| Gretel Killeen |
| Age: 39 Family: Ex-Husband - Mark Morgan; Son - Ezekiel (13); Daughter - Epiphany (11) Photos Other Information 8 July 2002 NW Star Grazing NW talks tucker with Gretel Killeen, hilarious host of Big Brother on the Ten Network. Biggest weakness? Scrambled eggs. I love 'em. Comfort food? I'm not really a comfort food person. I prefer a cuddle instead. Most expensive indulgence? Champagne. And I ate a rockmelon in Japan once which I was told cost $450. Foulest food? Oysters. They're like eating snot! Most memorable meal? I tend to remember the company rather than the food - and because good meals are always mixed with wine, I ten not to remember them at all! Most bizarre thing you've ever consumed? My own cooking is pretty bizarre so we try to avoid consuming it at all times. Essential supplies you'd need if you were in the Big Brother house? Mandarines, mangoes, meat pies and, of course, scrambled eggs. 2 July 2002 Big Brother Generation The Ivana Trump Award for under (or over) use of a stylist: To the irreverent Gretel Killeen, who should have taken more fashion advice, or taken it from someone else. 26 June 2002 GRETEL ON GRETEL ... AWW EXLUSIVE! When it comes to dealing with Big Brother evictees host Gretel Killeen is lightning fast with the one-liners and quips. Yet, this former standup comedian and children's book author reveals a secret sadness in her otherwise successful life. In an exclusive and far-ranging interview in the July issue of The Australian Women's Weekly, out this Wednesday, Gretel, 39, speaks for the first time about a tragic lost love. "I lost someone who was from my planet," she says of her boyfriend, who was tragically killed in a car accident in which she was also injured. Australian Women's Weekly, July 2002 28 April 2002 Peeping Inside the Compound Host of the show Gretel Killeen said she had been inside the house only twice so far this year. She said that while she didn't feel uncomfortable watching the housemates, it was sometimes hard to stop herself from yelling through the glass "don't do it," or "stop crying, we've had enough". Article from Sunday Times (WA) News 16 August 2001 The Glass House on ABC Big Brother host Gretel Killeen will be one of the guests on the ABC's new comedy show tomorrow night. - Dropped out of law school after she couldn't find the exam room. - Has written 24 books - three since Big Brother ended last year. Titles include 'VisiblePanty Line' and 'My Life is a Toilet'. - Played Ray Martin's wife Sylvia in the weekly send-up A Town Like Dallas on The Midday Show. - Has done voice over work for 17 years, been involved in radio, TV, corporate videos, DVDs and the movie 'The Magic Pudding', in which she played a singing lizard. Articles 25 July 2002 Gretel's In Da House (Pic) 20 April 2002 One-Woman Show (Pic) 4 April 2002 Gretel Won't Be Worn Out Again 3 April 2002 Killeen Gears Up |
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