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Rewatching TOWIE first season

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NetflixWithoutFriendsIsWrong · 03/01/2026 17:58

Yeah I know it's just light entertainment but I read an article today, remembered it and just started bingeing when I saw it's on ITVX. Oh my God... definitely... shut up!!

My goodness to think I was then 26. Listening to all the soundtrack music when I was still going clubbing, looking at all the bandage dresses and things that were in fashion back in 2010. Has it really been 16 whole years?! The make up they wore, no lips blown up or massive eyebrows. They all look so lovely and healthy. Remember the good old "vajazzle" 🤣

Lauren G, there was the episode in the beginning where she got a spray tan and I thought oh I'd love to have the figure she had. She was probably the most natural of them all. But oh my... Mark Wright calling her a div and saying she looked 19 stone!! She looked amazing. I know it was scripted and they were all responsible for themselves but he was really hurting her it's uncomfortable to watch.

I wonder if it would have aired if it was today?

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ohyesido · 03/01/2026 18:07

There’s an article about his behaviour in the first season in the Sun today, calling him out on how he treated Lauren. That sort of behaviour was encouraged in that time period though, shows like Ex On The Beach and Geordie Shore were full of horrible bullying men and fawning women competing for the attention of these men…

NetflixWithoutFriendsIsWrong · 03/01/2026 18:12

Yeah even 16 years ago it was just a different time and he was probably just doing what he was told and was very young and only just starting out himself. I wonder if he's sorry 😞

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