Pippa O'Connor Ormond has admitted that she felt like she was "washed up" after having her first child and her modelling career collapsed.
I think sometimes when you have nothing to lose you just go for it," she said. "So, I just got my teeth into wanting to start my own brand and since that day I said this is just what I’m going to do. "I felt like I was washed up and I wasn’t even 30 and I hated that idea, that I was relying on someone else to call me to work and I hated not having any sense of security."
PIPPA O'Connor left RTE star Angela Scanlon in stitches after watching a hilarious clip.The former model tonight joined James Nesbitt and Ireland AM s.
And I hated that idea of relying on someone else to call me for work and I hated not having any sense of security." Pippa said that at the age of 28 she was being asked, "What are you going to do now? "I started to panic. What made you think that Angela?" [Ireland AM](https://www.thesun.ie/topic/ireland-am/) star [Tommy Bowe](https://www.thesun.ie/who/tommy-bowe/) on Angela's hit chat show, [Ask Me Anything](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/9561599/rte-angela-scanlon-ask-anything-lineup-tommy-bowe-pippa/). "I was working a lot back in the day and then I got pregnant and it went from twice a fortnight to once a month with the phone ringing and some months nothing. "So I got my teeth into wanting to start my own brand and since that day, that conversation I had with my sister and my husband, I said, 'This is what I'm going to do.' Pippa explained: "That was in my house at 4am and as I got on to the horse, he happens to record me and I just woo! Angela also asked Pippa what it was like to feel "written off" when she started having children. Pippa replied: "Perhaps... [James](https://www.thesun.ie/who/james-nesbitt/) said: "I loved that". She added: "The rest of them were on the floor laughing".
Pippa O'Connor has revealed how becoming a mum affected her modelling career. The 37-year-old shares three children with her husband Brian Ormond – Ollie, ...
I think sometimes when you have nothing to lose you just go for it.” “I felt like I was washed up and I wasn’t even 30 and I hated that idea, that I was relying on someone else to call me to work and I hated not having any sense of security.” “I had so many people say that ‘you’re going to be a mum now, you can’t be a model’, so that panicked me a little bit, so it was a real case of sink or swim.”
Pippa O'Connor has opened up about how becoming a mother has affected her modeling career.
I think sometimes when you have nothing to lose, you just go for it,” she said. “I’m lucky it’s a family business. “I felt like I was washed up and I wasn’t even 30 yet and I hated that idea of relying on someone else to call me to work and I hated not having a sense of security.”