Jodie Marsh on how bodybuilding saved her from committing suicide

You guys might not be familiar with Jodie Marsh. She’s like the much more budget version of the already very budget Jordan aka Katie Price. (And Jodie and Katie are said to hate each other.) Jodie is a British celebrity known for having her tits and ass hanging out, basically. We’ve only ever covered her a few times many years ago, and she comes across like a super messed up person. Just check out these outfits she’s worn in public when she knows she’s going to be photographed. Jody went through a rough patch a few years ago when people stopped wanting to take her picture and would only mock her. I don’t mean to sound so harsh about it, but that’s basically what it is.

Jodie, 33, has found new direction and literal strength through a strict bodybuilding regime and a diet that just sounds awful to me. Jodie just won her division of in a women’s bodybuilding contest in the US, The International Natural Bodybuilding Federation championships in Washington DC. She gave an extended interview to The Sun detailing how she was so depressed she considered crashing her car and ending her life. Bodybuilding lifted her out of despair and helped her become a champion. In this contest, she kind of looks like tanning mom on steroids in a Ronald McDonald wig, but good for her. I can’t imagine having the discipline and commitment it must have required to achieve this kind of body. Here’s more, thanks to The Sun:

Former party girl Jodie Marsh today reveals how bodybuilding saved her from suicide.

The ex Page Three girl, 33, admits she contemplated smashing her truck at high speed following public humiliation on Celebrity Big Brother and a string of failed relationships with high-profile men.

But being taken seriously by the bodybuilding world has helped her turn her life around — and she has even just won a championship in America.

Jodie, who is a tiny dress size four and weighs just 8st 2lb, says: “I can honestly say these are the best years of my life.

“I can’t even describe how good it is just to finally feel like I am doing something positive.

“I’ve always wanted to do something good but people would never take me seriously. Now they are.

“I feel so fit and healthy and ripped and strong. It’s so good to put the bad times behind me.”

From the moment Jodie shot to fame a decade ago, she was a controversial figure.

Often dressed in just underwear or even belts to go clubbing, and with a series of famous boyfriends, she was dubbed a man-eater and got involved in a war of words with rival glamour girl turned Sun columnist Katie Price.

After being voted out first in 2006’s Celebrity Big Brother — having clashed with housemates Pete Burns and Michael Barrymore — Jodie plunged into depression.

Her TV humiliation was the final straw for desperate Jodie.

She says: “About six months after Celebrity Big Brother I decided I was going to kill myself.

“The quickest way to do it was to drive my truck into a post, so I started working out which one to use and how fast I’d need to be going.

“I was sick of everyone being so horrible to me.

“I’d walk down the road and people would say, ‘You’ve got a dodgy nose, you’ve got saggy t**s’ and they’d think that was fine.

“If I didn’t respond, they’d throw something at me — usually a bottle or drinks can. I just got worn down by it.”

One summer’s evening in 2006, Jodie was driving from her home in Brentwood, Essex, to see her brother Jordan’s band play in a pub when she came terrifyingly close to ending it all.

She says: “All I could think about was that I needed to drive myself into one of these poles. But I didn’t do it. I got to the pub sobbing. I was having a meltdown.”

“But to be honest, I am on such a strict diet for the bodybuilding that if you offered me a choice between pizza and sex with Brad Pitt right now, I’d choose pizza.”

Having shied away from public life in recent years, Jodie returned with her ripped new look after discovering bodybuilding. She came fifth in her first UK competition last year and last month had a go on the global stage.

Jodie saw off experienced competition to WIN her category in the International Natural Bodybuilding Federation championships in Washington DC.

A programme charting her progress — Jodie Marsh: Brawn In The USA — can be seen on DMax on Wednesday, June 20, at 9pm.

To achieve her extreme look, vegetarian Jodie spent 14 weeks eating little more than egg whites, protein shakes, brown rice and green veg — and spent four hours in the gym every day.

At the competition, she spent 24 hours dehydrating herself so her skin would shrink and make her muscles appear more defined.

She then spent hours under searing lights daubed in special dark fake tan pulling poses to show off every muscle in her body.

Jodie fled to a friend’s hotel in Italy for two weeks “rocking and crying” before returning home.

She did not seek professional help because, having been referred to counsellors when she was bullied as a schoolgirl, she had lost faith in psychologists and care workers.

As well as the bullying, Jodie was dispirited following her string of failed relationships…

“But to be honest, I am on such a strict diet for the bodybuilding that if you offered me a choice between pizza and sex with Brad Pitt right now, I’d choose pizza.”

Having shied away from public life in recent years, Jodie returned with her ripped new look after discovering bodybuilding. She came fifth in her first UK competition last year and last month had a go on the global stage.

Jodie saw off experienced competition to WIN her category in the International Natural Bodybuilding Federation championships in Washington DC.

A programme charting her progress — Jodie Marsh: Brawn In The USA — can be seen on DMax on Wednesday, June 20, at 9pm.

To achieve her extreme look, vegetarian Jodie spent 14 weeks eating little more than egg whites, protein shakes, brown rice and green veg — and spent four hours in the gym every day.

[From The Sun]

You can see her diet on The Sun’s website and it’s outrageous. All she eats are eggs, rice, vegetables and protein shakes. She doesn’t even get chicken, but she’s a vegetarian so that make sense. I’m not a fan of that look, but good for her. She’s obviously found her purpose. Hopefully that brown stuff washes off.

Photo credit: PR Newswire Europe and WENN.com. Jodie is shown working out on Venice Beach on 5-10-12