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Made in chelsea awkward moments
Made in chelsea awkward moments






made in chelsea awkward moments

We all thought Made in Chelsea would be something that people would laugh at for six months then fade into the background – but it stuck around.

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I felt like I’d become a parody of myself, which is why I cut all my hair off in series five.

made in chelsea awkward moments

I’d wear hoodies and jeans then go on set wearing ridiculous jumpers and stuff. My Union Jack car is a good example of that! The “TV me” was like my alter ego. I suppose we were all hyped-up versions of ourselves at the beginning. Richard Dinan, a former cast member, used to say: “If you knew how real it was, you’d like it more.” You just can’t fake this kind of stuff. ‘I wanted parents of gay children to see that if their child gets married, they can still do it fabulously’ … Gareth and Ollie wed. Even though I know she didn’t, Binky always says she brought me on to the show. It was being made by the production company behind Young, Dumb and Living Off Mum, so I was slightly suspicious it was going to end up being something like Rich, Posh and Stupid. I had finished drama school and was feeling like a failed actor when I was given the opportunity to join a new “constructed reality” show with the working title of Chelsea Girls.

made in chelsea awkward moments

If you said to me 10 years ago the show would still be going today, with hundreds of episodes and a Bafta, I wouldn’t have believed it. As the show has developed, we’ve been able to tackle bigger subjects, such as grief when Alex Mytton’s mother sadly passed away. I’ve always liked that we’ve dealt with all sorts of relationships, good and bad, and between family members as well as romantic ones. I’m massively proud of the Ollie getting married episode: Chelsea was the first UK reality show to cover an LGBTQ+ wedding. We love seeing lives different from our own Reality shows like this work because people are inherently nosy. They need to know we’ll tell their stories honestly and authentically. We’re always asking what they’re up to, who they fancy, and then we go along and film it. The production team is in regular contact with the cast. People ask all the time whether the show is real. That’s still a big deal: we always need our cast in positions where they can get the best lighting. We were presenting an aspirational world and that had to be reflected in the quality of the production. The style of the show was very important. We felt like we were on the cusp of something, this phenomenon of people sharing their personal lives. At the time, Keeping Up With the Kardashians was growing in popularity and Twitter was still relatively new. Through her, we met the first group of friends: Francis, Rosie and the others.








Made in chelsea awkward moments