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Extra.ie
7 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
WATCH: Fearne Cotton shares rare footage from 'OG Love Island' alongside Patrick Kielty
Fearne Cotton took a walk down memory lane this week as she reminisced on her time hosting Love Island alongside Patrick Kielty. Yep, you heard that right, the hit ITV show was originally presented by Patrick Kielty and Kelly Brook, with Fearne Cotton taking over as female host in the second series in 2006. The first series aired in the summer of 2005, and it was won by Jayne Middlemiss and Fran Cosgrave. The second series began in July 2006, and was won by Bianca Gascoigne and series one finalist Calum Best. Fearne Cotton took a walk down memory lane this week as she reminisced on her time hosting Love Island alongside Patrick Kielty. Pic: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock Now, 20 years on from the original series, Fearne has taken to social media to share some footage with fans. 'Who remembers Love Island the first time round? I'm talking 20 years ago (how is that possible?)' the post began. 'Once again, here I am sounding like I'm in Oliver Twist with the lovely @patrickielty in Fiji.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fearne (@fearnecotton) 'The games were basic, the romance was PG and there wasn't a bikini thong in sight,' she joked. 'Anyone remember the Bianca Gascoigne, Callum Best, Leo from the Streets love triangle? Another life time ago, but what a hoot.' The footage sees a baby faced Patrick and Fearne hosting the now beloved show, with fans going wild in the comments. 'This was one of my favourite ever shows, I can hear that Jem theme song now!! Xxx' one user wrote. Yep, you heard that right, the hit ITV show was originally presented by Patrick Kielty and Kelly Brook, with Fearne Cotton taking over as female host in the second series in 2006. Pic: Andres Poveda 'I went into labour on 20th June – managed to hold off going to hospital until I'd seen the final!! Absolutely loved this series,' another laughed. 'I keep mentioning this to people and they don't believe me that it ever happened! We so need it to be available on streaming services! xx' a third added. Ahhh the nostalgia of it all!
Daily Mirror
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Fearne Cotton admits 'I could puke' as she shares clip from original Love Island
Fearne Cotton was the host of the original iteration of Love Island, which was filmed in Fiji and featured only celebrities, including Calum Best and Rebecca Loos Fearne Cotton has left Love Island fans gobsmacked after sharing a clip of the original show, which was filmed 20 years ago. The sexy singletons series is now one of the most popular shows on ITV and filmed in Majorca, hosted by Maya Jama, with an open audition process. However, rewind 20 years and the sun-drenched show was steered by Fearne Cotton and Patrick Kielty, filmed in Fiji and featured only celebrities. Sharing footage from the O.G series, which starred the likes of Calum Best and Loose Women's Kelle Bryan, Fearne told her followers it made her want to "puke" to think it was filmed so long ago. Dressed casually in an oversized shirt and rust-coloured trousers, she said: "You may not know this, but 20 years ago...I could puke saying that...I hosted the original iteration of Love Island. There were some major differences to Love Island today. It was shot in Fiji and they were all celebrities. "We had on our series Calum Best, Kelle from Eternal, Steve-O from Jackass,...Dennis Rodman? It was the most motley crew. It was ridiculous. From what I remember there were some really lo-fi games and when I say lo-fi, I mean cheap budget. There was a bit of romance but nothing like Love Island today. People would hold hands and we'd freak out, but it was extremely of the time and very, very entertaining." Captioning the clip, she said: " Who remembers Love Island the first time round? I'm talking 20 years ago (how is that possible?) "Once again, here I am sounding like I'm in Oliver Twist with the lovely @patrickielty in Fiji. The games were basic, the romance was PG and there wasn't a bikini thong in sight. "Anyone remember the Bianca Gascoigne, Callum Best, Leo from the Streets love triangle? Another life time ago, but what a hoot." Responding to Fearne's nostalgic post, many of her followers told her they loved the original version of the show, which featured the iconic theme tune 'Wish I' by Welsh singer, Jem. Sharing their happy memories of the series with the kids TV star, one said: "I loved this! It was the best!" Another said: "Such happy memories watching this." A third shared: "Haven't watch Love Island since since". A fourth exclaimed: "Can't believe this was 20 years ago" while a third mused: "OMG, I remember this! Rebecca Loos farting and giving Calum Best the ick." Love Island was originally presented by Patrick Kielty and Kelly Brook, with Fearne taking over as female host in the second series. The first series aired in the summer of 2005, and was won by Jayne Middlemiss and Fran Cosgrave. The second series began in July 2006, dropping 'Celebrity' from its name and was won by Bianca Gascoigne and series one finalist, Calum.
Fashion Network
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
In real time, Sweaty Betty challenges perfection with 'Ultimate Studio' campaign
The response is a 'grounded and emotive creative platform' that features women practicing yoga in garages, parks, kitchens, and gardens — 'everyday spaces made meaningful through movement'. Directed by the agency's head of creative, James Benn, the work is centred around four documentary-style hero films rolling out across digital, social, print, CRM and retail. Community stories come from collectives such as The Self Love Lab and Basic Space who feature throughout. Within the campaign, Gung Ho will also bring 'Ultimate Studio' to life through a series of on-the-ground activations, beginning with the Ultimate Wellness Retreat in Suffolk. A real life imagining of the Ultimate Studio, based on real insights of what the ultimate yoga space can be, the retreat will include a range of references from the campaign along with contributions from talent such as The Self Love Lab and Inner Landing Studio. 'Ultimate Studio' is also now live across all Sweaty Betty channels, encouraging women everywhere to embrace their bodies, their environment and the notion of sisterhood which remains central to the Sweaty Betty ethos. Additionally, the brand will launch a live programme of inclusive yoga sessions at Fearne Cotton's Happy Place Festival this summer. Sweaty Betty chief marketing officer Kerry Williams said: 'Strategically, Gung Ho just understood the journey we were on with our consumer and brand positioning. The studio space has become so saturated, and we wanted to reassert our authority within this category, with new silhouettes and tactile performance fabrication, that is stylish and secure to perform in. 'We know her ultimate self is only achievable when she makes the first move, and where she chooses to move looks different to all women. Gung Ho and our Sweaty Betty team articulated this narrative perfectly in their storytelling.' Gung Ho chief creative officer Gareth Davies also said: 'This campaign reflects the soul of the brand and the sisterhood it represents. It holds up a mirror to our consumer, showing the strength in her struggle and the power in showing up.'
BreakingNews.ie
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- BreakingNews.ie
Fearne Cotton: ‘I'm a million times more confident than I was in my 20s'
Fearne Cotton is redefining what happiness looks like in her 40s. 'It's just maybe a level of average contentment that I'm aiming for – I don't even know if I'm needing to land on happiness,' says the podcaster and author. Advertisement 'I'm pretty happy these days when I just feel even and average. I'm not looking for euphoria. 'It's about those moments where there's a bit of mental peace and I just feel kind of balanced,' the 43-year-old explains. 'It's not circumstantial. Before I'd think, [happiness is] being on a holiday with a beautiful beach and no laptop and having a nice cocktail. But actually I could do that and be going mad in my head.' (Happy Place/PA) The former BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2 presenter, who rose to fame first on children's TV and later Top Of The Pops in the early Noughties, says her old TV and radio life 'hugely' affected her mental health. 'I wasn't doing so well mentally in my old career,' says Cotton, who announced her split from husband Jesse Wood in December 2024 after 10 years of marriage. The pair share two children, Rex and Honey, and Cotton is stepmother to Wood's two children from a previous relationship, Arthur and Lola. Advertisement She's largely left the TV and radio world behind, and says live broadcasting is not a position she wants to put herself in at the moment. 'I think it's so exposing, people are incredibly judgemental. 'There's no room in traditional media, certainly not when I was growing up as a teenager in the early Noughties, in my 20s, to be thoroughly yourself. 'There was no space to fade up the microphone on Radio 1 and say, 'I'm feeling like death today'. You've got to be jolly and play music – so people probably only saw that side of me, and I was terrified to show the other side of me.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fearne (@fearnecotton) Cotton – who has been open in sharing her struggles with depression and OCD – started the Happy Place Podcast in 2018, interviewing famous faces and notable people, exploring themes of mental health, wellbeing, and happiness. A year later she launched the Happy Place Festival and now also writes self-help, healthy eating and children's books. Advertisement 'I believe that what I've created, very luckily, is a career where I'm not waiting around to be chosen by anyone because I'm deemed good enough, or popular enough,' she says. Cotton considers herself an introvert, but says, 'I wonder how much of it is naturally, authentically who I am, and how much of it is almost a response to the more troubling times I've had being in the public eye – where you're so instantly judged and people so easily make assumptions, and you're so hyper alert to what you've said, in case someone takes it the wrong way. 'So sometimes I wonder, am I an introvert? Am I naturally someone that likes to be in my own company, or is it just because it feels safer? But, she admits: 'I crave being on my own with nothing to do, and then when I'm in it, I'm a bit lost, so I sort of have to push myself, because I actually feel great when I've had a good experience with other people.' Advertisement Connecting with other people is a big theme of both her podcast and festival (now biannually in London and Cheshire). 'I hope [people] leave feeling a bit better really. (Happy Place/PA) 'I know when I'm going through something that feels mentally trying, I always assume I'm the only person on the planet that's ever felt like that, because you get into that sort of narcissistic vortex of hell where you just think no one else has ever had these awful thoughts or felt so low.' From guest speakers and workshops to meditation, sound healing and yoga classes, 'People have deep conversations off the back of hearing talks, it might make you feel more connected to other people who have been through tricky things. I want people to come together and feel like it's a safe space to explore whatever they're going through in their lives and their heads and [know] they're not alone in it. 'Once you have said that thing that you feel awful about in the past, or you're worrying about in the future, or the thing that you're very uncomfortable with, that you couldn't say out loud, I think there's so much power in that, there's an immediate sense of relief.' Advertisement Cotton says she'd be 'in trouble' if she didn't go to therapy every week. 'I feel lucky I get to do it because it's not always accessible and it's expensive, but I really need that time to talk to someone about what's going on in my head and sift through all the obsessive thinking that I can get stuck in, and [the] negative thought loops'. Still says she's 'a million times more confident than I was in my 20s – I'm perhaps learning the most about myself than I ever have.' (Ian West/PA) When Cotton is feeling off balance, 'I usually start to not like myself quite quickly. Like self loathing is never far away, so I have to really watch that… 'I start to look at the past and that becomes a bit obsessive, and my OCD kicks in. I might start getting into a bit of an obsessive thought loop, I do some of the more cliche things, like I have to check all the windows are locked and check the ovens are all turned off. But more so, it's the loops of thought that I get stuck in. The OCD is still on off, it's not debilitating.' To counteract and rebalance, she loves smaller social occasions. 'I like really small dinners, like one on one with a mate or two mates. I love painting – it makes me feel absolute euphoria like nothing else, if the painting's gone well. And even cleaning. 'I love having my house really tidy. If it's a mess, I cannot cope with life. I have to have everything in its place, neat, with a candle on. I just need everything visually to be in place, so I feel like my head's not such a mess. 'I actually enjoy the process of doing that. Every morning, I get up, clean the kitchen before the kids get up, get their lunch boxes sorted or their snack boxes, do a couple of emails. I just like everything being in order. When everything gets a bit chaotic I don't cope very well.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fearne (@fearnecotton) Walking helps, 'which sounds so basic', she says, 'but there's something about getting out of the house and not being trapped in it all – walking, getting a bit more perspective, seeing other humans. 'I'm constantly trying to recalibrate and work out what the best thing is in those moments. I know that yoga is going to suit me better than a HIIT workout.' But like any working parent, she does 'whatever I can fit in, because the mornings are just absolute chaos!' 'So many things you read, it's like, oh, just get up earlier, do half an hour of yoga, make a smoothie. Yeah, if you've got kids and a job… good luck with that one!' Tickets for Fearne Cotton's Happy Place festival are available at .
RTÉ News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
Fearne Cotton: "I wasn't doing so well mentally in my old career"
Fearne Cotton is redefining what happiness looks like in her 40s. "It's just maybe a level of average contentment that I'm aiming for – I don't even know if I'm needing to land on happiness," says the podcaster and author. "I'm pretty happy these days when I just feel even and average. I'm not looking for euphoria. "It's about those moments where there's a bit of mental peace and I just feel kind of balanced," the 43-year-old explains. "It's not circumstantial. Before I'd think, [happiness is] being on a holiday with a beautiful beach and no laptop and having a nice cocktail. But actually I could do that and be going mad in my head." The former BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2 presenter, who rose to fame first on children's TV and later Top Of The Pops in the early Noughties, says her old TV and radio life "hugely" affected her mental health. "I wasn't doing so well mentally in my old career," says Cotton, who announced her split from husband Jesse Wood in December 2024 after 10 years of marriage. The pair share two children, Rex and Honey, and Cotton is stepmother to Wood's two children from a previous relationship, Arthur and Lola. She's largely left the TV and radio world behind, and says live broadcasting is not a position she wants to put herself in at the moment. "I think it's so exposing, people are incredibly judgmental. "There's no room in traditional media, certainly not when I was growing up as a teenager in the early Noughties, in my 20s, to be thoroughly yourself. "There was no space to fade up the microphone on Radio 1 and say, 'I'm feeling like death today'. You've got to be jolly and play music – so people probably only saw that side of me, and I was terrified to show the other side of me." Cotton – who has been open in sharing her struggles with depression and OCD – started the Happy Place Podcast in 2018, interviewing famous faces and notable people, exploring themes of mental health, wellbeing, and happiness. A year later she launched the Happy Place Festival and now also writes self-help, healthy eating and children's books. "I believe that what I've created, very luckily, is a career where I'm not waiting around to be chosen by anyone because I'm deemed good enough, or popular enough," she says. Cotton considers herself an introvert, but says, "I wonder how much of it is naturally, authentically who I am, and how much of it is almost a response to the more troubling times I've had being in the public eye – where you're so instantly judged and people so easily make assumptions, and you're so hyper alert to what you've said, in case someone takes it the wrong way. "So sometimes I wonder, am I an introvert? Am I naturally someone that likes to be in my own company, or is it just because it feels safer? But, she admits: "I crave being on my own with nothing to do, and then when I'm in it, I'm a bit lost, so I sort of have to push myself, because I actually feel great when I've had a good experience with other people." Connecting with other people is a big theme of both her podcast and festival (now biannually in London and Cheshire). "I hope [people] leave feeling a bit better really. "I know when I'm going through something that feels mentally trying, I always assume I'm the only person on the planet that's ever felt like that, because you get into that sort of narcissistic vortex of hell where you just think no one else has ever had these awful thoughts or felt so low." From guest speakers and workshops to meditation, sound healing and yoga classes, "People have deep conversations off the back of hearing talks, it might make you feel more connected to other people who have been through tricky things. I want people to come together and feel like it's a safe space to explore whatever they're going through in their lives and their heads and [know] they're not alone in it. "Once you have said that thing that you feel awful about in the past, or you're worrying about in the future, or the thing that you're very uncomfortable with, that you couldn't say out loud, I think there's so much power in that, there's an immediate sense of relief." Cotton says she'd be "in trouble" if she didn't go to therapy every week. "I feel lucky I get to do it because it's not always accessible and it's expensive, but I really need that time to talk to someone about what's going on in my head and sift through all the obsessive thinking that I can get stuck in, and [the] negative thought loops". Still says she's "a million times more confident than I was in my 20s – I'm perhaps learning the most about myself than I ever have." When Cotton is feeling off balance, "I usually start to not like myself quite quickly. Like self loathing is never far away, so I have to really watch that… "I start to look at the past and that becomes a bit obsessive, and my OCD kicks in. I might start getting into a bit of an obsessive thought loop, I do some of the more cliche things, like I have to check all the windows are locked and check the ovens are all turned off. But more so, it's the loops of thought that I get stuck in. The OCD is still on off, it's not debilitating." To counteract and rebalance, she loves smaller social occasions. "I like really small dinners, like one-on-one with a mate or two mates. I love painting – it makes me feel absolute euphoria like nothing else, if the painting's gone well. And even cleaning. "I love having my house really tidy. If it's a mess, I cannot cope with life. I have to have everything in its place, neat, with a candle on. I just need everything visually to be in place, so I feel like my head's not such a mess. "I actually enjoy the process of doing that. Every morning, I get up, clean the kitchen before the kids get up, get their lunch boxes sorted or their snack boxes, do a couple of emails. I just like everything being in order. When everything gets a bit chaotic, I don't cope very well." Walking helps, "which sounds so basic", she says, "but there's something about getting out of the house and not being trapped in it all – walking, getting a bit more perspective, seeing other humans. "I'm constantly trying to recalibrate and work out what the best thing is in those moments. I know that yoga is going to suit me better than a HIIT workout." But like any working parent, she does "whatever I can fit in, because the mornings are just absolute chaos!" "So many things you read, it's like, oh, just get up earlier, do half an hour of yoga, make a smoothie. Yeah, if you've got kids and a job… good luck with that one!"
