Cheryl Prudham has been dubbed the Queen of Benefits after her lavish lifestyle on benefits - which she gets due to her huge brood of kids. She currently has 12 and is expecting number 13. Oh, and she rakes in around 40k from the taxpayer.
She's admitted that she's addicted to getting pregnant.
That's the weirdest addiction ever. She had the first six kids by six different men and then the next six with estranged ex-husband Rob. She gave him the boot after he had a threesome with his cousin.
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Oh my days.
Of course Channel 5 is doing a documentary on her...
Credit: Channel 5
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She wanted another kid but said she was going to get a sperm donation as men were too much hard work. But then she met Lee Ball, her current partner, and they're said to be over the moon with her pregnancy.
Before Lee, she told Closer magazine (course she did): "I was hurt by Robert and find it difficult to trust again. Besides, how would I find a guy willing to take on all my children?'But I'm feeling broody again as my youngest is nearly a year old and I miss having a newborn in my arms. I would love a boy next.
"Signing up to a donor website is the perfect solution. I want a smart, good-looking man who'll donate sperm for artificial insemination - I want nothing to do with him after that." But this one belongs to Lee, and it'll be Lee's second child as he has a daughter from a previous relationship. He's said to be looking for work.
Cheryl and Lee. Credit Facebook/ Lee N Cheryl Ball
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Cheryl is a part-time cleaner in Warrington.
Cheryl and her ex-husband Rob came under fire for living a lavish lifestyle on benefits - somehow they managed to bring in £60,000 between the two of them despite benefits being capped at £26,000.
"Another baby would mean more benefits so the more the merrier!" she said.
"I'm not worried about getting hit by the benefits cap, there are always ways around it." An additional child would bring in an extra £712 annually.
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"I'll just take what the government gives me, I'm not gonna say no," she says in the trailer for Britain's Most Shameless Mum.
Cheryl admits she spent £1300 on birthday presents for her son's sixth birthday but says anyone who criticises her can "get stuffed."
The face of someone telling you to 'get stuffed'. Credit: Channel 5
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She got son Leon a 50cc petrol squad bike with a personalised number plate which cost £500 and spent the rest on a lavish party.
She had her first kid when she was just 17, while living in a homeless hostel in Kent in 2000. She then had two more kids, then three unplanned pregnancies and then in 2009 she met her ex-husband and had six more kids.
If you add it up - not counting this newest pregnancy, she has spent nine whole years being pregnant. Wow. She's only 34-years old, too. She's got plenty of baby years left in her.
A woman called Siobhan Titzell has set up a petition to curb Cheryl's benefits. She says that the Queen of Benefits only wants a 13th child so she can afford to get plastic surgery on her breasts!
"Last I checked benefits are there to support those in need, not for plastic surgery procedures!" she wrote on the petition. Over 15,000 people have already signed it. If you feel strongly you can also sign it.
On Trial
It's not just the general public who are gunning for Cheryl. Last year she joined her estranged husband in the dock after they were charged with stealing money from parking meters.
Surely all the benefits they got were enough? But apparently not.
Cheryl was accused of handling the stolen cash - which was around £10,000! Her ex was charged with stealing it and also failing to disclose previous convictions to a recruitment company.
Think the researchers at Jeremy Kyle are rubbing their hands.
Words Laura Hamilton
Featured Image Credit: Channel 5Topics: Benefits