Mum's The Word! The Parenting Podcast - ASK US ANYTHING: Listener Questions Special!

Episode Date: February 3, 2025

In this week’s episode of Mum's The Word with Georgia Jones and Kelsey Parker, it’s an Ask Us Anything Listener Special!No questions are off-limits as Georgia and Kelsey dive into everything you��ve been dying to know.From their thoughts on featuring their kids on social media to whether they’d like to expand their families, and even the TV shows they’d dream of being on – it’s all on the table!Tune in for an honest, heartfelt, and hilarious chat that gets real about life, motherhood, and everything in between.A Create Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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And do we have an episode in store for you today? So we've given you the opportunity to ask us anything. So stay tuned for a Mums the Word listener special. Anything is on the table. So grab a cuppa. Get comfy. And let's jump into a brand new episode of Mums the Word. So we thought we'd have a little recap.

Who are you? Who are you? Who are you? Me and Kels because we've got lots of new listeners. We've got our old listeners, but I don't think we ever fully introduced ourselves. We kind of just arrived at the podcast as the new presenters and just went into

Like interview mode didn't we we didn't really go so this is us. This is what we do. Nice to meet you all Do you want to ask any questions? Well question me where to come from? So we thought we'd do that. We're starting the year with a little reintroduction. So Jojo you're up first Go on go on interrogate. I'm excited. Right, Lucy asked, when did you know you were ready to settle down? I don't like the word settle down. Yeah, I don't feel like you're settled down. I'm not settled down because... I think you picked the wrong partner to settle down with. No, leave him alone. No, I'm not saying

that but I mean like as in, Danny's not a settled down person. No, but neither of us are. We're not settler downers. But that's why you work. Yeah, and I think that's probably when I knew I was ready to settle down. I've just met someone who's as crazy as me so this works perfectly. Yeah, and I think when I met someone that didn't need to live out of, like live in my pockets, is that a saying? Yeah, that's the same. Yeah. Well done, so proud of you.

Cause I'm quite an independent person. I don't like to be with Danny all the time, but also he doesn't like to be with me all the time. That sounds- So it works perfectly. So it works, that sounds terrible, doesn't it? No, my mum and my stepdad are exactly the same. Yeah, and it's just, you know, we're independent. We've got our own careers,

we've got our own things that we do, we've got our friends that we see and all this. We've obviously got friends together as well. But you know, we like doing things together, but also separately. And I think when I met someone that was really on the same page as me with that, that's when I was like, okay.

This could be like a whole new topic, couldn't it? But it's like, I think some people that are not happy to do that, that their fear and their worry. They worry about like, I think some people- Not going straight for it, but cheating. Yeah, I think that's it. And I didn't ever have that like concern with Danny. I think, but then I suppose it's meeting that person that makes you feel secure.

Makes you feel like that, yeah. Makes you feel secure. And surprisingly you did considering the job he does it was never a concern I used to get asked all the time. Are you worried that Tom's gonna cheat on you? No, Tom would have to ask me Tom would have to get your permission. Yeah, and I just think if they're gonna cheat they're gonna cheat regardless. Yeah, I've agreed Right Sandy asked are you planning any more children? Why does everyone ask this question? Where did I see this the other day? I saw this, someone saying like...

What, asking me or someone saying it on a TV show? No, not asking you, but obviously you came to my thought of when it was like, stop asking people when they're gonna have children, when's the right, not when's the right time, but like, oh, you've just got married, then it's like, are you gonna have kids? And now your question is, are you gonna have more kids?

Yeah, I mean, obviously Sandy, don't worry, I'm not offended, but it's just- Sandy, she's really offended, and so am I. Don't ask her about her kids, all right? I would say, if ever I do an ask me anything box on Instagram, that is the top question that gets asked. And I'm just like, but why do you need to know? It really doesn't benefit your lives whether I'm having any more kids on or not. It does I feel

And we're not so that and I don't want to hear any more of it. We're not having any more children I'm happy with Cooper the end so I can everyone stop. She's happy doing her own thing. Yeah. Being away from Danny. I feel like you paint Danny in a bad light. I love Danny so much. She loves to wind. She's a little wind up merchant this one. Just because I went into a cabin in the woods for two days. She now thinks I don't want to spend any time with my husband. I love Danny. Danny just reminds me of Tom. I know.

And how I felt towards Tom. Well, do you know what? Should I send him to yours for a week? You should. And you'll be like, oh, it's good. I won't have to sort him out. I never sorted Tom out, so good luck, Jojo. Good luck.

Cheers to you. Cheers to us. Yeah, so no plans. What are your thoughts about children being part of their parents' content on social media? Mm. Oh. Well, me and Kels both show our kids on social media, don't we, Kels?

Yeah. So I've always shown Cooper, if he one day goes, mommy, I don't want to be on your social media anymore, fine, like, no problem, that's his choice. Right now, he does want to be on it, and actually, I mean, people might think this is terrible, but if I'm doing a job and they want, and it's like, you know, a mum, son job,

so we're filming together, I will pay him. I'll give him money and it goes into his piggy bank. And you know, he's saving. So I'm kind of teaching, I feel like I'm teaching him how to be a responsible child saving money and my mum and dad did it with me in a different way. I actually transfer them a wage. Do you? Yeah because they're part of my socials. Yeah and like if he doesn't want to do it that is fine I will never ever make Cooper do something he doesn't want to do But well within reason within reason. I mean eat your vegetables. Yes Yeah, there's a caveat with that But yeah, like and the thing is like it's not like England's not like America You don't have all these um, what's it called when they're not allowed to show pictures of kids on the news

or things like that. They have like, is it injunction? I don't know, is it called that in America? I don't know, but basically the press aren't allowed to post pictures of certain celebrities' children but we don't really have that. I mean I'm sure there is that. I just think the way of the world now that people are gonna see Cooper whether I like it or not Like he pitches will get out of Cooper no matter what and I do think it's their personality Like people that follow me say some like oh, we don't see loads of Bodhi, but Bodhi doesn't want to be on it

Well, there you go Absolutely Love her for the camera isn't she? Loves it is wants to be the center of attention So I put her in that spot? Absolutely loves it, wants to be the center of attention, so I put her in that spot because that's where she wants to be. Yeah. Bodie doesn't, so he doesn't often feature on my Instagram.

No, and I do that, like, I'm all for people also. He's a lot easier though, when I ask him to do. Oh, is he? He's better at working. Yeah, it's like, come on, let's just get it done. Yeah. Let's do it. And he's like, yeah, okay, and he'll just do it, whereas Aurelia is like,

pulling teeth. She just doesn't stick to the script. Where's my money, mum? Yeah, stick to the script. Where's my wage? Yeah, and as well, if people don't show their kids, fine. I think everyone has to do what they feel is right for them and their kids.

No judgment, no judgment here. Literally no judgment. Please continue. How did you two become friends? Do you know what, how did we become friends? I feel like we should have met years ago though. Yeah I do. Well we definitely met through Danny and Tom right?

Didn't we? We didn't meet. But I feel like that was like so brief wasn't it? Yeah, so me and Kels have like always like said hello at events and stuff. Bimplight. Yeah, been polite. Yeah. All right.

Oh, here she is. And then when I, you know, had to come to these podcasts and it was like, Jool Jajan, I was like, oh. Yeah, we've definitely. She's right up herself. Oh my God, Doug, because people start believing that. That'll be a headline. Kelsey, Kelsey Parker says, George is up herself.

I'm really not. I'm so down to earth. You're going to start moving on this podcast. She's going to Yo-Sushi after this. I'm not, I'm going to Beansoo. Oh, Inso! Thank you very much. A really fancy pokeball. Oh, I just love her so much.

I'm being healthy. New year, new me, remember? Yeah, that's it. Yes, I think it was was we met very organically through our husbands but then loads of mutual friends yeah but then obviously this podcast our friendship has just blossomed hasn't it we realize we're actually really cool and she's not actually stuck up Kelsey's not weird well she's a little bit she was like she was like a conspiracy theory. I'm world weird and I love it. Everyone's got their thing haven't they. What can life be like as someone well known to the public?

Do you know what I noticed after Danny won the jungle the level went up a notch. Yeah. I didn't like it. Didn't like it. I was happy. Going to the pub and stuff like people were like, damn it, the joker. I was happy with his, not saying George, but I was happy with his level of fame. And then he did the jungle and I was like, hmm. When you look at last year, he did a lot last year. He did, yeah. Mars singer, the voice, and.

Yeah, but I'm a celeb, just is a different. Yeah, breed. Kettle of fish, that. Like, I remember after it won, me and his mum and Cooper and Danny wanted to go and get some breakfast so we walked out of the hotel and this pap, I've never had a pap follow us in that way before and it was so uncomfortable. I think I did feel quite protective because Cooper was there. You know we were trying, I think it was our first breakfast since Danny had come out. We were just

trying to have a nice breakfast together. Again though I think with going back to that question before about kids being part of their social media, that's you being charged of them being in your social media. Exactly. Not being followed by a pap. Yeah because it's weird for Koopa. Koopa was like Mummy why is that man just stood in the bus? He's taking photos and he went from to every angle possible and he was in his car and he was following us in his car There's one point where we got in an uber and we said to the uber driver Oh, um, there's someone following us and she was like do you need me to drive you to the police station?

Oh, no. No, it's just like it's just a pop It's just a pop but if we could try and lose him and she did honestly was brilliant. He was like we're in a film She's like zooming around the street. Imagine if in America. Oh, that is what they are like out there the celebrities They have it 24 7. I said that's it. I said that's Danny. I was like I never out there and the celebrities they have it 24 7. I said that to Danny I was like I never want to be would I would not that I would but I would never want to be that level of famous. Like Kim Kardashian Kardashian level. Like obviously this was nowhere near that it was one path was like literally but I was like it just made me feel so uncomfortable. But they must feel like they're in a fishbowl all the time.

Yeah, I can't even imagine how it must feel for them. They must be really strong people. And really what would life be like as someone well known to the public? Like again, we can be in control of it and we live a very normal life. Yeah, yeah, that's it. Like I think our level that we're on, Kels, is not too high really, is it? Like, you know, we can go to an event and we can get nice pictures taken by the event paparazzi

that are there, but apart from that, we can just get on with our day. We can go to the supermarket in our pajamas and we can, you know know go out with a hair mask on and not worry that people are gonna take pictures of us. We have the best of both worlds. We do, we do yeah. What was it like growing up in York? Oh it was glorious I mean I am so lucky that my mum and dad still live in Yorkshire well yeah so I'm in between in between York and Scarborough which is a seaside town in a little place called

Malton and it's honestly it was the best childhood and I grew up on a flower nursery. Would you ever move back? No. You'd like London better? No, but would I move back up north? Maybe when I'm old potentially I'd move to the countryside but. Did you live down here before you met Danny yeah yeah I was already here yeah and funny enough

the first place I lived is where we live now not the same house obviously that would be weird but yeah I had the best best time growing up in Yorkshire I love Yorkshire people northerners are great articles. I do love Northerners. You do, you married one. I married a Northerner. I love Northerners. No, I've got my Bolton family. You do, you've got your Bolton family, how's do I?

Okay. What? I was like, oh yeah, you've got a Bolton family too. I was like, why is she trying to steal my phone? Even though Yorkshire is better than Lancashire, do you have to say that? I can't really get involved in that. I don't know, I don't know.

I've not lived there. I can't make judgment. I'm just being a bitch because I'm from Yorkshire and daddy's from Lancashire. As is my mom actually, to be fair. Is she? Yeah, mom's Preston. Where did you meet Danny?

Oh, at Miss London. And he'd basically gone there because he'd got wind that that was gonna be a load of fit girls prancing around on stage, trying to win Miss London. I was presenting it. I was presenting it because I was the current Miss England at that point.

Wow, I love when we talk about Miss England. I like cringing about when I do it, but. Yeah, and we actually didn't like each other. He was heckling, not heckling me, just being loud and obnoxious in the corner like now who's hating on Danny? He's been a proper lad like and I was trying to do my job. Who was he with? Oh one of his best mates and who is still best mates with. Why did they go there? That's so random just for fitties

But they was like okay. We're gonna go to Miss London. Yeah That's so random. just for fitties. but they was like okay we're gonna go to miss luncheon. yeah. that's so random. well they knew someone that had invited them. someone had invited them along. they didn't just like google where's where's a miss competition. really really keen on those on those misses. but no and we didn't get together until a year later, but yeah, that's where we met. Yeah That's where the fireworks So You've mentioned I feel like we've not really like spoken about this a lot. No That you are partially deaf

I said no then because I can see the question just so you know. Me predicting what else is going to say. Yes I am. Well I'm completely deaf in one ear. So from being two, I had meningitis when I was two. Well, do you know, actually what I must say is it was, I can never say it was suspected meningitis, because basically they were like, yep, she's got meningitis.

They put me on treatment like immediately. And because I started responding, they didn't do- The lumbar puncture. The lumbar puncture. Thank God, because I have a brain condition and I'm not allowed to have a lumbar puncture done. It would kill me.

Like literally would kill me. That's what it meant to be, you know. Yeah, isn't it? Isn't it? I would have actually died if they'd have done that. So I responded really quickly So they didn't do the lumbar puncture so I can't say it was 100% meningitis, but it was basically, but you didn't know if you had bacterial or

Viral either I guess. It was viral. I don't know. To be honest, I don't know I couldn't tell you but anyway, so that happened I was very poorly in hospital and when I was was a little girl, after all that happened, so I was only two, I remember when I was younger, I used to lay on my good ear at bedtime, and I'd go to mum, mummy, when I lay like this, I can't hear you. And my mum thought I was just being silly

and trying not to go to bed. Mum was like, oh, come on darling, call Shikar. It was only when I started school that the school nurse called my mum in and she was like, I think Georgia might have problems with her hearing, she's not quite picking things up. And it turned out I was completely dead in my right ear.

No way. Yeah, yeah. So it was quite a late diagnosis. And growing up, it was hard because I'd miss a lot of things. Luckily I had a great group of friends around me. But like things like, and it never got passed on between teachers.

Every parents' evening, mom and dad were like, can you just make sure Georgia can always hear, she'll ask a lot of questions because she misses a lot of things. So don't lose your patience with her. Because that was what would happen teachers would get impatient with me yeah because I ask things all the time but I wanted to know I was like I'm don't you want to miss out on like learning just because I'm

deaf but then like in tests you know you go sit in a big hall they'd always bring me in with the naughty kids because the naughty kids always have to sit at the front and because I was deaf I had to sit at the front so everyone but there was no explanation everyone just thought I was this closet naughty kid that no one knew why I was naughty but I was because I was sat at the front and I hated that it really embarrassed me but really yeah yeah because I was a really good kid like I was so far from naughty yeah I'd have been at the front wouldn't I? You'd definitely be at the front. So yeah, so it was it was tricky, but I learned growing up To be vocal about it because otherwise I came across as rude when I first met G

She thought I was a awful. I thought I actually can't hear you. Yeah. Well, I didn't know she'd been speaking to me And I don't so it was the first time I'd met G, G of Anna Fletcher, Tom's wife, and Izzy, Harry's wife. The wives, can I? The wives. It was the first time I'd met them all. And I hope I see what's gonna make a really good impression. And I didn't know, but G had been talking to me on my wrong side, and I didn't order for like, a load of questions she'd asked me, but didn't know.

So I'd gone away being like, I think I made a really good impression on them she'd come away from it going god George is a bit of a dick she just ignored me for a lot of things that I'd said and then it was only later we'd then talked and she found out she's like oh my god thank god because I just thought you were a very nice person I thought you were rude I was mortified absolutely mortified. But anyway, yeah, I just live with it now I did I did get a hearing aid, but I just can't I can't work with them. No, it was too much for me I didn't like it, but I'm but never say never see I worry about a radius hearing. No, she's just not a

But she talks really loud just Just shakes that all out. Really, really loud. So do you though? Yeah, but she's like extreme and I'm just like bring it down. You don't have to talk that loud. I said to my nan, she was like, I was thinking, is she deaf and I keep saying, I might get your ears tested, but also down her ear, she's got like a massive lump. I don't know whether that needs to be cleared away

or you know, there's so many things with your ears that you don't know. And also at that age, like you're saying, I don't know. No, and that's it, like kids do ignore you. And my mom whispered something, got into her breath like, do you want sweets? And she was like, what?

And I was like, is she, isn't she? I'm a bit like, but it's more how loud she talks. She might just be a loud kid. My mum's like have you seen this family? Like she has to talk loud to get over everyone but. I am a bit confused as to why you are surprised that she's loud. When she was like two, when we first moved into her house, she put a stone down her ear and I didn't know that this stone was lodged down her ear until she was four and she was sick.

Two years later. She was sick and she got...so she threw up, had a sickness but got into bed with me and then laid down and then this stone fell out of her ear. Oh my! So, I don't know whether that affected her but obviously, I had no clue that this stone fell out of her ear. Oh my... So I don't know whether that affected her but obviously I had no clue that this stone, you couldn't see it down her ears. Probably where... If you couldn't see it down there, it was so weird.

It must have gone quite deep in there then. Oh, it's probably worth just getting... Gonna get it checked. Yeah. So that's on Kelsey's list of things to do. Oh, I know. God, the list is so long, isn't it? Stop working through.

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Yes. Do you like your Copperfield Trek? I love my Copperfield Treks. I love working for Copperfield. Obviously it's an amazing charity talking of the fabulous G she heads up the charity and it's all about breast cancer and it's honestly the most inspiring thing to do yeah if you've been affected by breast cancer or know anyone who has, then sign yourself up for a Copperfield trick or even if you just want to raise money for breast cancer.

Is it just breast cancer, just purely breast cancer, isn't it? It is specifically for breast cancer. Copperfield is basically raising awareness before it can get out of hand. Yeah. So saying check your breasts and it is just heartbreaking but inspiring as well when you do them because I mean I had a girl on my first ever trek and she was in her 20s and she was going through breast cancer. She was. A lot of people that are on the trek

actually going through treatment. We have people on treatment who are like stage four and they'll be actually having chemo before they go and working around actually their chemo schedule. Yeah, and radio if they're doing radio and then there's people with no breasts. Yeah, I've seen a few photos actually. Is it amazing? I can't, like until you do one, I can't explain to you the feeling is it like

Depressing being around people that are parley. Oh, is it quite uplifting? I actually did my first track Tom died in the March and I went in September to do my first track and I did the Sahara Desert Yeah And I my manager rang me at the time and she was like look one of our other talent was meant to be doing it And they can't they can't do it now because they're actually having a baby. Do you want to do it? And I was like, didn't even, I was just like, yeah. Yeah, I'll absolutely do that. And for me, it was so good. It's hard, I think, because obviously I have gone through the cancer experience

and also I'm from a different angle as well. So then I can really connect with the people that have lost someone to breast cancer. Yeah. Or to any cancer. Yeah, it's just, it is amazing. Yeah. Do you come away from it kind of like really appreciating life? Life, your family.

Yeah. And just to be able to do it and to raise that sort of money. So absolutely. You and me, we should do it together. We should do it and to raise that sort of money. Mm. I think we're on the road. So, absolutely. You and me, we should do it together. We should do it together. We should. I wonder if we could be a joint team though.

Yeah, no, absolutely. You take me to my team. Because we can't possibly be apart, me and Kelsey. No, we cannot. We come as a pair. So, Kate asks, oh, this is a good one, if you could do any reality TV show what would it be? Surely Strictly Come Dancing. I would love to do Strictly. I would much

prefer to dance around in a sequin outfit. But would you be one of the ones? Then go and eat bugs. Yeah. And have rats crawling up over me. Well yeah. But you can dance the oh rats crawling up you steady on. Yeah I I mean, I can dance, but I've not danced for a very long time. And, you know, me dancing when I was in my teens to now having two kids and trying to whiz around the dance floor without pissing myself and being lifted up is gonna be... it would be completely different. I would love to do Strictly, but I think there's so many other shows. There's loads. There's loads now. Would you do the Masked Singer? Oh my god, you should do the Masked Singer.

Oh my god, what about Macy Grace storming off the stage? I've not watched it because I just can't because I hate cringey things. Do you hate cringey moments? I do but I tried to find the video. I couldn't find it. Actually it didn't look that hard But I just went on whatever it was on. I tried to find the video of couldn't find it actually didn't look that hard but I just went on whatever it was on I tried to find the video of her storming off stage so for anyone that doesn't know Macy Gray was on mass wasn't she on the mass singer and she stomped off stage I think it's because it was so early on she won the American one and then No I think she she got into the final of the American one and I think something similar

happened she thinks this is the third time she's done it she obviously really wants to win and Then when she came back on to do the interview apparently it was like one-word answers And she was just really angry and from from the reports I've read do you can't believe everything but from what I've read it took an hour to coax her to come back on to Be interviewed by Joel So yeah, she was not happy, but no, I just I was fascinated by people because I just think if I ever did anything like that, I'd just be so late to even be on a show. I know, I know. When people's reactions are that you're

like, and no offense, mercy, but you were a bit of a one hit wonder. Was she not? Was she not? Was she? I feel like she was. I tried to sing. What other songs did she have? No, I think that is it. Yeah, I think Dom. Did she have any more than one song? Was Mercy Gray a bit of a one hit wonder? He's not a clue. He's too young. He doesn't know who Mercy Gray is.

He only knows about football. If we were asking him a World Cup question, he'd know it. And also Dom's about 12 so he doesn doesn't know who Macy Gray is. Oh no, he genuinely, do you know who Macy Gray is? He hasn't got a clue. No, he's like, no. That's embarrassing, let's move on. So there's plenty of other reality TV shows

that I would love to do with you. With me? Oh my God, what could, oh! We could do, what would she do? Kelsey, why don't we do Race Across the World together? Oh my God! Oh my God! All right, whoever the producers are for Race Across the World, me and Kelsey, again. Why don't we do race across the world together? Oh my god, all right Whoever the producers are for race across the world me and Kelsey again. I would love to do that

Do you think we fall out though? No, are you good with geography? Yeah, no, but yeah, no me neither I'm good at like I've got such a good like sense of direction though I'll have you right cuz I don't if I walk one way I wouldn't be able to walk Are you a diva would you be like no I sleep on a floor? Okay. Hey listen I've been in a cabin in the woods chopping my own wood and she's hardened and not she thinks I don't poo But and weeing in a hole and going back to Copperfield actually Going to the Sahara Desert. Yeah, I'm to share I can't even describe so I wouldn't even say it was a toilet I hope it's a hole. It wasn't a hole. It was a potty potty

with 120 people a lot isn't it and going and just literally having a bucket and It was like a tent. Yeah, so you know like a In your bucket and basically go in and tip the water over you and that was your shower. Was it? Yeah. Did you say you could save it? Do you know what I've been doing that my mum and dad they've lost all their their water to the hot water to their house so I've been when I went back there the other week I was washing in a bucket standing there mop bucket and wash myself down. What have they been doing anyway? Anyway moving on Thomas has asked oh thanks Thomas I like

that we've got a guy listener what's been your favorite age of your children so far oh good question that is a great question I love babies and I love the newborn but I do love the age they're at now yeah do you prefer I prefer a really as edge our body's edge? I just think every age you hit with them. There's a milestone. That's what I've got overcome. Yeah, I heard someone say I don't know. It was you. I was listening to on this podcast with some with a guest of Saying like you're always you're always getting to the next milestone at you You're never out of it because you're always in it onto theo the next, yeah onto the next onto the next and they go through different phases don't they? Yeah I think as well when you've got two it's different because they're always going to be at different

ages whereas obviously I've only got Cooper so you know I can really clearly see specific ages and which ones were... Yeah clearly. Like three was probably the worst for me because he was a tantrumer. It was a lot. And I think the age that's really difficult is like the 18 months to two. Yeah, because they want to do stuff and they can. And they can't express themselves.

They can't tell you what they want. Yeah, they can't really walk very well unaided. And they're just into everything. Yeah, they're very... I think that's a really hard stage. So I love the newborn and I love the phase, the phase, the stage. I love the stage that we're at now. Yeah, and so it really is five. Five. And Bodi's four. Four. Yeah, that's nice. It's a nice stage. Hannah asked, so also you need to explain what this is in case anyone doesn't know. How did K2K come about and how did it change for you during COVID?

Right, so K2K Stars is my performing arts school, which I run with my best friend, he's called Kelsey. Was that why it's called K2K? Yeah, Kelsey to Kelsey. Oh, fabulous. We actually started with just doing workshops around the country. Of what workshops? For anyone that doesn't know.

It was dancing, singing and acting, but really in the early stages of when we started, we had this vision that we was going to do loads of dance, but actually the girls that came were teenage girls and they actually needed like belief and positivity and overcoming, you know, even just standing up saying their name, age, an interesting fact about themselves. Yeah, confidence. Confidence. So K2K started there and we did that for a good couple of years and then we needed something, we needed an actual school.

Yeah. So now, yeah, we run every Saturday and it's dancing, singing, acting, acro. What's acro? Like gymnastics, ballet, tap. And what's the age range that you... So we take from 18 months all the way up to 18. Wow! Oh, okay. And then we have a few classes during the week but they're the ones that want to go to stage school

and take it really seriously. Yeah. Oh my God, that's incredible. And what was it like during COVID then? Really hard, and we lost everything. And we're actually rebuilding now. I would say we're still affected by COVID. Why did you, just because people obviously couldn't come?

Yeah, and I'd say at that time probably like teenagers We had well over 50 teenagers come in. Yeah, and we lost them all Because for a teenager, why are you going to dance in you not necessarily want to be a dancer or a singer or an actress? You're actually going to see your friends. Yeah, so every time we went into a zoom We'd lose people. So we're really like baby heavy at the moment. Like my five year olds, five and below are our core now. So we're sort of having to rebuild the business again. Yeah.

You don't realize, like you just don't realize what COVID did to people. And we're still paying off loans from COVID too. Oh my gosh. Because we would have had nothing. Wow. And the place that you, so you must rent a place to do the... So we're at a rugby club.

We used to be in schools, that used to be our thing, we used to hire schools. But again, with COVID, we went to a rugby club, which is Westcombe Park Rugby Club, which is in Aubenton. Shout out, shout out. They hate me there. No, no, no, Park Rugby Club, which is in Aubenton. I love them so much. Shout out, shout out. They hate me there. No, no, no, they love us. They love me and Kelce.

I mean, they have got like performers. Great, great. But we've built a marquee. We've built our own studio there. They've really welcomed us. That's incredible. But we needed a home. And that's why I didn't ever want to be in that place where K2K didn't

have a home. Yeah. And for me, you know, people probably think it's like, can she do any more? But I would never ever get rid of K2K1 because my kids absolutely love it and it's their second home. But it's something that me and Kels actually built with Tom. Like he basically was the two in the K2K. Was he? Well, pretty much because he helped us so much

and was the director of the shows really. He'd come in and he'd put the shows together and he'd help with all the sound and everything. So I could never, it's my baby that I had with him. Yeah. And really with Tom, he had so many different ideas and business ventures and would always tell me what I should be doing with K2K. You need to franchise it, you need to do this.

And I feel like it's something that I built with him backing me, but it's my thing. Yeah, and it's nice to have your thing, isn't it? You know, obviously he helped and he was there and he was part of it, but you do it and you are still doing it and you're doing it, you know, obviously you and Kels, but you two together and you're smashing it.

And you're- I think even with that, that people don't know what I actually have done till this period of time. And they go, well, how has she just launched into this world? But it's like, I've always been in this world doing it. Yeah, people don't realise. You know every kid that we've had audition for a stagecoach have got him. Really?

We've had Conti kids, we've had Sylvia Youngs. That's incredible. We've had, we've got kids that are at D&B, every time they've auditioned for West End shows, they've got into, you know, we've had kids in Matilda, School of Rock. Wow, that's incredible, Cass. Pantomimes. See, look, listen, you guys are learning so much here. About us. About us.

Right, so last question, before we wrap up, is from Zara. You've both mentioned your work for Action for Children. Is it a cause and charity you both feel strongly about? Yes. Yes. More charity work. More charity work. Yeah, it is, well, it's not work, it's not a job. Yes. Yes. More charity work. More charity work. Yeah, it is. Well, it's not work. It's not a job.

No. It's something that me and Kel support and we help out. We don't, you know, obviously don't get paid or anything like that. We work for them because we want to, don't we? And we've got lots happening this year. Lots happening with them this year. Some very exciting conversations we had last year weren't they about things that we can do. Yeah. For the company, for the charity. With how many children and families are living in poverty in this country it literally is shocking. Yeah one in three. One in three? I know. Like that's obscene like yeah and you wouldn't think that would you?? Like, if I had hazard, hazarded a guess, it certainly wouldn't be.

One in three. One in three, absolutely not. And you know, it was things like, so over Christmas, we went to the Santa's Grotto thing that they had on, which was lovely, and it was where you could, you know, buy a gift for someone. Who won't be getting. Yeah, someone who won't be getting gifts this year.

And it was sad, like when we were talking about it, like there's kids that, you know, cat, they can't, the parents are having to decide whether they give them a warm Christmas or a Christmas where they can eat. And they had to make that decision. There's parents that aren't eating just so their kids can eat.

And all things like that. And you just don't realize it puts things Massively into perspective doesn't it? Yeah, and that's why we want to use our platform to help others Yeah, that is the beauty of everything that we do is that we get to give back Yeah, absolutely And we've got a platform to talk if we can talk about things that are gonna help people then why the hell not a Kels? Hey, hey And if we can talk about things that are going to help people then. Why the hell not, Akels? Aye. Aye.

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