The former reality show star is also now a household name as a TV presenter in MALAYSIA.
Sam, 24, from Irvine, Ayrshire, was introduced to Big Brother viewers as a fame-hungry SHE when he entered the famous house in 2006.
Born a boy, the perma-tanned nail technician dressed as a woman on the Channel 4 show.
Speaking from his home in Singapore, Sam said: âIâve changed from my female persona and am living life as a male.
Cross-roads ... Sam's antics worried his parents
Xposure âI am very happy with my transition. It took me a while to really find out who I wanted to be, and what I wanted to do for a living.
âIâve learned some of my hardest and most important life lessons within the last seven years.
âSomeone asked me the other day if I could change my past would I? I answered, âIf it was not for my mistakes in the past, I wouldnât be who I am todayâ.â
Sam endured a torrid time after being voted off BB and was even said to have been admitted to a psychiatric unit for depression. The half-Indonesian was also accused of fraud, dodging rent payments and even ROMPING with an Arsenal player.
Now Sam has lifted the lid on the truth about his life after BB and how he decided to relocate to Asia in January 2007.
He quickly got work as a TV host and is now one of the most famous faces in Malaysia.
Sam married gorgeous wife Indry and his baby daughter Kimmy was born last Sunday.
Childhood ... with Emmy and Robin aged 5
He added: âSince Big Brother, I learned the true meaning of what âinfamyâ was all about and had a pretty tough time.
âThere were many rumours online suggesting that I was mentally ill and had been hospitalised after my ordeal on the show, which was actually to the contrary.
âI married Indry, my girlfriend of three years in December last year and have just been blessed with the birth of our first child Kimmy Brodie, a healthy girl, weighing in at seven pounds.
âShe was born on the 14th of August, and sheâs a little stunner.
âMaking the decision to have a child is momentous.
âIt is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.
âI am very happy with my life, content, and have an amazing wife and baby.â
Itâs a far cry from the angry teenager who struggled with an inner turmoil while growing up.
Fame at last ... Sam, pictured with wife Indry,
has become a huge star in Malaysia as a TV presenter
His dad Robin, 61, claimed Sam once attacked his mum Emmy and wrecked their home after telling them he wanted to be a woman aged just 14. Robin, 61, told The Scottish Sun in 2006: âOur son was bullied at school and he took his frustrations and anger out on us.
âOne time, I had been working away from home and my wife phoned me crying because Samuel had kicked her and hit her.
âBecause he was taking out his emotional stress on us sometimes the house was trashed.â
Sam ended up staying in a homeless shelter but was still desperate for fame.
His big chance came when he made it onto C4âs Big Brother 7 when he entered the house late after being WON by the housemates in a game.
After being bullied by housemate Grace Adams-Short, Sam was booted out in the public vote after just 11 days.
But he insisted he has no regrets over taking part. He said: âI really enjoyed my experience. Looking back on it, I was very young and still quite naive and as a direct result of the show I learned a lot about myself and others around me.
âEven now, it still annoys me that I didnât go into the house the first day as was initially intended by the producers.
New meaning ... Sam and Indry's baby daughter, Kimmy
âGoing in after the launch night was probably to my detriment and it also contrasted so much with the more positive experience I had when I was involved in the guinea pig show prior to BB7.
âI won the popularity vote in the guinea pig house and Aisleyne (Horgan-Wallace) was voted off first â the opposite to what happened on the show.â
And as Big Brother gets set to make a comeback on Channel Five tonight, Sam revealed heâs still in touch with many of his former housemates including Ryan Giggsâs ex-mistress Imogen Thomas, but NOT tormentor Grace.
His favourite ever housemate is Jade Goody who died of cervical cancer in 2009.
Sam said: âShe was highly entertaining with her witty, sometimes stupid, comments and antics, which she paid for in the end; but there was an innocence about her people didnât see.
âI was very happy to get to know her.
âShe was a lovely girl, sorely missed and the best, most successful housemate ever.â
Sam has used his fame to open and fund the Mama Cares orphanage.
He said: âI got a call from a TV station to interview for a show called Insert! in 2008 and have been on telly ever since.
âI started doing appearances here and there for various prime time shows, and became a household name after a few years.
âI currently have a cooking show and also do regular presenting slots for other channels, as well as starring in a few sitcom and soap drama series.
âBut helping these amazing kids has truly given me another meaning to life. I couldnât be happier