Frankie Bridge has revealed she blew through the money she earned as a child star in S Club Juniors and wishes she’d handled her early fame more carefully.
The 36-year-old Loose Women panellist rose to fame aged just 12 as part of the chart-topping pop group, before later joining The Saturdays and scoring 13 Top 10 singles.
But speaking on Spencer Matthews’ Big Fish podcast, she confessed: “I don’t have anything to show for it anymore. I think that’s one of my biggest regrets.”
The TV personality explained that her parents had allowed her to make her own financial decisions from a young age: “I think my parents always felt that they allowed me to work from such a young age that they were unable to tell me what to use my money for and what to spend it on.
“We didn't have loads and loads.”
Bridge recalled having access to her own debit card as a teenager: “I was in control of it to a certain extent. I remember I had my own bank card. I think I only just closed it down like last week.”
While S Club Juniors did offer some financial advice, Bridge admitted she didn’t take it seriously at the time.
She continued: “They helped me to invest little bits. But at the time I had no mortgage, no bills, no nothing, I wasn't really thinking about it.”
“But when I look back it wasn't as much money as I thought it was. It would have been nice to has some of it left.”
Bridge formed close friendships in the band, including with Rochelle Humes, who would later become her bandmate again in The Saturdays.
The singer’s candid comments come after a chaotic trip to Paris Fashion Week, where she was left stranded outside her Airbnb for seven hours in the middle of the night.
After attending the Radica Studio show with friends, the group returned to their apartment only to find the lock had jammed.
Taking to Instagram, Bridge vented: “When the lock on your @airbnb won't work. So you're now 4 girls stuck outside your apartment. Everything's stuck inside, the host and Airbnb are anything but helpful. 3 hours and counting...”
She later shared a screenshot of the host’s response, suggesting she simply turn the key “in the right direction” — and captioned it: “Helpful... Why didn't we think of this?!”
At 4am, she finally updated followers with a tired selfie and the words: “Still not in... seven hours.”
