{"id":19511,"date":"2021-04-10T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=19511"},"modified":"2021-04-10T22:25:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T03:25:25","slug":"nikki-grahame-star-of-big-brother-and-princess-nikki-died-friday-morning-she-was-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/10\/nikki-grahame-star-of-big-brother-and-princess-nikki-died-friday-morning-she-was-38\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikki Grahame, star of \u201cBig Brother\u201d and \u201cPrincess Nikki,\u201d died Friday morning. She was 38."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19512\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nikki-and-arisa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nikki-and-arisa.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nikki-and-arisa-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nikki-and-arisa-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nikki-and-arisa-750x591.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The reality TV star\u2019s death was confirmed Friday by her agent Freddy White.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nikki-grahame.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-19513 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nikki-grahame-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nikki-grahame-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nikki-grahame.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The news comes just one month after friends of the TV personality, including Rylan Clark-Neal and other former <em>Big Brother UK<\/em> housemates, created a fund-raising page in order to pay for her rehabilitation, following Nikki&#8217;s long battle with an eating disorder.<\/p><div id=\"morty-4082267097\" class=\"morty-content morty-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>A message on the GoFundMe page said: &#8220;It is with great sadness, we have to let you know that our dear friend Nikki passed away in the early hours of Friday 9th April.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt breaks our hearts to know that someone who is so precious was taken from us at such a young age,\u201d Dee wrote on the GoFundMe page. \u201cNikki not only touched the lives of millions of people, but also her friends and family who will miss her immensely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nikki-bbcan-profile.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-19515 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nikki-bbcan-profile-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nikki-bbcan-profile-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nikki-bbcan-profile-374x375.jpg 374w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nikki-bbcan-profile-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nikki-bbcan-profile-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Grahame, who was a house member in series seven of <em>Big Brother UK<\/em> in 2006, has suffered from eating disorders since she was eight.<\/p>\n<p>Last Month, Nikki&#8217;s mum Susan Grahame told <em>This Morning<\/em> she was determined to get better.<\/p><div id=\"morty-230525986\" class=\"morty-content_2 morty-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>She told hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby: &#8220;I spoke to Nikki this morning and she said, &#8216;Mum, please stress how overwhelmed I am at people&#8217;s kindness towards me&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;I just don&#8217;t get it, but I am so grateful,&#8217; and she said, &#8216;Also tell everybody that I&#8217;m going to try my level best this time to beat this. I want to get my life back&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I asked her if she would come and stay with me but she said she needs to be in her home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sue added, &#8220;She was [suffering terminal loneliness] she felt very cut off and spending too much time on her own with not enough to think about other than food.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It all came to a grinding halt. Also for Nikki, she would muddle herself through the year knowing she&#8217;s got friends abroad and she would visit them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She spent a lot of time last year canceling holidays.<\/p>\n<p>Her mum Susan added on <em>This Morning<\/em>: \u201cI think she suffered so badly, because back in the day&#8230; we\u2019re going back 31 years\u2026 I guess at that time people found it hard to believe that an eight-year-old could be a victim of this. There wasn\u2019t the kind of treatment and the units that there are now, so we did struggle with this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grahame rose to fame on Season 7 of \u201c<em>Big Brother UK<\/em>\u201d in 2006, in which she finished in fifth place. Later that year, she starred in her own reality series, \u201c<em>Princess Nikki,<\/em>\u201d which followed Grahame attempting several jobs, like trash collecting and deep-sea fishing, and seeing whether she would be able to keep them for a day or be fired.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, Grahame finished in second place in \u201c<em>Ultimate Big Brother<\/em>,\u201d and in 2015, she returned as a guest housemate in Season 16 of \u201c<em>Big Brother UK<\/em>.\u201d The following year, Grahame competed in \u201c<em>Big Brother Canada<\/em>\u201d and finished in sixth place. Grahame was lauded as a breakout star of the \u201c<em>Big Brother<\/em>\u201d franchise and a reality television icon, known for her humorous testimonials and joyful personality.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8216;Nikki was ditching her lunch every day. I had no idea.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Years before Nikki Grahame became a Big Brother sensation, she was battling an eating disorder that has plagued her since childhood.<\/p>\n<p>We caught up with her mum Sue, after Nikki&#8217;s condition &#8216;spiralled&#8217; during lockdown. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HOP6XGj2id\">pic.twitter.com\/HOP6XGj2id<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 This Morning (@thismorning) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thismorning\/status\/1376832809675939841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Grahame also won a National Television Award for Most Popular TV Contender and wrote two books, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3mywRfi\">Dying To Be Thin<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3g7GO1Q\">Fragile<\/a>,\u201d which documented her experiences with anorexia.<\/p>\n<p>Contributions to Grahame\u2019s GoFundMe will be donated to an organization supporting those suffering from anorexia in her memory.<\/p>\n<h3>This is one of her BBUK Diary Room sessions that made her a star:<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y3WEzw-QQ9c?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tim and Nikki; the undisputed stars of BBCAN4. 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