Big Brother‘s Coco Beeby has never pretended to be anything other than a straight-shooting, surf-loving mum-of-three – but there’s a whole lot more to her than viewers have heard so far.
For starters, this isn’t Coco’s first attempt at Big Brother fame. Just over a decade ago, at 19, she was a university student standing in the audition line.
“It’s something I want to do. I can’t wait, have a break from the kids,” Coco, now 30, told The Canberra Times during her 2014 audition.
“I think it would be a really great challenge for me to be away from the ocean for three months.”
Coco has weathered storms far tougher than anything Big Brother can throw at her, as she walked away from a broken marriage and an 11-year career in childcare to start afresh just before entering the house, and has battled health issues while grieving.
“I lost my dad five years ago, right after I was diagnosed with two tumours in my chest,” she tells TV WEEK.
“I got them removed and lost a rib from it.”
Beyond her resilience, Coco’s lived a dozen lives already – professional surfer, hospitality worker, house painter, schoolteacher – and, remarkably, she’s one of 11 children.
“I loved having a big family growing up,” she says. “And now I have three kids – they’re my best mates.”
With grit, humour and a backstory that’s anything but ordinary, Coco is certainly making waves in the Big Brother house — especially after she refused to follow Bruce’s lead and break the rules of this week’s challenge.
Another stand out moment in the house was when she called a housemate meeting to address some unintentionally mean comments made about Emily by Holly.
“We are all equals,” Coco said to the housemates. “It makes me sad, it makes me really sad.”
Coco was praised by the public for the way she stood up for what she believed in.
Big Brother airs Monday to Friday at 7.30pm and Sunday’s at 7pm on 10.
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