My sibling is a celebrity AMA

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I won’t be saying who they are.

I recently spoke to a friend about it who
had lots of questions which lead to an interesting conversation, things I’d never said or thought about before.

When I was younger I used to feel incredibly jealous of them and had a very short and unsuccessful attempt at creating my own fame.

Now I’m older with my own dc and have seen the effects up close I definitely think the negatives out way the positives and it’s not something I would ever want for my children.

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I find it interesting that there are two tiers of celebrity, those who have to embrace social media for their career, and those who keep completely off it. Does your sibling use social media and have they found it more a blessing or a curse?

No and maybe one or two.

Have they been in a movie?
Have they been on reality TV?
Have they been in an advert?
Are they male or female?
Are they English?
Have they had a famous partner?
Are they good looking?
Have they tried to break America?
Are they rich enough to own a yacht?

Are they Archbishop Desmond tutu? Sorry I'm pissed, bit it would be funny

Although some of them manage to lead normal lives and keep a good level of privacy. I think you probably have to be quite intelligent and not seek out the fame aspect.

Is that you Soph? If so, I love the podcast & especially your facial expressions 🤭

Yes, this sums up my experience and feelings on it.

Are you close to your sibling's kids? Do you feel angry/resentful that they've been so heavily affected by your sibling's fame? Do you feel that sibling could/should have done more to protect them from that and have you done anything to support them?

Have you ever been interviewed or on tv due to being their sibling, like taken part in a documentary on their life, or joined them on a family game show for example.

You sister is Emma willis and you are her youngest sister Rebecca

No.
Yes.
Yes.
Im not going to say their sex.
Yes.
Yes.
I think so.
They have worked a bit in America.
They don’t own a yacht.

This makes the most sense so far. The people saying Pricey live on another planet.

Emma Willis is married to a famous person

I have nailed it. Do they love it when their washing smells so sweet?

Yes, that's why I think she's the right guess.

OP said they're English.

Please don't be the sister of Narinda Kaur

OP said they don’t have a celebrity spouse, but have in the past. Emma Willis is currently married to a celebrity

Yes and yes. They could have but their intentions have never been bad and I don’t think they realised or understood the downside until it happened which tbh I didn’t either. I support them how someone would normally support their nieces /nephews.

The sister meeting Cowell to me points to Stacey Soloman, oh clicked post to fast not that its her as married to Joe no kid going into same job. more a X Factor type link

Oh. I suppose that you could say that Matt Willis was famous in the past but isn't now 😛

Joe Swash is a sort of celebrity, though.

When you briefly tried to become famous yourself, were you trying to do something similar to your sibling or something completely different?

Sorry I am back with another few questions.

Do you ever see/read stories about them in the media/social media and know it is untrue, do you ever put the record straight or do you stay out of it? What about when they were newly famous and you were still at school, did any of the stories upset you or cause you issues?

Do your children know their aunt/uncle is famous and does that affect them?

edit for another question - were you ever bothered by the press/fans outside your home as a teenager, if so how did that affect you and did your parents do anything to mitigate that?

That's been my (very limited) experience. In my partner's wider family there is a 'celebrity' - not A-list by any stretch, but a UK household name. We have been out with her for dinner several times - sometimes it's ok, particularly if it's in her home town as I guess people there are used to seeing her around. But sometimes we've experienced people staring at her/us throughout our meals, taking sneaky photos, even people coming up and interrupting our meal to say 'excuse me, are you XX'. She's not a fame-seeking person, it was never her ambition to be famous and she doesn't have a celebrity life. I would hate to have to deal with what she does regularly, to have no anonymity.