'Why Did You Stay?' - a memoir about self worth, out now.
Publicity enquiries, pls contact Stephanie.melrose
@littlebrown
.co.uk
Ten Percent out now
@primevideo
Episode 5 of new Queer Eye. Bobby reunites an estranged family, discovers and reclaims an original fireplace, entirely renovates 4 rooms.
Antoni makes ramen.
Whenever I’m relaxing in the bath and there’s classical music playing, I can’t shake off the thought a psychopath is very slowly and carefully letting himself into the house to murder me.
Super proud of Joe Root’s kneejerk response to being called gay on the cricket.....court? 🤷♀️ I don’t follow sport but I do follow progress and applaud this👏👏👏👏
Does anyone ever have this opposite laundry problem - where you’ve worn all your saggy comfy pants and all you’ve got left are tiny sexy lacy ones you wore once 2 years ago? It’s a NIGHTMARE. They HURT.
Gave a speech last night to students graduating drama school then was like - this stuff needs to be shared with all young actors. Feel free to pass on, let's help one another x
I’m not being funny or bitter but your place in the queue for Spice Girl tickets should be directly related to how much percentage of your parent’s income was spent on their merchandise in the 90s
@imteddybless
When I was 8, my aunt’s cat attacked me when I was practising my violin.
Since then, whenever anyone in my family sees a cat of any kind it’s ‘Oh god Rebecca don’t get your violin out!’
I haven’t played violin in 24 years.
So a brilliant woman smashes it in her career and she’s still flagged up as someone else’s ex? We’ve got to do something about this climate, and I don’t just mean the mental weather.
UPDATE:
After spending morning grumbling re: not getting tix, then feeling terrible about just how much money my working class parents spent on Spice shite - get email from mum.
She’s surprised me with a £200 ticket.
The sweetest, most unintentionally infantilising thing ever.
Also, while we’re here. The woman in the pictures is
@po_b
and she is one of my best friends. She was the movement director on Bohemian Rhapsody, and taught Rami Malek how to use his body like Freddie did.
I met Chris Ramsey a couple of times. He struck me for being exactly the same in real life as he is on the telly. Super funny, sweet to everyone, no agenda. Fair play to him for smashing this
#scd
🕺🏼
Pls tell all the young women you know- this girl has skin treatments every week for her job as a supermodel & influencer. You can see the dermabrasion results in the ad.
No shame on her for that, but suggesting to fans her flawless skin is a result of her range is manipulative.
A friend said recently ‘Whenever anyone’s described me as ‘kind’ I always wish they’d thought of something less dumpy’. The kindness I’ve experienced lately has been altogether sexier, so I wrote about it for VOGUEvoguevoguevogue....
I sort of love it though. He's so beautiful and surplus to requirement, getting 5 minutes airtime in the kitchen here and there. He's like every wife in a 90s comedy.
I had a chat with
@MetroUK
about taking responsibility, learning to take up space, and why I’ll be speaking publicly for the first time at the House of Commons latet today. 💩
@aak1880
@khalid4PB
@womensaid
I got flowers today and I KNOW I KNOW I’m obvs not buying in to capitalist patriarchal nonsense but my god they’re absolutely lush and I’m so happy to have them. A nice man on a bike brought them to me
🤔 Are you in need of some advice? Well, you're in luck - Edith Eger is a 91 year old Auschwitz survivor who has a thing or two to tell you about living your best life. Here are her 4 top tips 👌
You can watch more videos 👉
#treatyoself
😃
Going up for a costume drama today, been told to come ‘dressed with a nod to the time period’. Sure babes I’ll just pop to M&S & pick up a bonnet that sets off my skinny jeans
The dating game just got more complex as I realised that what I’m ideally looking for is someone to dress up in pastels & learn all the dance routines in Taylor Swift’s ‘ME’ with.
Legally Ginge.
So grateful to
@aak1880
&
@khalid4PB
for asking me to speak. I opened with how incredible I am at singing Celine Dion at karaoke, quoted RuPaul, & talked about how the word ‘gaslighting’ gave me my voice.
Share your experiences. Feel the fear & do it anyway.
🎼I got privilege, power aplenty,
I got representation galore,
You want basic rights? I got plenty!
But who cares? No big deal.
I want moooooorreeee......🙄 🎵
Feeling inspired by this youth led activism on the tube today. Replacing ads with powerful statements re: objectification/fetishisation of women of colour.
“This Christmas stop treating women like presents under your trees” ooohhh 👏👏👏👏
#FuckYourFetish
Mum: I can’t work from home Rebecca, I work for the government. I have access to secret information.
Rebecca: You’re a civil servant in Norwich, not James Bond
There are so many unsung people involved in making a performance truly great. A brilliant actor is one thing, but to be able to collaborate and learn is what makes an artist. Polly and Rami both are that 🔥
I once covered my mum’s kitchen floor in salt, happily tap dancing & singing ‘The Windy City’. She made me want to be not only an actress, but a joyous, unabashed ham.
‘A woman and whisk-broom (?!) can accomplish so darn much....so never underestimate a woman’s touch!’ 💛
Can't stop thinking about Gillian Anderson in 'Sex Education', and how it's the sexiest she's ever been, and whether or not the character is meant to be Meryl Streep in 'Devil Wears Prada's nympho twin.
Also, it's absolutely brilliant.
Countdown of top 3 Spice Girl moments:
3 - Geri grabbing Prince Charles’ arse
2 - When they met Nelson Mandela & Geri said she ‘couldn’t remember the speech he did exactly but it proved they were on the same level’
1 - This. 🇬🇧
If you are a woman, or if you have a mother, sister, daughter, or female friend - you should probably go and watch
@EmiliaThePlay
. All us womenz were so galvanised last night it’s a miracle we didn’t trash the theatre & half of the Strand 🔥
My friend may have gone into labour today and it’s so cool because I also gave birth to the best thing I’ve ever done.
Behold: the SonnyandCheria sponge
Meeting Sally Field last night after All My Sons:
Me: I loved you in -
My brain: Don’t say Steel Magnolias.
Me: .....
My brain: Or Mrs Doubtfire.
Me: .....
My brain: Or Forrest Gump or Legally Blonde 2. QUICK.
Me: ......All My Sons.
But by then, she was gone.
Some years ago I opined that London was not really an English city any more
Since then, virtually all my friends from abroad have confirmed my observation
So there must be some truth in it...
I note also that London was the UK city that voted most strongly to remain in the EU
I know I share it every year but I just can’t quit it, and Mr Blobby is trending so it’s the best excuse.
This is arguably the funniest thing ever shown on British television
New Year’s Eve, 2009. At a posh luvvie party, Fiona Shaw leans over to me & a mate & says ‘this is boring, shall we go for a curry?’. We see Jan 1st in singing with the waiting staff in a deserted Indian restaurant. Never thought she could get any cooler.
Then I saw Fleabag ep2.
Uber drivers: Three dangly air fresheners are TOO MANY DANGLY AIR FRESHENERS. In fact, one is. It’s like being in Lush except I’m paying for it and can’t get out
Before we cancel Russell Brand purely on the basis of these women’s allegations, it’s important to remember one thing.
That his stand up was shit as well.
Totally horrified. We must promote love and kindness where possible but. Shame on those who opted to demonise her for the sake of a few clicks. Shame on them.
Cats get hated on but we’ve had this arsehole puppy round all afternoon who has terrorised Winston, drunk all his water & is currently lying on my bed eating one of his mouse toys. Dogs are entitled dicks, man.
3 things make me angry:
-Being spoken over,
-Being underestimated,
-Picking up other people f**king coffee cups to put in a f**king bin in sh**ty central London, not being able to find one & being forced to admit littering pr**ks have a point.
One of those is happening now.
1) It’s Aldi’s own brand
2) What’s that dog got in his mouth
3) He is funny, Bradley Walsh
4) Got you a tiger loaf
5) Countdown (to the Ideal Home exhibition)
So here it is - Merry Christmas!
What I’ve been up to, the lemonade I’ve been mixin’ up for the last 2 months TO THE DAY. 🍋
‘The Trowel - Beauty without the BS’ is mine &
@sensibleclaire
’s blog celebrating products, empowerment & friendship 💅🏻
2019. And I have never felt prouder to be a woman.
Never been more grateful to all of the others. ALL, for better or worse, have taught me something about myself, love & respect.
I am tingly-excited for the young ones rising up.
#IWD
✊🏻👠👠🔥
Mel B banging Geri when they were in Spice Girls is the Aldi version of Carrie Fisher banging Harrison Ford in Star Wars.
There’s secret pop culture sex happening everywhere guys and I am HERE for it.
Today a girl caught me doing my lines in the nail salon, and we got chatting. She told me acting is her fallback career if she doesn’t get the job she went for at Gatwick Airport and I love her ✈️😍