Life with Nat - EP27: Life With Nat/Chatabix

Episode Date: July 21, 2024

The cross-over episode everyone's been waiting for, Nat is joined by her weird uncles - David Earl and Joe Wilkinson of the Chatabix Podcast. They answer some of Nat's listener's questions and delve into Nat's experience on Big Brother and Strictly Come Dancing Please subscribe, follow, and leave a review. xxx You can find us in all places here; https://podfollow.com/lifewithnat/view INSTA: @natcass1 A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: [e-mail] SHOW INFO: Life with Nat - it’s me! Natalie Cassidy and I’ll be chatting away to family, friends and most importantly YOU. I want to pick people's brains on the subjects that I care about- whether that’s where all the odd socks go, weight and food or kids on phones. Each week I will be letting you into my life as i chat about my week, share my thoughts on the mundane happenings as well as the serious. I have grown up in the public eye and have never changed because of it. Life with Nat is the podcast for proper people. Come join the community. ♥️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello and welcome to Life with Nat. How are you all? I hope you're really lovely. I have been super busy, but in a very good way. And today is a very exciting episode for me. So I started doing a little podcast called Chatterbix over a year ago now. And Chatterbix features David Earl and Jo Wilkinson, two amazing comedians. I talk about them like they are dear friends, which they are actually, but they're like embarrassing uncles to me. But you will know both of them from off the telly. David Earl has had a career spanning for a very, very long time. He plays a wonderful character called Brian Gittins, and he does a lot of work with Mr. Wicked Face. He's incredibly funny. And something else I would absolutely, please go and watch it wherever you can find it. I believe it's on Netflix. Have a little look.

Brian and Charles, which is David Earl's film. And he gets all shy when I talk about it. It's absolutely fantastic. It's amazing. It's about him and a robot that comes to life. And it's emotional. It's funny. You know, it's thought provoking. It's really, really brilliant. He's really, really clever. And Joe Wilkinson, you'll know from his turns on. Eight out of 10 cats does Countdown. He's on there lots and lots in his little suit, all suited and booted. He's been in Afterlife too as the postman. He pops up all over the place, lots of different cameo roles. But you'll know both of them.

And Joe tweeted me, direct messaged me on Twitter over a year ago, and he said, hi there, Natalie. Would you like to come on my podcast? And I thought it was a wind-up I looked at it and I thought now this is a scam it's not really Joe Wilkinson because as you know I'm a big comedy stalker anyway got back to him and it was him and I did the pod and we got on really well we started a whatsapp group immediately. I have my own theme tune when I pop on to the boys. It's called Natter Bix whenever I'm on.

And they have been very successful with their pod and they're absolutely brilliant. And so I've invited them onto my pod this morning. Let's see how it's going to go because it's a little bit different to theirs. You know, I've got my voice notes and messages that you've sent in for them. A few questions, which is brilliant. So thank thank you but they're going to be joining us in a minute who knows where it'll go they do go off on a tangent these uncles of mine so we'll have to just see how it goes but I really really hope you enjoy the episode if you haven't listened to Joe and David on Chatterbix please do and let me know what you think of the ep because I'm super

excited please do and let me know what you think of the ep because uh i'm super excited i'm sure it'll be along in a minute yeah it is 9 31 however yeah i do know how i feel about lateness probably done it on purpose. Stuck behind tractors, maybe. Both there. Okay, now we're seeing David. We're hearing David. Hello. Seeing Joe.

Are we hearing Joe? Hello. Hi. Hello. Hi. Petra. Can Petra show you her shoes that we bought? Yes, please. Go on, stick your foot up.

Can I show them? I don't know. You might have to take it off. Oh, let. Go on, stick your foot up. Can I show them? I don't know. You might have to take it off. Oh, let's have a look. Like them? Me and David bought one of those. They're lovely, P. We bought one of those, didn't we, David?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, but we hardly ever go on about it. They're really nice. They're super nice. She's got a bit of muck on them this morning, so there's been a lot of chat So they're the shoes Where's the nice handbag to go with them

Where's the handbag she wants to know A little clutch bag Yeah a little clutch bag would be nice wouldn't it We'll have a little google for you I just feel like if you've got the shoes Maybe buy her a nice bag to go with She said a bag A bag you say?

Yeah, I just feel like if they've bought you some shoes for all of the hard work you've done over the years, I feel like that's not quite enough. I feel that you could buy a nice designer handbag to go with. I think you've got a good point there, Nat, actually. Thank you. Yeah, lovely. So many opinions.

Yeah. Maybe I'll choose it, though, this time. No, David's good with bags. I know, like a little wraparound. Not a wraparound. Wraparound bags are lovely. It's a wraparound bag. I don't know, Naomi said it this weekend.

It's not even a wraparound bag. Apparently, any old people carry wraparound bags, I was reading. Oh. The old people just have them, like, over their arms so clutch bag uh cross across their shoulders cross yeah we know this we know that's it buddy bag not literally um and the young people have them over their shoulders anyway let's turn this into a fashion card hey i'm trying to get all of the pod wags on have you heard about this oh that's a good idea yeah so I'd like you

Naomi Rose um Lou that's a brilliant idea oh my god I want all the pod wags you're trouble you are

the women that keep the men in check keep the men alive have we kept a right old gossip I really don't like you Nat yes Nat

do it please do it how exciting I don't know what's Nat. Yes, Nat, do it. Please do it. How exciting. I don't know what's going on. I hate it. Basically, Nat's doing a wag. Pod wag, so pags. Pags. No way, that's not happening.

Absolutely not happening. That's the only reason you two are here, to invite your other halves on. I do not want to know the horrible truth. It's going to be brilliant. Thanks, Andy. Cheers. Yeah, no,

I had a little thought, Joe, because there was a little bit of business about Romesh and going to the O2 to see him, but lovely Lisa was running

and was listening to my pod, which I thought was lovely. And then I thought, well, hang on a minute. There's Lou, there's Rose, there's Naomi, there's Petra.

I could have a real... Why are you doing this? Why are you doing this? Why are you doing it to us? Yeah, why? Well, because you're causing trouble. You're a troublemaker. I think Naomi and Petra got too much to get off their chest,

to be honest with you. That's what I can't handle. You're a troublemaker. Oh, here he goes. Welcome to life with Nat, lads. Thank you for having us. Yeah. That's weird, isn't it?

Yeah. Yours is lovely. Yours is like a tent. Your office is like a... Is that for the sound? Make it nice and... Yeah. Nice and cosy.

Do you always have your leg up? I do always have... I always sit with my leg up. It's very strange. But it keeps me alert. Makes me feel professional. I personally don't mind it. Thanks, John.

Do we all do it? Yeah. Oh, look at you getting your legs out. You've both got shorts on. Lovely this morning. Yeah, we've both got really nice legs. Yeah. Yeah. Lovely. Yeah, actually, you got really nice legs. Yeah. Yeah.

Lovely. Yeah, actually, you've got nice legs. Actually, I have got nice. I don't mind. So, my pod's obviously a little bit different, because I get messages and voice notes off of lots of people. Yeah. Chucked out a very exciting message on Instagram.

I saw that. I panicked. To say, I've got my boys on. Boys are coming on. I'm really excited. So we've got some voice notes. Have you gone through them? Yeah, there's nothing horrible in there about us, is there?

Not one negative comment. Left. No, not one. I go for everything, honestly. You're good that way. i am i'm good in fact my friend elliot came over yesterday i had 125 messages and i had loads of bits and pieces to do so my lovely friend who's back from uni i said pop over i'll give you a few quid sort these messages into folders and he came to help me which was nice hourly rate or money for the whole job? hourly rate

yeah who are you Nat? you're not like this on our pod what do you mean? helping out a young lad who's back from uni yeah you've never done that on our pod little Elliot how's Elliot? Helping out a young lad who's back from uni. Yeah, you never do that on our pod. You've never done that on our pod.

Little Elliot. Old little Elliot. How old's Elliot? Twenty-two. Is he? Is he? Is he now? Is he?

Wow. Wow. You're being really, it's not very nice actually, Dave. You know, you've come on here. No, no, let's just be fair about it. I'm really nervous. You've come on here and, you know, you're trying to bring a side to yourself that you don't know.

Sorry, I'm just, sorry, I'm nervous. Reggie David. Really nervous. What are you nervous about? I'm nervous. I was going to say that. I'm never nervous when you come on the house because it's always nice. And why are we?

Right, I'm going to relax. You've got to chill out, right? There we go. This will all be nice and tight once it's edited together. Don't worry about it. Here's a lovely message. Listen to this. This is from Kirsty.

Morning, Nat. Currently can't send a voice note as my husband is sound asleep next to me. Huge chatter biscuit. I thought she was going to say that. Yeah, I was going to say. Yeah. Morning, Glory. sound asleep next to me huge chatter biscuit i was gonna say yeah i was gonna say yeah morning glory huge chatter biscuit can't wait to hear the episode with joe and david it's going to be amazing the best threesome ever that's what she said yeah oh that's nice i can relax i've gone down is it cursed is that kirsty that's lovely that's

cursed it listen to becca you're like this i'm relaxing you now right okay i'm not relaxing hey nat this isn't so much a question but a huge thank you for both your podcast and david and joe's chatterbix i'm a brit living in Vegas and honestly, both of your podcasts for me are sunshine on a rainy day. I miss all things British, but I feel like your podcast's full of void. Also, can you ask David

if he'll ever tour? I managed to catch him in opening for Ricky Gervais in character as Brian Gittins for 10 minutes. It just wasn't enough time. I can't wait for this podcast. Cheers from Becca.

Lovely. Thank you, Becca. I love you loads and loads. Did I answer the question? Sorry. No, I don't think so. No. Oh, well.

No. Do you know, I was thinking about it in the car yesterday, that touring, and I thought, no, I'm not 35 anymore. I'm in my 50s. Yeah. Look after yourself. Yeah. Do you think it would just be too much work?

Couldn't you do kind of one a week or something? For the ticker, for the heart. Really? Yeah. It was stressful, wasn't it? Do you never ever get used to stand-up? No. No.

No. You're doing it on you, Joe. Are you nervous? Yeah. You can't talk about stand-up with Joe. It's out of bounds. Yeah. He closes down.

Can I come see you, Joe, please? Nope. Yes, I mean. Honestly, it's out of bounds. You can't go. Okay, fine. Turning my mic off. Play us one of our voice notes in.

I'll calm these boys down. Oh, God. Are we? Why not? Becky here. That's all right. No, don't worry. You can carry on. Why we, do we see? Why not Becky here? That's all right. No, no, don't worry. You can carry on. Why are they holding their faces with their hands?

But right, can I stop it one sec? What, does this not stress you out? Like someone just, oh, I don't know. Does that say anything? Does it say anything? She has listened to them. She has, she has. I haven't actually listened to all of these,

but the thing is, we'll just get rid of it, won't we? I don't know. It could still affect us. Oh, you see, I've got a thick skin, haven't I? Couldn't give a shit what anyone says. Yeah. Okay.

I want some of that. Okay. Go on then, just try it. Just don't worry about it. Hi Nat, Becky here. So excited to hear that the Chatterbix boys are coming on your pod. My question to David and Joe is, how are they feeling knowing that two of their regular special guests

are now topping the charts? And also, are Petra and Naomi going gonna come on for a natabix crunch crunch they're having a little two-parter that two-parter question one right we chatted a lot about you being top and atop of the charts and and paul i know but that just happens when you first come out it's all bollocks isn't it Yeah that's what we keep telling ourselves I'd say we haven't chatted a lot about it We have What would you say a lot is now

Well I haven't heard you chat a lot about it But in your own private time who knows I reckon tops five mins Oh fine No I'd say a lot more than that Really? Yeah including text messages Oh loads of those Tops, five mins. Oh, fine. No, it's not a lot more than that. Really? Okay.

Yeah, including text messages. Oh, loads of those. Yeah, loads, yeah. Yeah, we do a lot of communication on text messages. What, slagging me and Paul off? You've seen who's top... Look, there's a... Yeah. I love it.

Giving birth to a beautiful egg, and the egg has flown. Flown. Cracked open, and the bird's come out and flown to the top of the chart. I don't really know if you've given birth to me. I've got to be honest. I don't think you've grown an egg. I've been about for a while. A podcast egg.

Jesus Christ. A podcast egg, yeah. It is down to your wonderful part and you two wonderful men that I enjoy this. You were in our nest and I sat on you for six months. Were we the first pod you went on? Sorry. You imagine being an egg and David sitting on you. That's exactly what I'm imagining.

Yes. And then when you got all warm and strong, out she came. Pushed a buttock out the way. Yes And when you got all warm and strong How's she going? Pushed her buttock out the way Now we're in her nest You're big You weren't the first pod I did Joe, no See, we didn't get rid of you then No, I did Grace Dent

And Ryland had a little one Oh, Ryland's got a big one now, hasn't he? Yeah Rylan's got a big one now hasn't he yeah he's got a big one now I've seen that everywhere yeah fantastic when someone big comes on and does a really good podcast you know you're going down

you're bumped down one down the charts aren't you Rylan's there to stay yeah but there's something for everyone, isn't there? It's like telly. I can't look at it like that. You're at peace, aren't you now? But there's 550 million programmes on the telly.

Are there? And some people... How do you know that? Because I do a telly podcast as well. Oh, yes. You got the data but there's something for everyone isn't there yeah in every medium it's all good yeah all good some of them are for more people some of them for less when i heard you were doing one i thought this is she'll do a good one yeah yeah well listen i

don't know if it's good or not but I'm enjoying doing it that's all that matters right well yeah again yeah yeah I'm enjoying it

I'm not seeing any spondoolies as of yet you know what I mean aren't you really well a little bit what's a little bit none of my business

absolutely none of my business enough to pay Elliot. With ease. Cash on the hit. It's £2.50 an hour. For some reason, I've just imagined you going to your purse and paying him at your purse. You really think I'm like an old nan, don't you?

Harry, our son. Harry, our son. Harry, treat ya. Did you give him a little bit extra on top? I bet you did. Yeah,? Yeah, son. Very treat you. Did you give him a little bit of extra on top? I bet you did. Yeah, I did, actually. Yeah, yeah. Lovely.

Just a little. Yeah. I can't help it. No, it's lovely. No, I'd love to work for you. I'd like to have been your gardener. Oh, I would have loved that. Yeah.

That would have been brilliant. Yeah. It'd be quite tricky when you had to say to david that it had done something wrong though would you just let it go if if you came back and the heads looked a fucking mess would you go do i say something or do i not yeah what sort of person are you but knowing that you have you you know you have a friendship with him would you go david come on that's what i was going to ask you so in the the gardening, we're going back, but I know David as I do now. David is now your gardener next week.

Okay, fine. How do you deal with Dave? I would, if something was quite bad, I probably wouldn't tell him to his face. How would you do it? So I'd make him his tea, have a little chat. I'd probably see him in the driveway parked up having a nap. Bickies? Yeah, yeah, a couple of bickies.

A couple? Would you have to say he's spending the first half hour chatting and having bickies? A cup of tea out there. He's got some bloke with him. I pay him for three hours. He does about two and a quarter. Yeah. And then I'd say, thanks, David.

He'd go off. And then probably a day later, I'd have to talk to Mark, and Mark would be fuming. Fucking Mark. Fucking Mark. Get Mark involved. Yeah, I love it. He'd say, I'm not texting David.

He's your friend. He'd be, why aren't I doing it? Yeah. Why would you be bloody doing it? Would you say anything though yeah I'd send a little message say David

next time you come sorry it's just the hedges I don't know it just looks a bit strange could you just have a look at it for me

it looks just a bit odd I have when I was a gardener I was moved on by the owner of the house and the way she did

it was I don't think we'll be needing you anymore it's just that thing yeah so I didn't take it personally it sort of took a couple of weeks to go actually maybe she way she did it was i don't think we'll be needing you anymore it's just that thing yeah yeah so i didn't take it personally it sort of took a couple of weeks yeah actually maybe she yeah i don't think

we'll be needing you anymore and that was that was the woman i saw her daughter topless oh yes outside the window yeah she didn't go out did she your daughter no no she had some issue with sunlight yeah that's right amazing she liked loads of it on her boobs who doesn't kind of naughty on your pod i'd have never said that on ours that one out sorry lovely stuff so sorry it's alright I quite like it little bit creepy but well I've not met her

so she's she's made up in my head yeah I understand but thank you thank you for your question hi Nat this is Hayley Thank you for your question. Hi Nat, this is Hayley from Cornwall.

Been listening to your pod from the beginning and absolutely love it. And when you mentioned Chatterbix, I've fallen down a bit of a rabbit hole with that one and it's just fab. Can you ask Joe and David if they've ever had a proper fallout they bicker a lot but have they ever really really really fallen out and had to apologize have a great day okay how about that i don't think we have have we no no no no it's all pent up

hmm it'll come out i can't imagine you having a proper fallout with anyone No, no, no. No, it's all pent up. It'll come out. I can't imagine you having a proper fallout with anyone. Me and Joe worked together for like 10 years every day. No, hang on a minute. It was about 10 years. About five years every day from half eight to half five. And I can only remember about 5,000 times. Only three or four days where we didn't fall out

yeah but that yeah but yeah like you said it's all bottled up yeah yeah it's all it's all ready to explode

that's what she said that's what she said little naughty Joe no I was repeating what Nat said I didn't It wasn't me that time It was Natalie Sorry

We do bicker though don't we Do we Aren't we doing it just for laughs No no no Mask with the laugh That's what they say What are you thinking Nat laughs or no no no mask with the laugh that's what they say what are you thinking Nat you're zoning out

I don't think you bicker thinking about next week's guest just thinking about dinner tonight wondering how short you can make a nap oh Nat my neighbour we live next to an old an old lady she was in her 60s And her mother was in her 80s

Oh no, please get this up, it's not going to be funny Anyway, they came round one afternoon And said, what are we having for dinner tomorrow night? She said, let's get tonight's dinner Out of the way for you I do that I ask Petra about what we're having For tea as we're having for tea

As we're eating I promise you I phone Mark I ring him at Quarter to nine in the morning And I'll say What should we Right I'm going to the shop

What should we have for dinner He said I've just had my breakfast Right this genuinely yesterday Because we were I was going to cook I cooked a pie yesterday Oh did you Yeah and we Me and Petra i cooked a pie yesterday oh did you and yeah and

we me and petra went for a walk to build up an appetite for for the pie lovely and i said to petra i'm going to try not to talk about the pie for the whole of this walk for her i said i'm not going to talk about it and i did my best i got i did about an hour. Well done. Because also a pie. Can we just go into the pie for a moment? Did you make your own pastry? No, it's rolled out puff pastry. Puff? Puff, yeah.

Puff top. It wasn't really a pie. Oh, it was just a top? Yeah, chicken ham and leek. Like that you bought from the shop? No, just the pastry was ready-made. Right. Hey, you make puff pastry.

Bloody hell. It's very hard puff. Yeah, I didn't think I'd be able to do it. So just chicken, ham and leek pie. Nice. Garlic cream? Yeah, garlic in it, yeah. But I talk about food too much,

so I give Petra time off from talking about food, basically. I have to. That's lovely. Did you have potatoes with your pie, or did you just have some veg? Yeah, veg and potatoes. What potatoes? Mashed potato? Should have done mashed, but we did roast because it was Sunday.

Oh, roast potatoes and a pie. No, thank you. Not coming around. Wow. Wow. Okay. Wow. Wow. Okay. Okay. Pastry and roasties.

There you go. Yuck. Yuck? You'd have loved it. You'd have absolutely loved it. You'd have probably gone, Mark, we're having pie. Mark loves a pie. He does.

Do you think new potatoes? No, mashed potato. I'd go mashed. I don't even eat mashed. I don't like it. Right. Or does. So do you think new potatoes? No, mashed potato. I'd go mash. I don't even eat mash. Don't like it. Right. Or chips. Chips? Chips? You can't pine chips. How are we falling out over this? It's insane. We're not falling out, are we?

Wow. We're just bickering. So Mark's come on my pod a few times. Has he? And he wasn't going to, but now he's been on and he's quite funny and quite dry, loving it. Quite, quite. I've heard he's super funny. And then I get all these messages, these messages saying, oh, love your Mark, love Mark's voice. Oh, should we start a Mark fan club?

And it's making me a bit jealous. Stay away from Mark. Is that what's going on in your head? Yes. Leave my Mark alone and perhaps I won't have him on anymore. Ooh. There are some really sexy, not sexy, but not horny,

but women out there. What? Please end that sentence. I was once sent a photo. Yeah, I remember this. I found it disturbing. I can't tell you this. Yes, you who sent the photo. Yeah, I remember this. I found it disturbing. I can't tell you this. Yes, you can. Go on.

No, no, no. She'll cut it out. Well, no, cut it out. As a woman, I can't tell you this. Well, I can imagine what it is. We don't need to delve into it too much. Did she have her vag out? Did she have her vag out?

Were her flaps a-flapping? No. What? She's got a better shoulder than that. What world are you living? David, look. A little silly, look. Oh, we were in bed.

Who was? Oh, sorry turned and showed no me and it was a woman and topless with a belt over her with her nipples through the back what? sounds like she's got herself into a right to an eight what a choice though I'm going to send David one with a belt over

let me say hang on let me send it I've still got it on there don't you dare strange Joe panicking you've got enough

of those to hide haven't you Joe exactly we'll work out how to delete a picture again oh yeah

there are some funny people around but um yeah you know yeah probably meant it in a i wonder if we're answering any of these questions we're answering hey it's not we aren't don't worry it's not an we can you know it's quite free okay cool cool it's okay cool i've got a lovely little message here hi natalie just want to say i love the pods with mark here we go again told you sexy mark also want to say thank you for introducing me to chatterbix found them last year from when you posted about being on their pod and i've been

a fan ever since can't wait until they're on your show. Love it when you're on theirs. Love your pods. Listen to both. That's nice. Yeah. Don't need any more info. That's it.

That's it. I just wanted to say to you, just remember, going back to what we were talking about, that when I came on your pod and I started saying, oh, I'm on Chatterpix and stuff, there's quite a lot of new listeners from my audience that came over. So everyone helps everyone.

Know what I mean, David? What's this? What? You say what? Yeah. Yeah, I do know what you mean. It's just nice, isn't it? You know.

Yeah. Just helping one another. Helping each other out. Yeah. But I still believe that you did sit on me for a while and warm me up. I think I sat on you

for a while and warmed you up. Yeah, no, I think you did. Gave you the confidence of life. Yeah, you nurtured me for a little bit, warmed me up.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Now look at you. I've got a question here from Emma. Hi, this ain't you is it Em you've not written to me

no if the question is will any of this make the edit then it is me if it's something else then uh different Emma okay hi Nat

question for David and Jo would love to know when their live show is and are you a guest love Emma okay are you doing a live show no

why not because we'd have a breakdown I think Emma. Okay. Are you doing a live show? No. Why not? Because we'd have a breakdown, I think. It's like an effort. I feel stressful. We had an idea for a live show. We were going to listen to an old ep and dissect it on the pod, on the live show.

Director's commentary. Yeah. Live. live yeah it's nice thoughts i don't know what would be getting out of it nat the live show personally for me money no um so no money in it you have to have big old venues i think to make any sweet well how about audience though who really would like to see you both live do it for them you've got to go mad have you you could just do one that's what i'm saying you haven't got just do one in a in a place that suits you both i'll say there's your first problem we live 300 miles apart i know we'll pick somewhere in the middle that you both like Winchester Winchester on the 14th of September now I I honestly don't think

I'll ever want to do it now fair enough yeah I can't imagine us doing it but are you gonna do it yeah 100%

are you are you yeah yeah I would love to do it do it because I've never done anything obviously i've done theater you'd be great acting in the theater but for me uh emma and i were chatting about it and i would love to because i feel like i could try i don't want to say stand up because that's stupid but you know i could try a little bit of chatting to people and being funny.

Oh, you'd be great. When I do that. Yeah. I'd come. Because I love your Instagram lives. Yeah. So relaxed. I don't get it how anyone is relaxed on Instagram live.

I'm so at ease when you're on yours, watching you. Oh, I don't know. It's just, I always feel like if you can be yourself, this is what I say to people, if you've got nothing to hide and you're just yourself, so it doesn't matter if it's on or it's off, does it? Well said, well said. I went into Big Brother years ago.

I was in dire straits financially, having a really bad time, and I did Big Brother. Did you do Big Brother? Yeah. So Eliza was nine months old. She was a little baby. And I did Big Brother. Wow. I'd love to know more about this. Same here. And it was... I went in there, genuinely,

for the money, to get out again. Quick as I can. Much money. It was, yeah, a life-changing amount. Right. Well, I want to know how much. It was to pay the tax bill. Right. It was to do whatever.

How much? But I went in there, and I just cooked, cleaned, did the tasks, had a bit of a laugh, came home. How long were you in for? I was in for about, not long. It was brilliant. I got out early, I think because I was a bit boring. Same money.

Same money. Yeah, yeah. A quarter of a million. Fuck me. Wow. Yeah, so I went in. Came out again. I left, pandemonium started.

Nicola McLean and Denise Welch were at each other arguing. I was kind of the peacemaker. That's perfect, isn't it? Yeah. For 400,000 just for two weeks.

Fuck off, David. Half a mil. Ten days work. You work out the daily rate of that. I know, 1.2 million times six days,

ain't bad. Are there cameras in the toilets? No, no cameras in the toilets, 1.2 million times six days, ain't bad. Are there cameras in the toilets? No, no cameras in the toilets, no. Were you in from the start? Yes, I was the first one in and I had an earpiece. Oh, was you? And they went live and I had an earpiece and I had the first task of chatting to people,

riling everyone up. Oh, my God. Riling everyone up? Yeah. Who was in? Michael Madsen from Reservoir Dogs. Yeah. Mr. White or whatever it's called.

Yeah. And they made me go up to him when I first met him. And I said, hi, give us a high five. I've seen you in Free Willy. What? give us a high five I've seen you in Free Willy what? apparently he was really really annoyed if anyone recognised him from Free Willy they made me do it first up if you went in now

would you just go I'm not saying that you twats I would never ever do it now when you walked in and you knew you were being filmed for every angle and you couldn't get out for walked in and you knew you were being filmed for every angle and you couldn't get out for however, did you feel any kind of claustrophobia?

No. No? No, I didn't. I really didn't. Ever scared of reaction? No. The only thing I did was miss my baby. That was it.

I just wanted to get home to my baby. What was your reaction when you got out? Oh, I was thrilled. What was your reaction when you got out oh thrilled what was the reaction to you i mean uh fine yay because i've watched that clip of um the jade goody recently when she came out and there was all the race stuff it just felt really like horrendous that just watching this girl's face just oh it was awful yeah awful but that's why i feel well that's number one why they pay people the money they want to you know i think it's very different nowadays but they want that drama they want people to win they want people to fail they're

setting up so it's real life soap opera isn't it they want people to fail yeah they know if someone's fiery or they know if you know what i mean my final question to you i've got two more oh sleeping in the big brother house or did you wear where did you sleep did you hear people snoring did you feel comfortable enough to sleep. Right, okay. I'm surprised you don't know what sort of sleeper I am. I'd say good, good sleeper. Yeah, I think I can just lay down, I close my eyes and I'm asleep. Yeah, I'm the same. I could possibly have sleep apnea because I'm one of the, I sound like this.

Lovely, lovely. Darth Vader. Poor old Mark. But no, I can put my head on that pillow and I'm asleep. Yeah. So nothing ever bothered me. lovely Darth Vader poor old Mark but no I have not I can put my head on that pillow and I'm asleep yeah

so nothing ever bothered me I think I just wore pyjamas shorts and a vest or a t-shirt and shorts and we were all

in a room together with all the beds so you didn't hear anything going on in the night like well you'd hear people being up

because we were in with the Playboy twins what two of these girls from Playboy you know Hugh He being up because we were in with the Playboy twins. What? Two of these girls from, you know, Hugh Hefner's mansion were in. Sure. And they'd kind of be running around, you know, running around all night. I used to think, oh, for fuck's sake.

Why were they running around at night? I don't know. You know, just the youngsters would stay up later. Although I was young at the time, you know, I just had a baby. But, yeah, they'd be running about all night long, keeping you up. Oh, yeah, stuff like that. Just not for me. Running around. There should be lights off for everyone.

How do you think, I hope you don't mind me using you as an example, Joe, but how do you think Joe would cope with Big Brother from your experience? I just think there's certain people in this world that you can't even imagine them on a show like that. You two are those people. You're not going to do those shows. I can't imagine you on those shows. I wish I'd never done the show, but it did help me. And people say, would you do I'm a celebrity?

And I always say the same thing. Yes. What's the cash? never done the show but it did help me you know and people say would you do i'm a celebrity and i always say the same thing yes what's the cash if i was distraught and i had no money yeah then i'd be straight in there get me on a plane but i wouldn't want to be there when people say i can't this is an amazing experience and it's bullshit you'd win it you'd win it yeah you would i don't think so i'm i'm allergic to everything. Well, listen to two guys that know exactly what they're talking about. You'd win it. You'd win it.

People's Princess. Well, all this People's Princess and all that, it's all very well and all that, but... Like I said... I didn't think you'd have that reaction to People's Princess. Oh, that's all... That's all well and good. But why am I not the pissing queen?

Didn't mean it like that. That's all well and good. That's not fair. Can I say one thing? I've got a story to tell. Go on. It's not a massive story. I was at the BBC in a dressing room a few years ago, years ago,

and you might want to bleep out who, but it was the first day of Strictly. And there was all the new Strictly contestants in the BBC. The first ever series? No, it was like, it was, it was. Yeah. And they were, anyway, they were, they were all, all about. And then I was, I was really hot and I had my window open and I could hear this voice.

And I looked out the window, it was a tiny little window and it was. Might have to cut this actually, and she was smoking and she was saying, I can't fucking believe it's the same money if you go out the first week and you go out on the 10th, she's fucking brilliant but they're all in the gear I did Strictly 14 years ago

did you? I did, yeah but when I did Strictly 14 years ago. Did you? I did, yeah. But yeah, when I did it, I was with Phil Tuffers. Yeah, lovely. Well, he had a right laugh. You know, I can't really remember who else was in it. But I did it and Brucie, it was Brucie. It was lovely Len Goodman.

It was really good. And one week, I had the best, for me, experience of Strictly because, you know, I'm a comedy nut. One week, I had the best, for me, experience with Strictly because, you know, I'm a comedy nut. One week, Brucey went well. Fucking Ronnie Corbett did it. Oh,

you couldn't make it up. I was in my element. What was Ronnie Corbett like? Fantastic. Was he really? Yes. Oh, I love that.

Couldn't believe it, my luck, that Brucey was... You know, Naomi used to work for Bruce Really? No She was Bruce's manager's

Sort of assistant Oh So she'd chat to him in the morning I spoke to Bruce Through Naomi On the phone About his breakfast And then

What else? What else? What else do you have? i think my dad's been telling a story about bruce forsyth for years and you said it wasn't true i think my dad had the thing we'd go do you know bruce he's got a flat that overlooks what's the cricket ground in st johnswood oh no that's the story he was no he had a house that's he might have had a house but i know but I know for a fact he had one at the open. Wentworth? Wentworth. I've been on that estate.

Delivered some building tools. Really? Yeah. Nice over there. Yes, really. I'd like to go to I've decided I really really want to take would you think

this would be possible and then I'll let you go I've got a few of my dad's ashes right in a little tube that I'll keep in the cupboard just a little because I wanted to

just keep a few loose right in case I go anywhere can you could I put a tiny little bit in a you know case or something and go over to augusta just bring a bit yeah and go over that bridge what hole is it with that beautiful oh wow

yeah i'd like to just you might have to do it secretly i think yeah otherwise you'd have people queuing up let's fuck that then isn't it bleep out the bridge uh you'd have people queuing up. That's fact that then, isn't it? Leap out the bridge. He liked golf, yeah. I hope so. Yeah, and I grew up watching it with him and I used to caddy for him, so I love watching it. You used to caddy for your dad? I did. I was a little girl.

Had you been on EastEnders at the point you were still caddying for him? Yes, yeah. I love the idea of someone going, I think that bloke's caddies. Yeah, no, we used to go on a Sunday morning together and we used to go out and... Amazing. What course? He was a member at Toot Hill in Essex, Ongar. I'm obsessed with Ongar.

Do you like Ongar? I love Ongar, mainly because it's, there's a line in the Porridge film where he has a return ticket from Ongar to Oxford Street. That's why. I don't know what you're talking about. In the film Porridge. What's Ongar?

It's a place. It's a place in Essex. Oh, like a Disney gorilla. It's a good name for a gorilla, actually. It is really good. That's a good name for a gorilla, actually. It is really good. That's a superb name for a gorilla. Little baby Ongo. If I ever get a pet gorilla, I'm going to call it Ongo.

Or you might get the opportunity to name a gorilla. You might, actually. Like someone buy me one of those shit birthday presents. No, but one of those, like, we've got a new gorilla and we've got Natalie Cassidy's going to name it. It's like a publicities thing. Oh, right. I can't imagine that happening,

but yeah, I'm up for it. Well, there's more chance of you doing it than other people. That's what I mean. Yeah. Oh, well, I can't thank you enough for coming on. Well, I hope we haven't let you down. You look like you're gutted.

Are you underwhelmed by the general... Joe, I always knew what it would be. Oh, God. I don't know what that means. It means... Oh, Christ. It means my two favourite uncles. You're like embarrassing uncles, aren't you, to me?

Yeah, fair enough. Will you still come back on our pod, Nat? I don't even know why you asked that. It's my favourite thing to do. Stupid thing to say. Oh, well, just after how this went. This has been great. Perfect. I think it's been lovely. Yeah, so do I.

Not forced, nice and relaxed, not try hard. It's been a lovely little natter. Chilled out. It's just the email I just got from Emma wasn't positive. It's not supposed to be. Don't worry about her. Don't worry about her. She's been out all weekend She's had a great weekend

She's all a bit All a bit fuzzy Don't worry about her This morning Oh Been on it Big one Ecstasy

Double drop Lady doesn't tell Wow Ooh I can't believe You did drugs all weekend It's a nightmare When I'm trying to edit

I'll text her She's like I'm still up I'm still up If I'm still up. Can we just look at episode 22? I'm not sure about that bit. Ah, I can't do that. Just hear like techno in the background.

Anyway, there you go. Thank you so much for coming on. That led it down, wouldn't it? Yeah. Of course it will. It'd be lovely. But thank you. I really mean it.

My life has taken such turns. And I. But thank you. I really mean it. I wouldn't, my life has taken such turns and I know this is crazy, but I mean it. You have been a part of lots of little factors and things that are happening and I really, really appreciate it

and will always thank you both. Well, that's love. If they did this as your life, it came back and they did you, would we be on there? 100%. Great. You could present that, Joe.

I know. Which side of the studio would we sit? Wonderful brown suit or a nice dark maroon suit, and I could see you there with a book. You could present. I know. I know. I absolutely know.

Oh, well. But, David, that's a good question would we be on the family and friends side or the you know in the studio with Sid Owen

or with with Mark oh no I'd have you family and friends yes definitely lovely

thank you thanks Nat thanks Emma thanks so much bye thanks Emma thanks Nat see ya love ya bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye Definitely. Lovely. Thank you. Thanks, Nat. Thanks, Emma. Thanks so much. Bye. Thanks, Emma. Thanks, Nat. See you. Bye.

Love you. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Oh, what a pair, eh?

What a pair. What a pair. They always make me laugh, and that is one of my favourite things to do. So I hope they've made you giggle wherever you're listening. 07788 2019 19. Let me know what you thought of the app and let me know if you didn't know David and Joe and you've discovered them. So you're going to go off now and listen to the Chatterbix podcast. So let me know your messages.

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