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Josh Luckhurst

Gogglebox stars Pete and Sophie Sandiford share their surprising off-screen jobs

Gogglebox stars Pete and Sophie Sandiford are staples of the popular Channel 4 reality show with their funny commentary on the week's TV.

And 2023 marks Gogglebox 10-year anniversary - having first aired back in March 2013 and introducing a string of families from across the UK to the nation.

Pete and Sophie first appeared on the series in 2017 and have gone on to become fan favourites on the show due to their brother-sister chemistry and their fun one-liners.

The programme is currently airing its 21st season since its inception, with the Manchester-based TV commentators featuring in the last 11 series.

Gogglebox celebrated 10 years on our screens and revealed the paricipants' jobs to promote the show (ITV)

Despite becoming household names following Gogglebox's success, participating in the show does not pay enough for the reality series cast to make featuring in the show a full-time career.

Instead, those featuring on their sofas have 'real' jobs, which have been revealed by Channel 4 to stir up extra interest and help promote the show.

Pete is a building company boss after previously working in insurance - and is also the proud dad of toddler Jimmy, who he shares with wife Paige and has featured on the Channel 4 show in the past.

In December, Pete announced on the show that he and wife Paige are expecting their second child together.

Sophie used to work at high street giant Debenhams before it fell into administration in 2019 and is now a florist.

One thing that has confused fans of the programme has been whose house is on our screens.

Pete is a building company boss while Sophie works as a florist (Sophie Sandiford/Instagram)

In an interview with Heat magazine, Pete revealed all. He said: "So, it was my house originally. I had it for years and then I split with the girl I was seeing and thought: 'I don't really want to live here any more.'

"Then Soph moved in on the sly, didn't you?"

She replied: "Yeah, then I took over the whole house."

He added: "Soph bought the house off me and I moved out, and now me and Paige have our own house."

A Gogglebox Ten Year Anniversary Special aired on Saturday night at 9pm, which ran alongside the current series which is on at the same time each Friday.

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