Originally Posted by patti07:
“LOZ and STAR have you come down off Cloud 9 yet?? - think I know the answer to that!”
No, Patti, I haven't lol
Originally Posted by Brian_Grahams:
“Good afternoon!
Apologies in advance for this starting off slightly OT! I speak as someone who is essentially not 'into' films, but a few days back I saw a firm entitled 'I Daniel Blake' which I genuinely recommend people seeing. Essentially it is a damning indictment of the benefits system that exists in modern Britain, the bureaucracy involved, and the disgusting classification of those who need benefits as 'shirkers' and 'scroungers'. In fairness, there is little in the film that is unexpected, but it really does bring home to you the utterly hideous lives of people who have very little or no income.
Perhaps what I actually admire most in Georgia is that she is absolutely grounded, her down to earth nature, and a real appreciation of all the 'good' things she has going for her. Only yesterday we had an Instagram post with a hashtag 'living the dream', whenever it's a family or friends birthday she'll write about them all in such absolutely glowing terms, generally saying how lucky she feels to have them in her life. Then you have the tremendous love and affection she shows for her fans (one small example being her meeting Star and Loz at the weekend, and not only that but sending a beautiful message over social media that day). And I remember her whole time during Strictly, right until the end she was saying how she couldn't even believe she was on the show, always stressing how much of a privilege it was for her to appear on it, and in every interview I've heard her give about Strictly she describes it as the 'best show ever'. All those things are examples of her grounded attitude, a total awareness of the world around her and a realization of the many 'good' things she has in life - I'm always very skeptical about the use of the word 'role model' but, in my view, it most definitely applies to Georgia.
As I say, I always remember in one of the interviews prior to the Strictly final last year when the celebrities were being asked to describe how it felt to be there, and Georgia said that it felt like a privilege. I always feel rather disappointed when I do see comments such as those from Laura a few weeks back in which she said that she felt her experience of Strictly had been 'spoilt' before it had started because of some tabloid articles created and some tweets sent to her. I think it's a huge shame for that she feels that her experience has been 'spoilt', so many people across the country would just absolutely love to be given the chance to be taught how to dance and to be able to appear in the show, and I should imagine that a great majority more people would be extremely grateful for the 50,000 pounds on average that you get from the show! By no means am I saying that celebs should feel as if they shouldn't share their feelings with people, as I say it's a genuine shame for her if she feels her experience has been 'spoilt' before it's started. But I think Georgia's attitude is extremely commendable, she had many tabloid stories written about her during the series, but always took the time to make clear how lucky and privileged she felt to be on the programme.”
*Round of applause*
Couldn't agree more, Brian
Originally Posted by
Jammy_Dodger:
“Georgia's hair looks gorgeous! So much easier now she's got a hairdresser in London
https://instagram.com/p/BL86yHMgscd/”
I'm going to stop looking at photos of Georgia - she's just too beautiful for words! 😍
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