If you're born poor it's not your fault, but if you stay poor IT IS, insists Rich House, Poor House dad | The Sun
Millionaire business trainer Mark Harvey states his controversial opinion about people with a "poor background" in Rich House, Poor House.
The Channel 5 series Rich House, Poor House, takes two families from opposite ends of the wealth divide and sees them swap homes, budgets and lives for seven days to find out how the other half lives.
In an episode that aired late last year, millionaire business trainer Mark Harvey and his family swapped homes and lived with Billie Thompson and mum Deb.
Mark started out with next to nothing, working odd jobs for his builder Dad, but his ambition drew him into sales and his career rocketed.
Now he has a property portfolio worth millions and hundreds of dedicated followers flock to his training seminars.
Billie’s life could not be more opposite.
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Bringing up two children on her own she is thousands in debt and survives by dipping into cleaner Deb’s hard-earned savings.
In Mark's intro, he revealed his unique morning routine after waking up at 4am as well as his interests in tarot cards and healing crystals.
He said: "I wake up at 4am and I meditate purify my space, my mind and my body then I will stretch out and do some yoga…
"Then I jump straight into the ice bath. This is beautiful for the physical body but I find it's benefits the mind."
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He then added: "This could be controversial but I am a big believer that if you are born into a poor background it's not your fault but if you stay there… it is your fault."
The families were in for a shock when they found out their spending money for the week.
Mark was shocked to learn his budget is £52.31 saying: "That's less than £10 each."
He then addressed baby son Theo, "you're going on a diet."
Meanwhile, Billie was overjoyed to find her budget for the week is £1750.
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She was so happy that she took the money and threw it in the air.
At the end of the week, the two families came together and discovered if they had more in common than they first realised.
Rich House Poor House is available on My5
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