Charlotte Crosby says she is 'so proud' of friend Chelsea Ferguson as the Hartlepool businesswoman appears in Channel 5 documentary Adults Only

Chelsea Ferguson, of Hartlepool, is the founder of AdmireMe.VIP – a subscription-based social media site which has turned over £15m in its first two years.

The successful businesswoman has now appeared on ‘real life soap opera’ Adults Only, which aired on Channel 5 last week.

Friend and former Geordie Shore star Charlotte Crosby took to Instagram to praise ‘good friend’ Chelsea, who she says has a ‘beautiful heart of gold’.

From infinity pool photo shoots to fundraising for Hartlepool food bank, Chelsea has shared with viewers at home what it’s like to live in her shoes.

Featuring in the five-part series alongside other sex workers, Chelsea said: “I definitely feel like my life is just the dream. I’ll keep doing it until my money drops. If I’m still making £10K, £15K and £20K a week there’s no way I’m stopping any time soon.

"I feel like how many other people get the stuff that I’ve got – driving a Lamborghini and owning a few houses. It’s just crazy.”

Chelsea and her cousin Rebecca Sharp have recently celebrated two years in business running AdmireMe.VIP and have turned over £15million pounds after seeing 20% growth during lockdown.

But it hasn’t been plain sailing and the business duo discussed in the fifth episode of the series how they’ve been turned down for office space and how software developers and accountants refuse to work for them because of the nature of the business they run.

Posting on Instagram as she watched the first episode, Crosby wrote: “I’m about to watch my very good friend Chelsea Ferguson’s documentary which was on last night. I cannot wait.

"Very proud of this girl! Beautiful heart of gold!

"So proud of how she’s coming across nothing but her down to earth self. Not sugar coating anything.

"Like it or lump it at the end of the day she’s built a business empire and deserves every bit of success.”

The series of Adults Only is available on My5 and the last episode will air again on Channel 5 at 12.05am on Tuesday, November 10.

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