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Ye only thought before that Marian Keyes was mad!!
mushypeas
07-11-2008
Just got her Oct newsletter and this is what she said about her behind the scenes bit:

"THEN no sooner had the dust settled from that than we had to go back to UK for me to do Behind the Scenes at Strictly Come Dancing and this was particularly wonderful because Himself and myself got to go to the actual show for the first time. I will tell you something – EVERYONE on the show gets on so well. I was up close and personal and moving amongst them, filming stuff all day and really, it would be impossible to fake the level of good humour and camaraderie amongst the dancers and celebrities. I know some stinky papers try to make out that there’s loads of rivalry and bad feeling, but I saw none of it – the total opposite, mes amies, the total opposite! The night I was there, Lilia left which was awful and now I’m backing Christine because not only is she Irish but she’s delightful and a great dancer. Wait till I tell you though, I had the most terrible moment. After the day filming, I changed into a dress for the actual show. Now the dress is admittedly lowcut but I didn’t think that was a problem because I’m not well endowed in the knocker area, but I had never before worn this dress SITTING DOWN. For some reason I’d always been standing up and walking and that. But as I took my seat 30 seconds before the live show started, something to do with sitting down meant that the dress no longer hung on my shoulders but began sliding down my arms and I was within a fraction of having my nipples make an appearance. On live television! In front of 10 million people! It was way too late to change into something else and I was IN THE FRONT ROW practically ON the dance floor and sitting beside Mark Ramprakash, which made everything seem a lot more mortifying and mes amies, the HORROR. Time slowed down as I wondered how my nipples would be described in the media storm which would surely follow. Where they normal nipples? I thought they were but once you bring the magnifying glass of analysis to anything, surely you can find things to criticise? The only way for my shoulders and knockers to hold onto the dress was – bizarrely – if I clapped. So I clapped. A lot. Not just at moments when applause was appropriate but – and I never thought I would see the day – I clapped along to the music. And so, to provide moral support did poor Himself. Like a pair of anxious gobshites, we clapped and clapped and clapped. Then to add authenticity, in order for it to seem like we were the types who ordinarily clapped along to music, Himself began to tap his foot with gusto and – it took me only a moment to catch on – so did I. Then Himself tried out an experimental whoop and looked at me for confirmation – would we whoop? – but I decided no, no point drawing extra attention to us, so we didn’t pursue the whooping. I’m telling you we were ****ing EXHAUSTED at the end, mes amies, absolutely shattered, between the clapping and the foot-tapping and the small quantity of whooping, but I think we got away with it."

The woman is crazy but i still love her
mintchocchip
07-11-2008
lmao she writes just like she speaks!
katie_p
07-11-2008
How would clapping help? If the dress was falling down surely movement would have made things worse!

And yes, she is barmy!
michy
07-11-2008
I read the whole of that with Marians voice in my head, the woman is bonkers
tiddleboo
07-11-2008
Originally Posted by michy:
“I read the whole of that with Marians voice in my head, the woman is bonkers ”

Me too!
hobbituk
07-11-2008
Oh, I want to get her newsletters!!! That was brilliant. So, how do you get on the mailing list????
Alli-F
07-11-2008
She writes like I talk, lol, and those sorts of things always happen to me too!

I wish her books were that entertaining and I love the fact she's totally barmy!
Eternal Life
07-11-2008
Her poor husband is quite ill
ravensborough
07-11-2008
Originally Posted by hobbituk:
“Oh, I want to get her newsletters!!! That was brilliant. So, how do you get on the mailing list????”

Hobbituk. visit her website www.mariankeyes.com and scroll down to the bottom and type in your e-mail address.

Poor Himself being ill though! Hope he gets better soon.
pickledlily
07-11-2008
Hatter and Box of Frogs don't even get a look in. She is totally past certifiable but just so loveable.
PurpleRiley
07-11-2008
Although I agree that she is a bit bonkers, I would have to say wouldn't we all react the same way if we got to do what she did?? I know I would not be able to contain myself if I was ever asked to do that (although I would have to become famous first!!)
I do agree with her point about the cameraderie of the couples, it does seem this year that they are all alot friendlier with each other!! Exhibit A: The lifting onto the shoulders of the evicted celebrity every week
Sorry if I am throwing the cat among the pigeons
Alli-F
07-11-2008
Originally Posted by PurpleRiley:
“Although I agree that she is a bit bonkers, I would have to say wouldn't we all react the same way if we got to do what she did?? I know I would not be able to contain myself if I was ever asked to do that (although I would have to become famous first!!)
I do agree with her point about the cameraderie of the couples, it does seem this year that they are all alot friendlier with each other!! Exhibit A: The lifting onto the shoulders of the evicted celebrity every week
Sorry if I am throwing the cat among the pigeons”



No, I agree, they are all so complimentary about each other and they always seem to be messing around in the Tesspit with the terrible dancing. They also seem to sit around and watch each other's dress rehearsals and cheer each other on. Well it seems that way on Friday's ITT anyway.

Andrew had nothing but nice things to say about the others when he was evicted and they really seem like a close-knit, friendly bunch.

They seem to hold hands or hug each other when Tess interviews them too, you can't fabricate that, not when people are nervous, well not imo anyway, but I'm not a cynic!
cruella de vile
07-11-2008
That is fabulous! I love her!

How I managed to read it in an Irish accent though is beyond me!
Daisy_M
07-11-2008
Originally Posted by Eternal Life:
“Her poor husband is quite ill ”

Newsletter was hysterical.

What's wrong with her husband?
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