From a damp bedroom to a £420,000 home — he didn’t buy it to show off… he bought it to heal his family’s past. Before becoming the I’m A Celebrity champion and earning £1.4 million streaming from his tiny bedroom, AngryGinge was scraping by in a £350-a-month flat with no shower, watching his mum juggle three jobs just to keep them going. Now, the boy who once feared eviction — who used his first winnings to clear his mum’s debts — has given her something far more powerful than money: security, a real home, and a quiet thank-you for every sacrifice she ever made.  This wasn’t luck. It was grit, heartbreak, and a son determined to rewrite his family’s story.  Read the full emotional story below

FROM £350-A-MONTH FLATS TO A £420K HOME — The Jaw-Dropping Rise That Changed AngryGinge’s Life Forever

How poverty, heartbreak and one mother’s sacrifices powered a bedroom streamer to rewrite his family’s future… and why this purchase means more than money.

The Twitch streamer, 24, (pictured after winning I’m A Celeb earlier this month) whose real name is Morgan Burtwistle, picked up the keys to his new pad in the town of Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, in June last yearReal estate in

I’m A  Celebrity winner AngryGinge has marked one of the most emotional milestones of his life by buying his first home — a stunning £420,000 mock-Tudor newbuild in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester — after earning an astonishing £1.4million before even turning 25.

His Manchester-based estate agent Jamie Burke posted on Instagram to mark Burtwistle’s purchase, sharing an image of them shaking hands and handing over the keys in the influencer’s brand new kitchen

The Twitch sensation, real name Morgan Burtwistle, picked up the keys in June last year, completing a journey few could have imagined just a handful of years ago.

The Salford-born star has amassed more than five million followers across all social media and is understood to have earned more than £1million in the last year alone – so that left him with plenty to play with when buying the property (pictured)

His Manchester estate agent Jamie Burke shared a celebratory snap on Instagram, showing the pair shaking hands inside the influencer’s gleaming new kitchen, writing: “New home day… and a pleasure handing over the keys.”

At a price tag of £420,000, the mock Tudor newbuild boasts a bright, airy kitchen-diner (pictured), two modern high-spec bathrooms, large front and back gardens, a hot tub, covered patio, and a sweeping driveway
The living room (pictured) is comfortable and cosy, with a charming fireplace The living room (pictured) is comfortable and cosy, with a charming fireplace

The Salford-born star now boasts more than five million followers across social media and is believed to have earned over £1million in the last year alone — a rise that left him able to invest in a three-bedroom, high-spec family home complete with two luxury bathrooms, expansive front and back gardens, a hot tub, covered patio and sweeping driveway.

Burtwistle (left) has spoken candidly about his upbringing on a council estate in Eccles, Greater Manchester, where he and his sister Tasha (centre), 27, were raised by their single mother Michelle (right), 50. Pictured: An old family photo

But for Burtwistle, the house is not a flex.

He opened up about his childhood on I’m A Celeb, saying: ‘We’ve got no problems getting our hands stuck in, because that’s what we’ve had to do from being little to where we are now’. Pictured: The hot tub and garden at the home he has bought with his social media earnings

He has spoken openly about growing up on a council estate in Eccles with his sister Tasha, raised by their single mum Michelle, who juggled school kitchen shifts, cleaning and care work to earn just £12,500 a year.

He heaped praise on his mother, who worked tirelessly to support the family while he was growing up: ‘If she can do it then I can do this in the jungle, so that’s what keeps me going really’. Pictured: The hallway of the home he has been able to buy with his online earnings
AngryGinge grew to prominence on the live streaming platform, Twitch, on which his five million followers watch him shout expletives at a video or football gameFamily games

Inside the jungle, he told campmates how his mum would go straight from one job to the next without rest.
“If she can do it, then I can do this,” he said. “That’s what keeps me going.”

That determination was forged in hardship.

At 18, desperate to ease the financial pressure at home, Burtwistle moved in with his grandmother before renting what he brutally described as a “s***hole” flat — no shower, mould on the walls, peeling wallpaper and even a broken door handle — all for £350 a month.

Followers joked it looked more like a pub than a home.

Just five years ago, he was earning £450 a month working as a school “dinner lady”. He nearly quit Twitch altogether after months of low viewership — until tragedy struck in 2021 when his grandfather died from Covid.

Burtwistle’s success will be much to the chagrin of his ‘dead-beat dad’, truck driver Lee Smith (pictured), who walked out on him when he was a youngster

He returned to streaming with renewed focus, broadcasting up to ten hours a day, turning his first £12.44 FIFA livestream into a monthly income that soon exploded into thousands.

Two years ago, he used prize money from a streamed football event to wipe out all of his mum’s debts.

The star has previously opened up about what his I’m A Celeb win meant to him: ‘I wanted my mum to know how well she did raising us and how much I do appreciate everything that she did’. Pictured: The pair together after his victory The star has previously opened up about what his I’m A Celeb win meant to him: ‘I wanted my mum to know how well she did raising us and how much I do appreciate everything that she did’. Pictured: The pair together after his victory

“I just wanted her to know how well she did raising us,” he said after winning I’m A  Celebrity. “How much I appreciate everything she’s done.”

After his I’m A Celebrity win, AngryGinge reflected on his life just five years ago, where he was working as a school ‘dinner lady’ and earning just £450 a month.

That devotion stands in stark contrast to his fractured relationship with his father, truck driver Lee Smith, whom Burtwistle has described as a “dead-beat dad” after he walked out on the family during his childhood.

AngryGinge, real name Morgan Burtwistle, 24, helped boost the ITV show’s viewing figures, with the final pulling in a staggering 13 million votes – the highest in a decade

He has spoken of chaotic late-night visits, police involvement and court battles over maintenance — adding that if he saw his father today, he would simply walk past him.

Ginge went on the show to show his mum Michelle [pictured] how well she had done raising him and his sister Tasha in a single-parent household
The star was greeted off the I’m A Celebrity bridge by his mother, who flew out to Australia two weeks ago to support him

Now, after becoming the first social-media star to be crowned King of the Jungle — pulling in a record-breaking 13 million votes — Burtwistle has not only secured his own future, but fulfilled a lifelong dream for his mum by flying her to Australia, the place she had always wanted to visit.

From mould-covered flats to luxury family living, AngryGinge’s £420,000 home isn’t about wealth.

It’s about survival, sacrifice — and a son finally giving back to the woman who built him.