Loose Women star Frankie Bridge has lifted the lid on fakery in showbiz by venting about celebrities ‘no one likes to work with’.
The former The Saturdays singer, 35, became a full-time panellist on the ITV daytime show in 2021 and has since sat behind the desk with the likes of Denise Welch and Ruth Langsford.
Frankie is hardly famous for inserting herself into drama, having managed to avoid any scandalous celeb bust-ups throughout her career, which began when she was a child and joined S Club Juniors.
That doesn’t mean she hasn’t had unpleasant run-ins, however, and has now launched a brutal rant about ‘horrible people’ in the industry.
In conversation with Spencer Matthews on his Big Fish podcast, the two discussed how imperative it is that you are ‘easy to work with’ in a business full of big characters.
Spencer began: ‘Some people have reputations for being really horrible people and I’ve always found it incredibly odd that people would continue to work with horrible people.’
‘I think that’s been one of my biggest things over the years, is that I’ve met a lot of those people,’ Frankie replied.
The Up hitmaker recalled: ‘I remember when I finished with S Club Juniors, Simon Fuller said to me, “Always continue to be good to work with, like you are, because everyone’s always going to then continue to want to work with you,” and it really stuck with me.’
Frankie went on to hint at difficult moments in her own working life.
‘I’ve had moments throughout my career… you know, you always say the good guy comes out on top, and I think as I got older, I was like, “That’s not actually necessarily true,” and it really p****d me off.
‘I’ve sat at awards ceremonies knowing that there’s people winning these awards that everyone in the room hates working with, and they get up and they spout this speech about loving everyone, and being kind, and all that b******t and I’m like, “You’re lying! Everyone in here hates you!”
‘Yet they’re all standing up clapping and going, “Yeah!”, and posting about it, and I think that’s what helps me as well, because I know the b******t.’
Frankie stated that she ‘doesn’t necessarily buy into it’, but stressed the importance of being ‘aware’ of two-faced individuals so she can stay grounded.
The last major ceremony Frankie attended was just this week when she walked the red carpet at the National Television Awards alongside co-stars.
Billed as one of the biggest nights in British TV, the awards handed out gongs to the likes of Ant and Dec, who continued their best presenter winning streak, while Mr Bates vs The Post Office took home three gongs.
Alas, Loose Women lost out in the daytime category, as Bradley Walsh-fronted game show The Chase secured the trophy.
Frankie, who is married to ex-professional footballer Wayne Bridge, 44, has been a regular on Loose Women for the past four years.
Despite initially having concerns about joining the programme, Frankie previously said she hasn’t had any rows with colleagues while cameras were off.
‘My friends asked me about [the rumoured rows],’ she told Fabulous Magazine after Coleen Nolan took legal action in light of claims certain stars wouldn’t work with her.
‘I genuinely don’t experience it or see it,’ Frankie stated.
‘When I first went on the show, I was nervous because I’ve read about all these feuds.’
She added: ‘Everyone always wants women to fight and it’s a real shame that it undoes all the good that Loose Women does.
‘While we laugh and talk about silly subjects, we also talk about really important subjects.’
Frankie insisted that she ‘gets on with everyone’ and there ‘is not one person’ she’d ask not to appear on-screen with.
‘Even during a heated debate on the show, during the break, everyone’s fine.’
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