Wife Swap's Lizzy to be cut up on TV

Lizzy Bardsley, the woman who shocked the nation by revealing she is given 37,500 a year in benefits, is to undergo plastic surgery on live TV.

11:05 02 September 2004

Lizzy Bardsley, the woman who shocked the nation by revealing she is given 37,500 a year in benefits, is to undergo plastic surgery on live TV.

The Wife Swap contestant plans to feature on Channel Five's Cosmetic Surgery Live documentary - and undergo liposuction.

The operation involves fat being sucked from one section of the body with a hose, which can then be injected into other parts of the body that are seen as too small.

Fifteen-stone Lizzy shot to fame while appearing on the Channel 4 reality series Wife Swap. While on the programme the mother of eight bragged that she took home 37,500 in benefits - almost twice as much as the total amount earned by Devon couple she was switching lives with.

The revelations that Lizzy was appearing on another reality series - to undergo cosmetic surgery on live television - came during an Edinburgh TV festival debate.

While others claimed that being on reality television has ruined their lives, Lizzy said she and hubby Mark have had a great time.

"I explained how we have moved on since Wife Swap and how life couldn't be better for us now," she told the Daily Star.

The ex-MP Neil Hamilton, along with his wife Christine, are also set to appear on Cosmetic Surgery Live.