Gail Porter Working In Charity Shop

Gail Gives Back
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Gail Porter is giving back to society by working part-time in a charity shop.

The Queen of Shops' outlet raises money for Save The Children by selling off second-hand and discounted designer items.

The newspaper reports the former pin-up is a popular member of staff who relishes her role, which she started three months ago.

Gail's new voluntary job comes as she rebuilds her life following her "horrific" breakdown last year, when she was sectioned under the Mental Health Act.

She was forcibly admitted to a medical facility in London after her boyfriend told authorities he feared she was suicidal.

"I don't really remember the first day in the hospital but the rest was horrific. I saw a man slash his wrists in front of me, there were patients just shouting all night with no one helping them.

"There was an old lady who screamed all the time and she was just left lying in her own filth. I had to clean her up myself."

Gail, who has famously suffered from alopecia since the breakdown of her marriage to rocker Dan Hipgrave, was keen to get on the road to recovery after her meltdown and insisted she was looking forward to the future.

She added: "This has been the worst year I have ever had but if I have learned anything it is that you can make light out of any situation. Obviously being sectioned is not the best thing to happen, but a lot of funny things happened too...

"I am old and knackered, bald and mental... but at least I can laugh about it... I am feeling good, I am keeping busy... and looking to the future."

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