‘Queen of Versailles’ Jackie Siegel starts filming new reality show

American socialite Jackie Siegel is ready to open up her life to the cameras again, almost ten years after shooting to fame in the 2012 documentary The Queen of Versailles.

Jackie, 55, and her timeshare billionaire husband David Siegel, 85, became household names after their attempt to build the biggest single-family home in America was chronicled in their award-winning documentary.

And while the 90,000 square foot Florida mega-mansion still has yet to be completed after 17 years, Jackie will give fans an inside look at the completion of the estate in a new reality show. 

‘Most people want to see more, they want to see what happened to Versailles,’ she told Daily Mail Australia. 

‘So I finally decided to do a TV show about it and we’re signed and we started shooting it last week,’ Jackie continued.

‘It’ll have the big reveal in less than a year from now.’

The mansion – which is set to feature nine kitchens, 30 bathrooms, 14 bedrooms, a full-size roller rink, bowling alley and 30-car garage – will be the same size as a ‘super Walmart.’

Jackie recently returned to the spotlight with a stint on the latest season of Bravo’s Below Deck.

During her time on the show, Jackie and her husband David ended up bonding with Captain Lee Rosbach over the fact that both the Siegels and Lee had a child to drug overdoses.

The Siegels’ daughter Victoria tragically died at age 18 of an accidental overdose in 2015, while Lee’s son Joshua passed away at age 42 from the same cause in 2019. 

‘Captain Lee just opened up and really started talking with my husband and they really bonded man to man,’ she said of the shared tragedy.

Since filming, the Siegels have become friends with Lee and they keep in regular contact. 

Jackie said that she’s keen to work with the Bravo reality star on her foundation, Victoria’s Voice, which raises awareness around drug addiction and the opioid crisis. 

‘I think he will, I’ll probably throw a big gala or something and have him be there and do an appearance or something like that,’ she explained. 

The Siegels were instrumental in lobbying to get a law passed in 2016 to equip first responders across America with overdose antidote Narcan, which has resulted in thousands of lives being saved. 

Through the foundation, Jackie has also launched a weekly chat group that young people can use as a support network and she’s currently working with influencers on drug prevention videos for American schools. 

Jackie was nicknamed the ‘Queen of Versailles’ due to the massive home she’s been building which she named after the Palace of Versailles in France. 

She started the project in 2004 but it was stalled after David’s business was hit by the failing economy. It was previously expected to be completed by 2016.

The unfinished home sits on 10 acres of lakefront property and will feature 11 kitchens, 30 bathrooms, 30-car garage, two-lane bowling alley, an indoor rollerskating rink, three indoor pools, two outdoor pools, video arcade, ballroom, two-story movie theater modelled off the Paris Opera House, a fitness center with 10,000-square-foot spa, yoga studios, 20,000-bottle wine cellar and an exotic fish aquarium.

The house will even include a Benihana restaurant and has been appraised at USD $100million.

Two tennis courts, a baseball diamond and formal garden will be included on the grounds.

David Siegel, 83, is the billionaire founder of the timeshare company Westgate Resorts.

He has an empire of 28 resorts across the country, and also owns the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino, the Cocoa Beach Pier and the Orlando Predators Arena League Football team.

Jackie and David’s episodes of Below Deck are available to watch in Australia on the streaming service Hayu.