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Louise Redknapp isnt following the "perfect wife" script.

105 replies

HelenaDove · 09/10/2017 18:11

www.the-pool.com/news-views/opinion/2017/41/rachael-sigee-on-louise-redknapp-perfect-wife-strictly

Interesting article. Good for her Smile

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ferando81 · 09/10/2017 20:56

It's not misogynistic to claim she might be trying to recapture her youth -plenty of men (mainly from boy bands )can't let go of the fame and join the reality shows to recapture their glory days.

Xeneth88 · 09/10/2017 20:58

I'm related to her by marriage... She's not all she makes out to be at the moment.

Walkingdead11 · 09/10/2017 21:01

ferando81

No but it is misogynistic to suggest she is 'past it'....or the mutton comment. Having a life past 40 does not mean you are trying to re capture your youth.

theaveragewife · 09/10/2017 21:04

Ok Lucy.

roundaboutthetown · 09/10/2017 21:09

The article witters on and on about her improved body confidence and skimpy outfits. Is that really what rediscovering herself is all about? Her body? It's an awful article that reads exactly like someone having a midlife crisis, wanting to flaunt her stuff before it's too late. No mention of any talent she has beyond her physique. If you ask me, the article is misogynistic and reduces women to invisible mothers or sex objects who flaunt their bodies. Big yawn.

WitchesHatRim · 09/10/2017 21:10

Women supporting women...lovely

I don't blindly support people just because of their sex.

LR is doing the TV rounds at the moment and is re starting her musical career. No one is forcing her to.

She is speaking about her marriage.. if she wants it kept quiet, don't talk about it in national tv or sell it to papers.

It really is that simple.

Timefortea99 · 09/10/2017 21:32

Someone upthread said that they were not aware that she had done any presenting work on her own without Jamie - she did. Before Sunday Brunch moved to Channel 4 it was on another channel (BBC2) - she was the one of the main presenters with Tim Lovejoy. Simon Rimmer was the third wheel. When it moved channels she was dropped. As a presenter she had all the personality of a wet paper bag.

She also has a fashion blog with a friend. She has also recently had her own make up range - think it was called Wild About Beauty - which has recently folded. So she has not exactly been stuck at home sorting out the airing cupboard.

theaveragewife · 09/10/2017 21:32

The papers would talk anyway, she's just saying how she feels and it seems to resonate with many women. So it's not one woman, it's the idea of losing your identity after marriage and children that happens so often which could be spoken about here. Instead it's just a bunch of wankers belittling a woman who has spoken out.

theaveragewife · 09/10/2017 21:34

Yes, dissect her previous life too

Tinycitrus · 09/10/2017 22:04

I think if someone puts their private life out there to raise their profile then it is expected that people will discuss it.

Changedname3456 · 09/10/2017 23:26

Bloke does this = pretty sad and cliched midlife crisis. I don't see any difference here.

Intomyarms · 09/10/2017 23:27

Was she forced to be a SAHM? Sounds more like she's hungry for more fame after getting a taste of it on some crappy reality TV show which is her prerogative but dressing it up like she was some kind of pre-programmed robot that lived years of servitude is laughable.

This!

Original poster
HelenaDove · 09/10/2017 23:29

averagewife thats what i hoped this thread would be. Silly me!

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ConcreteUnderpants · 10/10/2017 00:20

Cashew, about her looks, I agree. I've read a couple of articles with her in (on going health issues = trashy mags at the doctors!) and remember a tv programme she did about losing weight. Her self-confidence on her looks and figure was clearly staggeringly low.

FrenchQuarter · 10/10/2017 00:38

ConcreteUnderpants

This was it

www.lifestyle.com.au/tv/the-truth-about-size-zero/

(more on YouTube if you google "size zero" and Louise Redknapp)

She tried to get down to size zero in 30 days notionally to expose the dangers of crash dieting but very obviously in reality for other reasons.

I've got limited sympathy here about the claimed Stepford Wife situation - not least because she had a career when they married (Eternal were a pretty big band at one point) and it's a choice to give it up. It's not something forced on her by culture or opressive parents or family.

Fine if she realises she misses fame and performing - but to blame it on your husband and family is a bit rank and failing to take responsiblity for your own life choices. She's done lots of other bits of tv presenting so this can't be a total shock.

ferando81 · 10/10/2017 00:41

Walking dead 11

It depends what sort of career you have as to whether you are past it at 40.If you enter the entertainment business ,it's highly likely that you are using your youth and looks to advance your career and your career is highly likely to have a limited shelf life whether you are a man or woman .
If on the other hand you are a journalist or lawyer the chances are that your age is irrelevant.
How many retired boxers make comebacks long after their peak because they love the adulation and adrenaline rush - it's the same type of thing.

Toadinthehole · 10/10/2017 02:44

We have no real idea what was happening in the marriage, only her version. Accordingly, she's entitled not to be criticized for her decision.

For the same reason, she's also not entitled to any applause.

The appropriate reaction is Nothing to See, Folks; Move Along.

Original poster
HelenaDove · 10/10/2017 03:03

Agree Albadross that is a bit better.

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LolDollSurprise · 10/10/2017 06:31

I think she is alluding to Jamie being a control freak. Look at the way she had to dress before.

BoneyBackJefferson · 10/10/2017 07:02

I think that Toadinthehole has it.

Also people are far too invested in the church of celeb, and seem to feel the need to extrapolate a huge amount from very little information.

Timefortea99 · 10/10/2017 07:02

How do you know she had to dress that way? You are implying that it was Jamie's fault. One of the reasons she went on SCD was to lose weight, so her comments about not wearing revealing clothes at the start so as not to embarrass her DH and kids was probably more about her and her embarrassment. She had put on weight since the days when she regularly featured in lads mags like FHM, so that will have made her self conscious and had a knock on effect of the clothes she wore. As it went on she got more body confident.

I really liked these two as a couple. And hoped they would get back together. But I think Louise has had a taste of performing, and likes socialising with a younger set of people, so I can't see it now. Jamie does not fit her new image. There is an element of mid life crisis here.

pinkingshears · 10/10/2017 07:43

No one is going to tell me where to get those undies are they?

(shallow)

ssd · 10/10/2017 08:00

I think Jamie is being pretty dignified here in saying nothing, it must be hard.

TheLegendOfBeans · 10/10/2017 08:03

piffle