SEX-swap star Lauren Harries is moving in to the Celebrity Big Brother house today - followed by her mother.
The Welsh transsexual, who found fame in the 1980s as a 10-year-old BOY called James, has been drafted in by BB producers in a desperate bid to boost ratings after three housemates walked out.
Lauren, who underwent sex change surgery in 2001, will be joined in the house on Tuesday by mum Kathleen, 63.
A spokesman for Lauren said last night: "She is in London and preparing to go into the house."
An insider added: "Lauren is a massive fan of the BB and will cause no end of trouble. She's going to get a lot of people's backs up with her behaviour."
In a recent interview Lauren, one of the celebrities originally asked to appear, revealed her peculiar tactics with people she doesn't like.
She said: "I can go into their brains and turn all the taps on so the water floods out of their ears and their nose and mouth. In the end they go insane.
I only do that in a mental way, though. And I'd be a lady doing it."
Lauren, now 28, became a child star in 1988 after appearing on Terry Wogan's BBC chat show, Wogan.
Young James, as she/he was then, wowed audiences with a knowledge of antiques far beyond his years.
James was later dubbed Little Lord Fauntleroy because of his cutglass voice and smart bow ties - that was the title of a TV show about Lauren's life after the sex change.
In the house yesterday, former Steps star Ian "H" Watkins and ex- Jackson Five singer Jermaine were told to form tribute acts to their own bands as their latest task.
Mum-of-two Jade Goody refused to wear her crop-top costume, saying: "I've got stretchmarks. I look like I've been attacked by a shark."
But Jermaine got in to the spirit of the Battle Of The Bands, saying: "You've got to throw it all out there. Those fros (Afro hair cuts) will be fluffing."
