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Scottish Sun
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
I was body-shamed by an ex & felt worthless for months – how one guy's words got me my sex-confidence back
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) VODCAST host Alex Serruys has opened up about how a toxic relationship destroyed how she felt about her body. Speaking on Fabulous' brand new show Date. Delete. Repeat, the 32-year-old recalled how an ex-boyfriend's attitude made her feel 'worthless' when it came to sex. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 4 Fabulous vodcast host Alex Serruys has opened up about how a toxic ex ruined her relationship with her body Credit: Fabulous 4 She recalled how an ex-boyfriend's attitude made her feel 'worthless' when it came to sex Credit: Instagram 4 Alex co-hosts Date. Delete Repeat with Danni Menzies, 36, who previously hosted A Place In The Sun Credit: Fabulous Watch Date. Delete. Repeat. on YouTube and listen on all podcast providers now. And his cruel words had a lasting effect, with it taking her months to claw back some body confidence. During the episode, Alex revealed: 'I was in a relationship with somebody who shamed my body and made me feel worthless. '[They] made me feel like I wasn't sexy and I wasn't attractive, and it was like an effort to have sex. 'I was paranoid then about being naked and I'd walk around covered up. 'It was not a good relationship to be in. 'In fact, it was hideous.' Alex co-hosts Date. Delete Repeat with Danni Menzies, 36, who previously hosted A Place In The Sun, She continued that it 'took a while' for her to be sexually intimate with somebody else after the relationship and not feel like she needed to cover up. 'Then I slept with somebody who made me feel literally incredible,' she said. 'It really healed a part of me that was really damaged - and it was through that confidence and that feeling that he gave me. Alex and Danni's new podcast explores the highs, lows and everything in between when it comes to love and sex. Every week, the ladies will sit down and reveal what they've got up to, as they swipe, flirt and flail through the chaos that is dating. And no topic's off limits for them - "I'll be opening up about everything from my sex life to masturbation – and I won't be holding back,' Alex told. The very first episode of Date. Delete. Repeat dived into dating standards, saucy nicknames and receiving unsolicited d**k pics. In this week's episode, they discussed body confidence, with Danni opening up that, for a while, she was 'so self conscious' of her body, particularly when it came to sex. 'I was so self conscious… just of everything,' she said. 'I wasn't sure if things looked the way they should and I was just so deeply insecure.' Danni estimates that she became body confident around the age of 30.
The Independent
16-03-2025
- Business
- The Independent
Ireland would benefit if UK strikes favourable economic deal with US
Ireland would benefit if the UK strikes a favourable economic deal with the US, the Taoiseach has said. Micheal Martin said while it was 'early days' regarding the prospect of such a deal, his general view was that anything that benefited the UK economy had a knock-on positive effect for Ireland. Mr Martin was asked whether Ireland should have an input in any UK/US negotiation on an economic deal, given the trading arrangements that apply in Northern Ireland as a result of post-Brexit accords between the UK and EU. Northern Ireland applies EU customs rules under arrangements designed to ensure an open land border on the island of Ireland. At the close of his St Patrick's visit to the US, the Irish premier made clear that engagement on international trade policies was a matter for the EU, not for Ireland to act alone. Asked whether he would be urging Sir Keir Starmer to ensure that the situation in Northern Ireland was properly factored into any deal that he might agree with President Donald Trump, Mr Martin said the UK Government was 'very conscious' of those issues. 'The situation in terms of UK/US is not clear yet,' he told reporters. 'But from the Irish point of view, I take a general view that if the UK does well, Ireland will do well economically, because that economic relationship is very important. 'They are very conscious of the impact on Northern Ireland but, look, it's early days yet in terms of any prospective trade deal, nothing is clear at all in respect of that.' Mr Martin said Ireland was also working with the EU to 'facilitate and ease' post-Brexit economic barriers on trade with the UK . 'Ireland's relationship with Britain is still very strong economically,' he added. 'It's a very, very important market for us. And, so, if the UK economy picks up in whatever shape or form, or for whatever reason, Ireland will benefit from that. 'And so that's why the relationship between the UK and Ireland is very important, because we've got to control what we can control in a very challenging geopolitical situation. It's challenging, but that's how I see it.' Mr Martin said he would not understate the importance of the recent UK/Ireland summit in Liverpool, signalling that it could pave the way for greater Anglo-Irish co-operation on off-shore wind energy production.
