Frankie Bridge squandered her earnings from her pop career and now doesn't "have anything to show for it"

During an appearance on Spencer Matthews' Big Fish podcast she said of the money made from her early work as a teen: "I don't have anything to show for it [her pop career] anymore, I think that's one of my biggest regrets.

"I think my parents always felt that they allowed me to work from such a young age that they were unable to tell me what to use my money for and what to spend it on. We didn't have loads and loads.

"I was in control of it [my money] to a certain extent. I remember I had my own bank card. I think I only just closed it down like last week ...

"[The S Club Juniors team] helped me to invest little bits. But at the time I had no mortgage, no bills, no nothing, I wasn't really thinking about it.

"But when I look back it wasn't as much money as I thought it was. It would have been nice to has some of it left."

Frankie recently opened up about the mental health problems which have plagued her for years, confessing she often feels like "a worthless waste of space".

In a recent post on Instagram, Frankie revealed she spent most of her time "psyching" herself up to get up and about and do some exercise to help relive the stress.

She wrote: "Sometimes this is what depression looks like. Sitting on the sofa all day in your pjs. Then being so fundamentally fed up of your own s***, you finally find the strength to make it to the gym.

"Quick shower and back to the sofa and pjs. Better than nothing."

In another post showing her on an exercise machine, she penned: "Spent a lot of the time psyching myself up and trying to quiet the noise in my head. "Today it's telling me I'm a worthless waste of space."

Frankie previously entered a specialist mental health hospital after understanding that she "couldn't cope with everyday life".

The brunette beauty - who is married to former soccer star Wayne Bridge - told BBC Radio 1: "I'd reached a point where I couldn't cope with everyday life.

"I was constantly crying and telling my partner that I didn't really want to be here anymore ... I still suffer with depression and anxiety but I just know how to deal with it better now."