Huge ITV reality TV star ditches fame for very normal career – and admits she’s ‘failed more times than I’d have liked’

Published on May 03, 2025 at 09:10 AM
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A HUGE reality reality star has ditched fame for a very normal career.

Admitting that she has failed more times than she would have liked, starlet has gotten candid in a new video shared on .

Woman in light jacket speaking outdoors.Suzanne Shaw shot to fame 25 years agoWoman sitting outdoors, speaking.She now works as a coach and motivational speakerWoman in sunglasses holding a coffee cup on a bridge.Suzanne often shares motivational videos online with her followersWoman in black hoodie looking at the camera.Opening up in a candid way, Suzanne often creates relatable content for her followersWoman speaking into microphone.She has traded fame for helping people

Suzanne, 43, shot to fame on the hit ITV reality talent show in 2000 when she was thrust into new band .

At just 18 years of age, Suzanne became a huge star and went on to have a glowing career.

Appearing in on the stage, and on several TV shows, Suzanne even starred and competed in in 2008.

But Suzanne ended up making a massive career U-turn and ditching fame for a pretty normal career.

After her foray with fame, the Bury-born beauty now works as a motivational speaker.

In a recent video shared onto her Instagram account, suzanneshawofficial, which has over 7,000 followers, Suzanne got candid about failure.

“I have failed so many times in my life. In , in parenthood, in ,”; she said in the video.

She went on: “Sometimes I even look back at those failures and I feel really embarrassed.

“But what I do not allow it to do, is hold me back from my next set of aspirations.”;

In the caption, Suzanne wrote: “It’s time to normalise failure and to also flip the script! Everyone fails at some point in their life!!! And those who succeed most MORE!”;

She later added: “I’ve failed more times than I’d have liked – in many areas of my life.

“When I look back on those time I sometimes feel embarrassed or ashamed but then I quickly remind myself. Who cares!!!

“At least I gave it a go or prepared to fully embrace this crazy life!”;

Suzanne went on: “Every time I have a whopper of a failure I always think – well this will make for a great anecdote for a speaking gig or a character in my book!”;

Pop group posing for a photo.Suzanne Shaw was in the Popstars group Hear’SaySuzanne Shaw in a radio interview.She shot to fame in 2000Suzanne Shaw in a sequined, fringed ice skating costume.She competed in Dancing On Ice in 2008

Last year, Suzanne opened up about her motivational speaking career.

Speaking to New! Magazine, she said: “I help people get through sobriety and help them on theirwellnessjourney, so that’s what I do now as a job.”;

She also told the magazine that it had been four years since she last drank .

“It wasn’t healthy, and it wasn’t something that was going to benefit my life.

“I didn’t have an unhealthy relationship with alcohol, it just wasn’t for me,”; she said at the time.

Suzanne is a mother to two children.

The former pop star turned motivational speaker welcomed , Corey MacKenzie Shaw-Day in December 2004 with Darren Day.

Her second child was born in 2015 with fiancé Sam Greenfield.

In December 2015, the couple welcomed a boy named Rafferty.

Suzanne Shaw at the premiere of Suzanne is mum to two sonsSuzanne Shaw at the National Theatre Live screening of The stunning star leads a quiet life away from the public eye and helps many people through her day job

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