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Daily Mail
2 days ago
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- Daily Mail
Spencer Matthews responds to cruel comments about Ulrika Jonsson's appearance on his podcast after she hits back at 'ageist' remarks from trolls
Spencer Matthews Ulrika Jonsson 's appearance on his podcast on Monday. The former reality star, 36, had the TV presenter and model on his Untapped Podcast where she addressed giving up alcohol. However, Ulrika was cruelly trolled for her appearance on the podcast, which is also videoed and released alongside the audio. Previously hitting back, the 57-year-old explained how many of the comments said she was 'over-tanned, imperfect and was ageing'. Ulrika also pointed out how it's tiresome people constantly judge a women's appearance. Now, Spencer has spoken out as he jumped to Ulrika's defence in a social media post to his followers. Sharing a news article about Ulrika's appearance, he said: 'People shouldn't comment on the appearance of others. We stand with Ulrika.' The full statement read: 'We were honoured to have Ulrika Jonsson join Untapped for a powerful, vulnerable, and deeply honest conversation about her journey to sobriety. 'Ulrika's courage in speaking openly - not just abot her drinking, but also about ageing, health and self-acceptance, is exactly the kind of voice we aim to amplify on this platform. She showed up authentically and with no filter, and we're proud to stand alongside her in championing substance over surface. 'The episode is a reminder that true strength lies in honesty - not how we look, but in the actions we take, and what we choose to share. 'We're grateful to Ulrika for doing just that'. Ulrika had said after her appearance on the podcast: 'I feel I need to address something. I don't get a lot of nasty comments - or if I do, I don't see them or send people love in response. 'But a couple of weeks ago I took part in a fab podcast @ to discuss my sobriety with the smart @spencermatthews. 'I wore no make-up. Partly because I kinda forgot that a project for the ears is nowadays also a feast for the eyes. But as someone who has had to wear heavy make-up on screen from 5am for years, I'm not a fan. 'Most crucially tho, since childhood I've suffered from eczema. On my body - the creases of my arms and legs - on my face - eyes and lips. Make-up has always been the enemy because it's been agony to wear. 'There were a lot of positive comments about the WORDS I said on the podcast. But a considerable amount about my tanned appearance. 'AND how OLD I look. In a few weeks I will be 58. I will never look like the fresh 21yr old that used to greet you first thing in the morning by the weather board. 'I'm not ashamed to say that I am a sun worshipper and will no doubt pay the price for that. But UV lamps and salt baths, astringent solutions and creams were a feature of my life since I was a small child. I have uneven pigmentation doubtlessly not helped by ageing. I sometimes use filters in my pics because it's easier than foundation and less painful. 'I work tirelessly in my garden year round and often in the sun. I rarely sunbathe any more. Haven't had a sun bed for 6 months - which I do occasionally in winter months. Not ashamed. 'I have not had a holiday - of any kind - since 2018. That's 7yrs. So, I understand that an over-tanned, imperfect and AGEING face offends you. But try to listen to the words rather than constantly judge women's appearance. You might learn something. And making people feel s**t doesn't make you a hero.' During her appearance on Untapped, Ulrika revealed she gave up drinking 13 months ago and attends three AA meetings away. She admitted she struggled on the first anniversary of her sobriety buts said she was confident it would continue for good. When it comes to sex, Ulrika - who is single - said she wants a lot more, but she admitted she finds men less attractive when sober, and it's harder to end up in bed with someone - but she said when she does it is a better experience. Asked by Spencer on his Untapped podcast if she thought being sober was going to have a negative effect on her sex life, she said: 'Yeah - although I kind of knew that sex sober would be better. 'But of course all your inhibitions go when you've had a drink, so sex becomes easier to sort of facilitate or bring about, or participate in, but the enjoyment side of things is very different when you're sober. 'So that's been quite interesting too. 'I would never have had a date without having one drink. That's the lubricant. That's the social lubricant you just need to ease yourself into a date.'
Yahoo
2 days ago
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- Yahoo
Ulrika Jonsson hits back at cruel trolls who criticised her looks
Ulrika Jonsson has hit back at cruel trolls who accused her of looking too "tanned" and "old". The 57-year-old TV presenter has admitted she was hurt by the "nasty comments" she received after making a recent appearance on a podcast in which she was not wearing any make-up - warning online haters not to "constantly judge" people by their looks and that "making people feel s*** doesn't make you a hero". In a post on Instagram, she wrote: "I feel I need to address something. I don't get a lot of nasty comments - or if I do, I don't see them or send people love in response. "But a couple of weeks ago I took part in a fab podcast @ to discuss my sobriety with the smart @spencermatthews. "I wore no make-up. Partly because I kinda forgot that a project for the ears is nowadays also a feast for the eyes." Ulrika went on to insist she doesn't like wearing make-up because she spent so many years being primped for her TV appearances and she has also battled skin condition eczema since childhood. She added: "As someone who has had to wear heavy make-up on screen from 5am for years, I'm not a fan. "Most crucially tho, since childhood I've suffered from eczema. On my body - the creases of my arms and legs - on my face - eyes and lips. Make-up has always been the enemy because it's been agony to wear." Ulrika went on to address the trolling she received, writing: "There were a lot of positive comments about the WORDS I said on the podcast. But a considerable amount about my tanned appearance. AND how OLD I look. "In a few weeks I will be 58. I will never look like the fresh 21yr old [sic] that used to greet you first thing in the morning by the weather board. "I'm not ashamed to say that I am a sun worshipper and will no doubt pay the price for that. But UV lamps and salt baths, astringent solutions and creams were a feature of my life since I was a small child. "I have uneven pigmentation doubtlessly not helped by ageing. I sometimes use filters in my pics because it's easier than foundation and less painful. "I work tirelessly in my garden year round and often in the sun. I rarely sunbathe any more. Haven't had a sunbed for 6 months - which I do occasionally in winter months. Not ashamed. "I have not had a holiday - of any kind - since 2018. That's 7yrs. So, I understand that an over-tanned, imperfect and AGEING face offends you. But try to listen to the words rather than constantly judge women's appearance. "You might learn something. And making people feel s*** doesn't make you a hero."
BBC News
2 days ago
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- BBC News
Ulrika Jonsson hits back at people 'offended by ageing face'
Ulrika Jonsson has told people who criticised how she looked in a recent podcast interview not to "constantly judge women's appearance".The TV star, 57, appeared on Spencer Matthews' Untapped last week, on which she opened up about her past alcohol Sunday, she wrote on Instagram that she doesn't normally get many "nasty" comments on social media, and received lots of positive responses to what she said on the show. "But a considerable amount about my tanned appearance. AND how OLD I look."She added: "I understand that an over-tanned, imperfect and AGEING face offends you. But try to listen to the words rather than constantly judge women's appearance. You might learn something." 'Not a fan of make-up' Jonsson shot to fame at the end of the 1980s as a weather presenter, then appeared on shows including Gladiators and Shooting Stars, and won Celebrity Big didn't wear make-up during the interview with Matthews, "partly because I kinda forgot that a project for the ears is nowadays also a feast for the eyes", she explained."But as someone who has had to wear heavy make-up on screen from 5am for years, I'm not a fan."Most crucially though, since childhood I've suffered from eczema. On my body - the creases of my arms and legs - on my face - eyes and lips. Make-up has always been the enemy because it's been agony to wear."She told followers she would "never look like the fresh 21-year-old that used to greet you first thing in the morning by the weather board". Jonsson said she was "not ashamed to say that I am a sun worshipper and will no doubt pay the price for that", and that ultraviolet lamps, salt baths, astringent skin solutions and creams had been "a feature of my life since I was a small child"."I have uneven pigmentation doubtlessly not helped by ageing. I sometimes use filters in my pics because it's easier than foundation and less painful."I work tirelessly in my garden year round and often in the sun. I rarely sunbathe any more. Haven't had a sunbed for 6 months - which I do occasionally in winter months. Not ashamed."I have not had a holiday - of any kind - since 2018. That's 7 yrs."So, I understand that an over-tanned, imperfect and AGEING face offends you. But try to listen to the words rather than constantly judge women's appearance."She added: "And making people feel [bad] doesn't make you a hero."The NHS says there is no healthy way to get a Swedish-born presenter appeared on the podcast after writing a recent article saying she was an alcoholic, but had been sober for just over a drinking was an attempt to deal with "punishing anxiety" and another issue in her personal life, she told Matthews. 'I thought I'd be dead by now' She said she used to tell herself she didn't have a problem with alcohol, but then "the drinking started earlier in the day, and I found myself kneeling into the cupboard under the stairs where I kept my rum and just necking the rum from the bottle".But she stopped with the help of a support group and by regularly attending meetings, and said it had been a "miraculous" change."I never, ever in a million years thought that I would be capable of making a big shift and a big change - not just dropping the alcohol, but [in] mindset and approach to life."She added: "My mindset, my approach, has just completely changed. At nearly 58, I just didn't even think that that would be possible."I thought I wasn't very good at life, I wasn't cut out for it, and I was just a pretty rubbish-to-average person. And then this whole world kind of opened up to me."Jonsson also said she always assumed she would die relatively early like her father, who suffered a fatal brain haemorrhage at the age of 53."I did sort of think I would be dead by now - not from the drinking, but because my dad died young, I just had it in my head that I'd also have a brain haemorrhage really early, and I'd be gone, and so old age wasn't really something I needed to worry about."But here I am, and now sort of wanting to catch up on the years of negative thinking that I lost."
Daily Mail
3 days ago
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- Daily Mail
Ulrika Jonsson hits back at haters who criticized her ‘ageing' appearance
has struck back at ageist comments with a social media post, on Sunday. The television presenter and former model, 57, revealed she had been trolled with 'nasty comments' after appearing on Spencer Matthews ' recent Untapped Podcast. She explained in her post that many had commented that she looked 'over-tanned, imperfect and was ageing'. Ulrika pointed out that it's tiresome people constantly judge a women's appearance. She said in her post: 'I feel I need to address something. I don't get a lot of nasty comments - or if I do, I don't see them or send people love in response. 'But a couple of weeks ago I took part in a fab podcast @ to discuss my sobriety with the smart @spencermatthews. 'I wore no make-up. Partly because I kinda forgot that a project for the ears is nowadays also a feast for the eyes. But as someone who has had to wear heavy make-up on screen from 5am for years, I'm not a fan. 'Most crucially though, since childhood I've suffered from eczema. On my body - the creases of my arms and legs - on my face - eyes and lips. Make-up has always been the enemy because it's been agony to wear. 'There were a lot of positive comments about the WORDS I said on the podcast. But a considerable amount about my tanned appearance. 'AND how OLD I look. In a few weeks I will be 58. I will never look like the fresh 21yr old that used to greet you first thing in the morning by the weather board. 'I'm not ashamed to say that I am a sun worshipper and will no doubt pay the price for that. But UV lamps and salt baths, astringent solutions and creams were a feature of my life since I was a small child. I have uneven pigmentation doubtlessly not helped by ageing. I sometimes use filters in my pics because it's easier than foundation and less painful. 'I work tirelessly in my garden year round and often in the sun. I rarely sunbathe any more. Haven't had a sun bed for 6 months - which I do occasionally in winter months. Not ashamed. 'I have not had a holiday - of any kind - since 2018. That's 7yrs. So, I understand that an over-tanned, imperfect and AGEING face offends you. But try to listen to the words rather than constantly judge women's appearance. You might learn something. And making people feel s*** doesn't make you a hero.' On the podcast with Spencer she opened up about how sex has become 'interesting' since she stopped drinking alcohol 13 months ago - because it's harder to get into but more enjoyable having it while sober. The recovering alcoholic also said she's convinced she'll never touch a drop of alcohol again in her life, as she's finally finding nothing attractive about the thought of drinking booze. She also said that whereas previously she thought she was a failure with a miserable life, she's now at peace with herself and sends a daily gratitude list to a friend. When it comes to sex, Ulrika - who is single - said she wants a lot more, but she admitted she finds men less attractive when sober, and it's harder to end up in bed with someone - but she said when she does it is a better experience. Asked by Spencer on his Untapped podcast if she thought being sober was going to have a negative effect on her sex life, she said: 'Yeah - although I kind of knew that sex sober would be better. 'But of course all your inhibitions go when you've had a drink, so sex becomes easier to sort of facilitate or bring about, or participate in, but the enjoyment side of things is very different when you're sober. 'So that's been quite interesting too. 'I would never have had a date without having one drink. That's the lubricant. That's the social lubricant you just need to ease yourself into a date.' She continued 'not having a drink and going on a date, it's hard - it's really hard because people are not as attractive,' before adding about herself after drink 'you just become a little bit more available I guess - it is easier.' She said that after struggling on the first anniversary of her sobriety last month, she's now confident it will continue for good. She said: 'I really struggled around the anniversary of my sobriety, because everyone was like "Well done". This is like the rest of my life. 'I believe that I will never drink again.' Ulrika thinks she might possibly be able to have just one drink now and not return to her bad ways, but she does not intend taking the risk of that not being the case. She said: 'I do not want to take the risk. There's every chance that I could have a glass of wine today but then when the shit hits the fan again is that going to be my default setting that I go back to that. 'At the moment, the way I feel now just over a year on, is the very thought of drinking rum or something because something has gone bad makes me feel sick. I don't want to. 'But at the beginning when I'd go out for a Sunday lunch, a roast of whatever, and people are sitting there with their glasses of red, I'd be 'that would be so nice'. 'So my belief is that this is forever. 'I couldn't think like that at the beginning. 'At the beginning you're going 24 hours, 48 hours, I've done a week, I've done a month. 'That's why I think coming up to a year was a bit disappointing - because it was like "this goes on and bloody on, this sobriety."' And Ulrika says as well as not being drunk her whole opinion of herself and her life has now changed. She said: 'What a massive change it's made for me as a person, as a being. My mindset, my approach has completely changed. 'I thought I wasn't very good at life, I wasn't cut out for it, and I was just a pretty average to rubbish person. 'I'm tapping maybe into the person that was there, that I didn't think existed. 'I thought I was rubbish. My opinion of myself was never very high. More in a self-deprecating way. 'I always felt below, and I don't feel that any more. 'I didn't think I'd get to this age. My dad died very suddenly when he was 53. Pensions and all that I was 'don't worry about that, I'll be dead before then'. I always say that to the kids and they'd say "Mum, stop saying that", 'I definitely won't be here'. 'And now suddenly finding a new desire to live and finding out new things about myself and what I'm capable of and my strengths. 'I still want to have a lot of sex, and I want to have a lot of fun. The kids can wipe their own arses now so I can be free to do my own thing. 'And now wanting to catch up on the years of negative thinking that I lost, of sort of having a negative view of myself. 'I was also really f***ing angry when I was drinking. I was angry about everything. I was angry about what was happening to me, what someone was trying to do in terms of my life, that I was trying to find a solution to 'You look at other people's lives and think 'f*** you with your perfect life', and 'f*** my life'. 'Now I start the morning with a gratitude list and it changes the whole face of everything. 'I actually send it to a person who I know. 'You always find something and having done that you're just like 'You know what...' - whereas before I might have started the day 'Oh my God, look at the bloody brush dropped on the floor'.' Ulrika, who said she has had therapy on and off for 30 years, said she might have been able to stop drinking temporarily in the past, but it would not have lasted - because she had to reach a stage first where she was also more content with herself and understood her behavior. She said: 'I could definitely stop drinking, but would I be able to keep off that without learning about myself, like cleansing myself emotionally - learning about why I'm doing things. 'I think that that, in tandem with giving up the drink, has been crucial for me. 'My behavior has changed so much, but I've found this inner peace.' Ulrika said regularly meeting with others in her situation had helped her achieve that. She said: 'I rely on a support group and I probably do about three meetings a week. 'Sometimes I go to one and do a couple online. 'I've been quite religious about attending them. Christmas Day I attended a meeting, Easter Sunday, just to get away from people who were drunk.' The mum of four children added: 'For me now sobriety is my priority, even though I used to say 'Oh my children are my priority'. 'Without my sobriety I can't be there for my children, or something awful might happen, or whatever else.'
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Ulrika Jonsson admits she's ‘imperfect' as she hits back at ‘nasty comments' about her appearance
Ulrika Jonsson has passionately hit back after she received a string of 'nasty' and ageist comments following a recent podcast appearance. Earlier this month, the 57-year-old former Gladiators presenter spoke to Spencer Matthews about her sobriety on the Made in Chelsea star's Untapped podcast. However, after footage of the podcast was shared on social media, Jonsson was hit with a wave of negativity from trolls who said she was now 'over-tanned'. Jonsson chose to address the criticism on her Instagram, claiming that she doesn't notice many mean comments and often chooses to 'send people love' instead. Jonsson explained that she opted to go without make-up for the podcast, as she partly 'forgot', but also because she's 'not a fan' due to wearing 'heavy make-up on screen from 5am for years'. She added: 'Most crucially, though, since childhood I've suffered from eczema. On my body – the creases of my arms and legs – on my face, eyes and lips. Make-up has always been the enemy because it's been agony to wear.' Ulrika Jonsson on the 'Untapped' podcast (Untapped) While she thanked people for the positive feedback that she's received for discussing her experiences with addiction and sobriety, Johnsson said that there was a 'considerable amount' of comments about how 'old' and 'tanned' she looked. Jonsson said that she is an unashamed sun worshipper and 'will no doubt pay the price for that'. The presenter also said she has 'uneven pigmentation, doubtlessly not helped by ageing' and also uses filters in photos of herself because 'it's easier than foundation and less painful'. The former Shooting Stars team captain added that she rarely sunbathes anymore, constantly works on her garden and hasn't been on holiday for seven years. Jonsson concluded her post by saying: 'So, I understand that an over-tanned, imperfect and ageing face offends you. But try to listen to the words rather than constantly judging women's appearance. You might learn something. And making people feel s*** doesn't make you a hero.' On the podcast, the mother of four said that staying sober is now her main focus in life. 'For me, now sobriety is my priority, even though I used to say 'Oh my children are my priority'. Without my sobriety, I can't be there for my children, or something awful might happen, or whatever else.' In a post which coincided with the beginning of her sixth month of sobriety in December, Jonsson revealed she reached a point where she could 'no longer recognise [her]self' just before she decided to quit drinking. 'On the 5th June 2024, I had the gift of desperation and reached out for help,' she wrote. 'I no longer recognised myself and I surrendered.' 'Many people have asked me how I've done it and all I can say is that no woman is an island – I have not done this alone,' she continued. 'The willingness to give up alcohol came from me, yes, but without support of friends, family and my new tribe, I would not have made it this far.'
