At the time, Tully’s emotional outbursts and raw moments made her a national lightning rod for criticism, but cemented her place as one of the most iconic people in Big Brother Australia’s history.
Tully even returned to the Channel 7 version of the show in 2022 to reunite with Drew and 2013 winner, Tim Dormer.
Twelve years on since Tully stepped foot in the Big Brother house, she is looking back at the wild time in her life she describes as a ‘golden era’ in reality TV (she’s not wrong).
“It’s the strangest thing — it feels like a lifetime ago and also last Tuesday. I only look back with fondness and a lot of laughter. It was chaotic, colourful, and hands down one of the most surreal chapters of my life,” she told Mamamia in our exclusive chat.
“As a lifelong fan of the show, the premise didn’t scare me… I was ready for all of it. What I wasn’t ready for was coming out of the house to tens of thousands of Instagram followers. Social media was only just starting to flex its muscles, and we were basically the guinea pigs. I had zero clue what I was doing, which was both thrilling and mildly terrifying.”
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