Samantha Brick

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Samantha Brick
Born (1971-02-10) 10 February 1971 (age 52)
Kings Heath, Birmingham, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationJournalist
SpousePascal Rubinat
ChildrenAntonio (stepson)

Samantha Brick (born 10 February 1971) is a British television producer, writer, and freelance journalist. [1]

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Life and career

Brick was born in the Birmingham suburb of Kings Heath. [2] Her parents were both Catholic and worked in mental health. [3]

Brick worked for LWT where she produced or directed shows including Ibiza Uncovered , Dinner Dates and Baby School. [4]

Brick was Sky1's head of entertainment and factual where she commissioned shows including Temptation Island, Vegas Uncovered, The Villa and Single Girls. [4] She then moved to September Films as head of programming in January 2002, [4] later moving to the company's Los Angeles office to become executive vice president of programming and development. [5]

In October 2005 Brick launched her own independent production company, Sam Brick Entertainment, which produced shows including Chubby Children for LivingTV. [6] In March 2006 the Daily Mirror reported that Sarah, Duchess of York had signed an exclusive deal with Sam Brick Entertainment to host a reality TV diet show. [7] Brick's production company collapsed later that year. [2]

On 3 April 2012 the Daily Mail published an article by Brick titled "Why do women hate me for being beautiful?" The article became an internet phenomenon, leading to Brick's thoughts becoming an internet meme. [8] This led to Brick appearing on a number of TV shows including ITV's This Morning [9] and the RTÉ chat show The Late Late Show . [10] Later in the year Brick was a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother 10 . [11] On 31 August 2012 she became the fourth person to be evicted from the Big Brother house. [12]

In 2013 Brick published a book, Head Over Heels in France, in which she wrote about the collapse of her production company. [2]

Personal life

Brick's first marriage was aged 30, to Damon Pettit. [3] Brick is now married to a French man, Pascal Rubinat. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Articles by Samantha Brick | Freelance Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Keogh, Kat (6 April 2013). "'Beautiful' Samantha Brick starts a new chapter in her life". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 "The 'beautiful' Samantha Brick on men, entrapment and the joys of". Evening Standard. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 "September poaches Sky1 exec". C21media. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  5. ↑ Mann, Sarah (January 2005). "People on the Move". RealScreen .
  6. ↑ "Living gives Brick a fat commission". C21media. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  7. ↑ Cummins, Fiona (2 March 2006). "DUCHESS OF TALK; Exclusive Fergie lined up to host reality TV diet show". Daily Mirror .
  8. ↑ Ahmed, Murad (5 April 2012). "The power of the Bored at Work Network". The Times . No. 70539. p. 2.
  9. ↑ "Samantha Brick: 'Do I think I'm attractive? Yes I do.'". ITV News. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "Samantha Brick to appear on Late Late Show".
  11. ↑ "Samantha Brick to take part in Celebrity Big Brother". The Guardian . 15 August 2012. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018.
  12. ↑ Laing, Greg (31 August 2012). "Danica Thrall, Samantha Brick evicted from Celebrity Big Brother". Digital Spy. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  13. ↑ "Samantha Brick: 'We are all taught false modesty'". The Guardian. 9 December 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
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