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FRIENDS of Big Brother punk Lisa Wallace say the main reason she went into the house was to make people laugh.

Pals of the mohican-sporting lesbian, from Kingstanding, say portrayals of her as an unemployed bum are unfair.

The 41-year old former Ladywood Comprehensive school pupil, known to her friends as ‘Punky’, has spent most of her life working in factories.

Pal Denise Ashmore, who met Lisa though a mutual friend more than 20 years ago, said: “Lisa has worked all her life. She hates debt and doesn’t even have a credit card. She has only been unemployed for the last four months and has applied for dozens of jobs. Its not fair that people think she is lazy because she is so hard working. She spent eight years at VDO Automotive on the Holford Estate where she became a supervisor. Her last job before going in to the house was at Birmingham Dog’s Home.”

Birmingham Mail June 12 2009