Hanging out with The Wanted at the Brits launch. But then having to wear a size10 frumpy Ted Baker that Stephen Mahoney got for me.
Stephen Mahoney’s frumpy outfits in general – the Jaeger coat at the ice skating and Trevor McDonald xmas party. The gold hoody dress at Nick Kennedy’s rugby t-shirt launch. The outfits to the MTV EMAs. The HIDEOUS Nina Naustdal dress to my Live Like a VIP party. The Carlotti Gherzi/ Sado dresses for Stringfellows and my Xmas party at Montcalm.
All the BAFTA awards – inside, outside and Soooooo much gatecrashing. Stealing passes with Sarah Robertson. Going as Michael Pritchett’s +1, going in the drinks entrance. And always partying til the bitter end, even when I am marathon training! Collecting the place mats!
Vinspired awards at BFI. Working out what stars attend as they are desperate so I can invite them to my party. Catching up with Jamal Edwards (and feeling v jealous that he hosted and not me!)
Lots of parties and films by Asjley Walters inc Life an Lyrics. Bullet Boy. Spray painting at LG party in Brick Lane. Then finding out he fancied me!!!
The Smart Box treasure hunt / xmasday – recording Mariah Carey, playing golf on a building, getting my sister to throw drinks over the snake Lou Orchestron Findlay (Who’s Jack)
Stupid things in the goody bags that I can’t even ebay! So many key-rings. A really weird Stella McCartney for Adidas charm! A Jaguar wine bottle stop that I gave my dad for Xmas. A Harrods ballpoint pen (for dad).
Stupid people I work with – trying to raise Julia Suzuki’s profile, even taking her to see Cirque Du Soleil and putting up with her at the Beauty Show at Excel (in her high shoes). At Cirque, at leas she met Arlene Phillips and Paloma Faith.
Variety Club childrens charity with Vanessa Feltz and Christopher Biggins and then being told Very didn’t want it because its not cool enough for them. Oops! But I filmed some good stuff on my Flip cam!
We Sing Robbie Williams party at Cuckoo club – lack of celebs except X Factor’s Peter Dickson. This ended up being a crazy night out with the media eye’s Sean, Nick Valentine and the cuckoo club. But we got a goody bag – games parties have big budgets.
Doing a debate against Max Clifford at the Cambridge University Union debating society. Also Mark Borkowski and James from The Apprentice.
David Bowie at V&A museum – even tho he didn’t attend. I didn’t understand the buzz around him but it was soooo star studded. From the young rock offspring to young Brit actors to old Noel Gallagher and Bill Nighy.
Madagascar 2 premiere – Jada Pinkett Smith and and Ben Stiller and Chris Rock – very star studded. Videos on flip cam. Jada = TINY! But stunning. I was outside on the red carpet which was weird, normally inside the foyer. As premieres have got bigger with more journalists attending we are always outside rther than inside. Its changed!
Red Hot Women’s Awards with Calvin Klein’s Euphoria – AMAZING goodybag. But why wasn’t I nominated – I’m better than a Knackered Mother’s Wine club?? Chatted to Clare Balding.
Nintendo 3DS party at Old Billingsgate Market and talking about monsters with girlband Parade. Wht happened to them? Plan B also performed and Jonathan Ross and JodieKidd also attended so that theycould get free consoles.
Taking my brother to the Leicester Sq premiere of the new Halo game. My brother playing against Dizzee Rascal…and beating him. But we had to sneak into the VIP area, jumping behind a curtain! Danny Dyer in there too.
Launch of Call of Duty 2 – also with my brother. Him stealing about 3 copies of the game at midnight. In the campus of the Science University in South Kensington. Underground bunker with ration packs.
Call of Duty 3 party, just after I got dumped by Alex. Mike Tindall showed up so it was great Facebook revenge. I also got my photo taken with lots of handsome men at Old Billingsgate Market. How many parties have been at Old Billingsgate? Sooo many. Mark Wright, TOWIE stars also attended. Lauren Goodger, Lauren Pope, Maria Fowler, Joey Essex, Jessica Wright, Rizzle Kicks. The boy with the cat (andDJ) Lee showed up – annoying! Lee told everyone computer games were evil compared to surfing / being outdoors. Embarrassing!
Usher – with Sony Ericsson, intimate gig at IndigO2
Usher at O2 proper with my intern who was LATE!!
Usher and the nightmare at Chinawhite club. Pete Doherty showed up and ate all the sausages. There was Cristal on EVERY table. Usher performed happy birthday for a millionaire’s girlfriend. I was accompanied by Jess from Max Clifford. I felt honoured that Max was trusting me instead of News of The World columnist Rav Singh. Then I got the phone call (while at Asda on a Sunday morning after running) that made me sick to my stomach – I got the millionaire’s name wrong. I called back Max while sitting on the wall at Asda and it was not a nice phone call.
Townley Live festival – with the Saturdays. I took Alex. But where was Townley? Such a weird event!
Isle of Man festival – they were so desperate for me to attend they paid for my brother and I to fly and for our hotel. We flew out with The Saturdays and stayed in the same hotel. JLS were there but would only talk to fans so I got them to sign a banana. Diversity were there – I really fancy Ashley Banjo – they were sooo normal. Eating burgers in the airport on the way back. Spandau Ballet were big stars, but I was not impressed (too young for them!). My brother and I would rather go to the hotel gym and eat salad than wander round a festival, fuelled on unhealthy burgers.
Cooking three puddings LIVE at Masterchef and then getting drunk with Nick Adasi afterwards. Having wide-faced Richard Stewart buy me Champagne and chocs from Selfridges that day, then sleeping with him in his massive sleigh bed.
Seeing Jonathan Ross’s last ever show on BBC (after Sachsgate) with Sarah Bull. Getting fake xmas snow everywhere – hair, bag, etc
After I left the Sunday Mirror, I had to buy tickets for gigs! Eg Britney Spears. My sister and I sat so far back!
Wale Adeyemi (cool fashion designer) and me almost writing his book. But what happened to Ashley Mann.
Bob Patmore’s positive advice book - I almost wrote his book, bribed by helicopter trip and Horse Whisperer meeting. Met him when I met Lewis Moody at Austin Reed’s flagship store party.
BUT I still got some good bribes. Tanqueray gin invited me and Alex to the Goodwood Revival meeting (vintage).
I took Alex to so many good things inc TV Choice Awards at Savoy sponsored by Daz when he was too tall to fit in the press area. I was a bit late and I had really bad tootache so I wasn’t in the best mood. It was Sept 2011 and I felt this was the beginning of the end as we sat on The Terrace at Somerset House, me eating and him drinking. He cheated on me / stopped calling around Halloween 2011.
Winter Wonderland. First year with Ed Scott and us giving the pass away afterwards. Taking Paul Stokes one year and he was late (but snogging on the big wheel). Show off ice skating, Taking Firgas a few years (inc when she was pregnant). My sis going one year and getting drunk and falling over Nikki Grahame. Going with my sister one year and no canapés – so had to buy a hog roast. Gets worse / more corporate every year, Going with Rose and Amar on ALL the rides then having to go to Intercontinental Hotel to quickly get changed in a dress (from winter warms) for next event that night. Scary rides and roller coaster that hurts your head. Roundabout that I thought Firgas would miscarry. Being hard to get goss as celebs go in and have fun / mingle not stay in the hospitality area
Grand Opening of The Red Room at Les Ambassaders casino – overflowing with Chamapagne. Lovely roof terrace but hardly any celebs and I wanted to get a story! Nancy Dell Olio, Tamara Ecclestone, Danielle Bux, Lucy Benjamin, Duncan from Dragons Den, Marie Helvin model. Sooo many journalists there downing the free Champagne. It’s open til 6 so I vowed to come back with friends, then nevr did.
We Bought A Zoo premiere with Christine Bleakley hosting. She’d just got together with Frank Lampard, however, so she sneaked it and when people tried to talk to her she literally ran away and hid in a room!
Louie Louie party in Camden. Terrible party (Sadie Frost) but I did get to borrow clothes another time thanks to Katie at Get Touched PR. And lots of beauty products!
Gianmarco Lorenzi party at their South Molton St shop. Videoing her (and her bad skin) for Very.co.uk then getting caught up in her court case with Grazia. Loving Gianmarco Lorenzi ever since (along with Cleo B shoes).
Pixie Lott album launch at W Hotel – a private room and a massive budget. At the party were other journos and her childhood friends – hardly any celebs
Ewan Venters lock-in at Selfridges champagne bar on the night David Cameron first won the election!
Pixie Lott / Lipsy party at Movida – same crowd. Her childhood friends and a MASSIVE pic n mix wagon. I think this was my first experience of a pic n mix wagon.
Pixie Lott / Lipsy party at Gilgamesh also had a pic n mix wagon AND lots of cupcakes. Tinchy Stryder attended and some of JLs. More star-studded
Pixie Lott / Lipsy party at Swarvoski Crystallized party with Nick Ede. Such a hot / sweaty venue. Kristina Rhianoff, Jessica Lowndes, Dionne Bromfield, girlband Parade, Lizzie Cundy.
Morning Glory premiere with Harrison Ford and Rachel McAdam. Staying to watch the film because it was about warring Breakfast Show TV presenters – fun. However, Harrison himself was a bit moody, just like he was at the hotel du cap with Calista Flockhart when Calista was drinking tea (boring) in the bar.
Pixie Lott album launch and private jet to Berlin. Lunch in Berlin, quick gig then back to London. But no water on the plane. And she didn’t give way any juicy gossip at all!
Fabulous High Street Fashion Awards, being invited by Gemma Glover from ThinkJam. Being nice to all the other bloggers. But hardly any celebs! Lauren Goodger? Lauren Pope, Chloe Sims, Frankie Essex and Sarah Jane Crawford. Hosted by Lauren Laverne. It was at Il Bottacio so I should have known it was bad! Meeting all the LondonPaper ad team. FAB goody bag.
Launch of the Sun’s new Bizarre magazine – and an amazing goody bag with perfume and a maxi dress!
Playing tennis with Alesha Dixon at Wimbledon!
Parties at The Collection and Il Bottacio are always bad!
Going to the DVD launch of a chick flick, just after I split from Alex. It was in a nightclub downstairs – Café de Paris or one in Kingly St and I snogged a male model friend of Sam Dowler’s whose name I don’t even know. I just remember eating the cupcake, icing the cupcake and snogging the guy. Then telling pregnant Firgas the next day when we worked in the brothel. Firgas decorating te brothel while pregnant.
Terrible party for launch of Thomasina Miers cookbook at The Hospital Club gallery – just cheese and bread and no food at all. Or drinks!
Other odd parties at The Hospital – fragrance parties. One party where they served syringe cocktails – was it the after party for the Christian Slater play about being in an asylum?
My own parties are always fab – even Scott Cornwall at Stoke Park! Scott Cornwall Sex and The City Party at CityPoint club – first time I met No Bull and Firgas looked after them in the Jacuzzi. TONS of media (but No photos!!!)
Angellica Bell and Michael Underwood post wedding party at Mayfair hotel. Taking Alex and then having a gay guy say I was his icon. Flattering! Disgusing patron tequila cocktails but great mini burger cocktails. Alex took photos
Funny party with Firgas for launch of the Playboy Club with Rich and my boyf alex. We had to gatecrash and by time we got in, Hugh had left. It was a well catered party in terms of food (sefood buffet) and drink (we stole Champagne glasses and Alex got Bourbon) but it was all bar owners and no celebs.
Me and Firgas had a plan to go to the playboy mansion in LA, but never quite made it yet.
A Night with Nick stroke parties at Swavorski Crystallized – always a good celeb turnout. Gemma Wright, Lydia, Arg, Cheska Hull, Dionne Bromfield, Tara P-T, Brix Smith Start, Lizzie Cundy, Phil Turner, Kristina Rhianoff, Vanessa Feltz,Pandemonia
Getting lots of free stuff. I attended Dynamo’s launch for Panasonic, which was a rubbish party but I got a free Panasonic video camera!
Meeting mum and dad for Champagne at the Ritz.Took me back to my first ever interview for the telgarph when I interviewed Sir Roger Moore and his wife (and had DELICIOUS biscuits)
Tresor Paris party at Gilgamesh – sooo many free sweets! And cakes and macaroons.
Magazine awards party at Gilgamesh.
Reality Tv Awards at Gilgamesh.
Julie’s 40 years restaurant party with Karen Luard. Carnival dancers waltzing through the restaurant. Lots of posh West London people.
Fabulous parties with R&R after meeting them at Gaucho. Taitinger, afternoon tea at The Dorchester whe Taitinger sponsored the BAFTAs, the TV BAFTAs launch party at Coutts bank, a dinner at Sloaney Pony in Parsons Green with beer, launch of the new PorterHouse steak place on The Strand.
Taitinger play Inherit The Wind at the Old Vic and getting a photo with Kevin Spacey.
Quirky characters that are famous in London – Lizzie Cundy / Pandemonia
Mixed Chicks launch – trying to film BUT I was also trying to be on a diet. Torture!
Pia Michi party at Millenium Hotel and better one at the Spanish restaurant opposite the Inanch shop with Mischa Barton and Michelle Heaton.
Sister Act the musical with Firgas -seeing half becoz we know the story already! Spending second half in the bar. Then following the nuns to the after-party at Floridita.
Xperia Access party with Rita Ora.
Choccywoccydoodah parties – launch of London shop, launch of private room, launch of TV show…and each time eating A LOT!
Trying to get revenge on Alex by going to RBS 6 Nations in Italy. Staying up late the night before, getting a massive headache, taking photos then missing the match as I was soooo ill, it was snowing and my boots leaked. The next day, I went to the spa and it was better but Italy was such a let down. Even Binman Bryan let me down (at one stage promising a private jet)
Celebrity football matches at Wembley (that Leo The Lion still takes part in)
Watching Beyonce at the O2 with Cadbury’s in the worst box ever. There was no catering!! I ended up bringing my own from M&s and then we got a tiny bit of wine!
Mingling at sooo many authors parties to try and get abook deal – eg Orion authors party at Opera House, Romantic Novellists Association, random house party, Galaxy British Book Awards (with Midas – the Nibbies), Man Booker prize, Orange Prize for Fiction (meeting Kate Mosse). If I spent as much time writing as I do meeting agents I would probably have written a bestseller by now. Sending Ed Victor my book (and it bombing).
100 Years of Mills and Boon party with Alan Titchmarsh – and doing more mingling so I could attempt to write a Mils and Boon book! At the sumptuous venue, The Wallace Collection in Marylebone.
Galaxy British book awards being really good, always an amazing goody bag but also in terms of stories. Pregnant Jordan one year, Paul Gascoigne in tears another, Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay another. Jamie’s wife Jools talking to me about kids. The normally boring book industry workers staying late and dancing round their handbags at Grosevnor House Hotel. Me being sooo caught up in the buzz I dated organiser Ben Tisdall.
Meeting Pat Lomax and trying to get her to publish my book. But she did come through good with meeting Jermaine Jackson at Thriller Live musical (even if Thriller was dull).
Jane Compton not taking me on for Noel Gay BUT coming good with Ben De Lisi and I ended up borrowning a Ben dress for the Brits one year. AND going to Mykonos with him (accidentally).
British Fashion Council party at Hempel Hotel – start of London Fashion Week party 2007. Then it happening at Mayfair Hotel from 2008 onwards.
Woriking with Made in Chelsea star Cheska Hull when she worked at a PR company, London League. Trying to get her to blog for me so my blog would be on TV. Lots of late nights, including one at Movida waiting for Perez Hilton. Amar had a late one at Movida waiting for NeYo.
I ended up making cocktails with NeYo another time – using the new Malibu that had tequila in it!
Meeting Amber Rose at the BodyAmr fashion show and not that impressed by her looks. How did she get Kanye West (unlessKanye is gay!)
Amazing Arabia premiere at BFI Imax with Prince Charles. I filmed him on my Flip cam. Weird other guests – Dionne Bromfield. Helen Mirren. Heather Mills McCartney
Billionaire Scott asking me to be his date to his birthday party, then rejecting me afterwards. So lonely all his other ex’s couldn’t be bothered to pretend. But I had to hang out with his posh pretty friends – way more girls than guys.
Deviation premiere with Danny Dyer, filming him behind the bar with Tony Lundon for a teaser tape. Trying to act natural and being a bit rubbish at it! Lots of Danny Dyer adventures, esp his daughter and Thorpe Park and ALL those rides twice.
Myleene Klass nail wraps. Her actually putting them on my hands. Cupcakes with extra flavours with syringes. Like the Body Parts cakes collection by Miss Cakehead.
Rugby Writers dinner – fun and a few famous people. To me, that’s a treat!
Magic House for Hendricks gin. Meeting at the Park Plaza (getting lost) and endin up in Brixton(?) Snealing out to phone Alex at the start of our relationship.
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