Gogglebox's Sophie Sandiford confirms new career move after lockdown redundancy

Gogglebox star Sophie Sandiford has revealed she is taking a brand new career move after being laid off from her job at Debenhams due to the pandemic.

Sophie made headlines in 2020 when she burst into tears during Gogglebox while discussing the pandemic with her brother, Pete, over her fears of losing her job.

But she revealed on Friday's show that she is embarking on a new career - and has begun training as a florist.

She won high support from fans as one tweeted: "@PeteandSophie I love that you're going to be learning florist but as a florist of almost 20yrs I have no idea how you're going to get anything done with those gloves on."

Another added: "@PeteandSophie is definitely the florist I'd end up spending 2 hours just gossiping with."

Sophie, who stars on Gogglebox alongside brother Pete, is training to be a florist (Channel 4)

Sophie announced the news she had lost her retail job in December 2020, with a photo of herself and a friend at the entrance of Debenhams wearing a pattered face mask and a staff key chain that appeared to have a bottle of hand sanitiser attached to it.

She captioned the photo: "We might be going but we are going with a smile #debenhams ".

The previous month, Sophie suddenly burst into tears over her fear she would lose her job amid the pandemic, and was comforted by her big brother.

Sophie and Pete Sandiford have both celebrated exciting news recently (Channel 4)

"It's just sad isn't it," she replied, wiping away her tears. "It's just s**t for everybody, it's going to get even worse, more people are going to lose their jobs and things like that, it's just awful."

Pete said: "Aww don't get upset kid, don't because you'll set me off!"

Meanwhile, Pete recently had some exciting news of his own as he announced he had got engaged to girlfriend Paige Yeomans.

The 26-year-old revealed that he would soon be a husband while chatting to little sister Sophie during the first episode of the new series.

Sophie had asked her brother: "Do you feel any different now that you've got engaged?"

"Yeah, I think," he replied. "I feel like an even bigger responsibility. I don't know why. I'm going to have a wife."

"Yes, you're going to have a wife," Sophie pointed out.

* Gogglebox airs Friday nights on Channel 4 at 9pm