Big Issue: 'Life really is humbling sometimes.But it was good for me to hear from my mum like, "You’ve done it before, you can do it again, and there’s no shame in people earning an honest living.’”' She told The Times of being dropped in 2013: 'I thought that was it for me.