Holly Hagan blasts Geordie Shore and shares show regret 15 years after debut
Holly Hagan was just 18 years old when she first joined the cast of Geordie Shore on MTV, and after her recent lifestyle changes and transformation, she has reflected on what she thinks could have been done differently.
This week the TV star turned influencer took to Instagram to answer questions from her fans and got pretty candid with her millions of followers. Now 33 years old, Holly admits that at the time, she was "very young and naive" when first starring in the show.
It was 2011 when she first appeared on our screens in what was the British version of the American hit show Jersey Shore before leaving in 2016. The MTW series was notorious for being rather messy, as it followed the daily life of youngsters living in Newcastle, partying, sleeping together and having plenty of fun.
One follower asked Holly: "Do you have any regrets from Geordie Shore?" to which she responded in an open and honest Instagram story. She said: "I do regret the first night and wish someone had stepped in to stop the lads egging me on to keep downing shots."
The reality star went on to explain: "I'd never even drank a Jägerbomb before that. Of course, I had my own mind and take responsibility for that, but I was very young and naive at 18 and probably could have done with some duty of care/welfare in that moment."
In light of opening up to her followers, Holly answered another fan question, but this time about her family plans. Since 2022 she has been happily married to her footballer husband Jacob Blyth, with whom she shares a son, Alpha-Jax.
Candid as ever, Holly shared that she had plans to expand her family with more children this year but revealed the tragic news that she suffered a miscarriage. She added: "And just because 90% of the questions are about when we're having another, and I do get constant comments like 'AJ needs a sibling', and I'm like, I KNOWW!!"
Holly added that she did want to speak about it at the time of the loss but wasn't sure how to and that she didn't "want any sympathy". She added: "Just a reminder to be mindful when commenting, saying, 'When's the next?' Because how on earth would we know that?"
After years of chaos on our screens, Holly found her happily ever after with her husband, whom she met back in 2017, a year after her Geordie Shore departure. The couple got engaged in 2019 during a special trip to Ibiza and tied the knot in a ceremony that featured on MTV three years ago, the very channel that helped to launch her career.
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