'I wouldn't want a poor husband!' Glamour model nicknamed 'Marbie Barbie' to star in tacky new reality show... and says she expects to be hated for her luxury lifestyle
- Natalie Richardson, 32, lives in Marbella with her millionaire husband
- Says she expects to be hated by viewers jealous of her deluxe lifestyle
- Mother-of-two says she would never have married someone poor
- She used to be a glamour model and sold kiss and tells to tabloids
- Celebrity ex-boyfriends include Leonardo DiCaprio and Calum Best
Slim, blonde and clad in a figure-hugging pink dress, 32-year-old housewife Natalie Richardson wouldn't look out of place in Essex's infamous Sugar Hut nightclub.
But while Richardson might resemble the stars of The Only Way Is Essex, this millionaire housewife lives in glitzy Marbella and revels in the nickname of 'Marbie Barbie'.
A former glamour model who spent her early twenties raking in tabloid cash from a series of kiss and tells on the likes of Calum Best, Richardson is now set for another crack at fame - this time as the star of a new reality TV show called Life on Marbs.
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Marbie Barbie: 32-year-old Natalie Richardson stars in new ITV Be reality show, Life on Marbs
A hybrid of TOWIE and Made in Chelsea, the show documents the antics of the Spanish resort's wealthy inhabitants with makers promising an insight into the 'glamorous lives' of its stars.
In Richardson's case, that, according to ITV, means watching her spending her days 'lunching, bossing her staff around and crashing her Ferraris while seeking out the newest beautifying regime'.
So far, you might think, so TOWIE. Richardson, however, has other ideas and describes it as a mixture of Essex and Chelsea with the added bonus of scores of bikini-clad ladies 'parading around in the sunshine'.
'You've got the housewives, the playboys, the PR guys and the workers,' she continues. 'It's like all the other reality shows rolled into one. Our show will be the best - I'm on it!'
Nickname: Richardson revels in the nickname of Marbie Barbie which appears in the trailer for the new show
Glamorous: Richardson, second left, with friends (left to right) Danni Levy and Cassie Anne Rowan
'Fabulous': Richardson says she expects viewers to be jealous of her lifestyle but doesn't care
Kiss and tell: Prior to reality TV, Richardson was a glamour model who also did a number of kiss and tells
Prior to her bid for reality TV stardom, Richardson was best known for her colourful love life which included flings with Leonardo DiCaprio, Calum Best and Gary Lucy - all later splashed across the tabloids at her behest.
'With the whole Leonardo thing, I was young, in Paris and having fun,' she says. 'Who cares? I was having a great time and there are worse things to do than Leonardo!'
She is equally unrepentant about pulling off the same trick at Best and Lucy's expense and says she hopes the men will 'be happy' for her as she pursues a TV career.
'I've stayed in touch with Calum so I am sure he will be happy. I'm sure Leonardo has forgotten me already but I was a page three girl so I can't have any regrets.'
Conquest: Richardson's most famous conquest is Leonardo DiCaprio on whom she sold a story
Friends: She did the same thing to Gary Lucy (left) and Calum Best (right) and is still friends with Best
Having fun: The mother-of-two says the show will be a glamorous cross between TOWIE and Made in Chelsea
Now happily married to an 'intensely private' wealthy businessman who won't be appearing in the show, Richardson says she 'very happy' with her 'glamorous and fun' life.
Nevertheless, the mother-of-two says she is expecting to be hated by viewers 'jealous' of her deluxe lifestyle.
'I think people will always hate me,' she says, entirely unabashed. 'I was never going to have a poor husband and I wouldn't want one. I'm honest about it.
'I've always dated celebrities and I've got used to a certain lifestyle. I wouldn't want not to live this lifestyle, no way.'
That lifestyle extends to her choice of friends, with Richardson cheerfully admitting that her nearest and dearest would describe her as a snob.
'You've got the millionaire's circle and you've got the ordinary working people's circle. I'm in the millionaire's circle.
'There's definitely a divide between those who go down the front street and those who go round the back.'
Is she worried about a backlash from viewers? The answer is no. 'You can say what you like to me - I'm an open and honest person.
'If you want to scrutinise me then go ahead because I really don't care. I'm having a fabulous time and I don't care what you might think about me.'
- Life on Marbs starts on the 22nd July on ITV Be
Co-stars: Richardson (in leopard kaftan) with some of her Life in Marbs co-stars
The line-up: Richardson's co-stars strike a pose for a group shot around the pool
The boys: Jon Stretton-Knowles, Jeff Graham, Bally Singh, Joss Mooney and Adam Graham star
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