The Rest Is Football: Daly Brightness - The Scar On Millie’s Bum, The Importance Of Gratitude & A Duet In Trafalgar Square

Episode Date: April 24, 2025

How did a night at Winter Wonderland and a daring escalator stunt leave Millie with a scar on her bum? What is a gratitude journal and how has it helped Rach with her mental health? What was the go-to song for our pair as they performed a duet in front of 7,000 people in Trafalgar Square? Millie also gets Rach to reveal the full story behind the YOLO tattoo she has on her bum, even if her memory of it all is a little hazy! For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Before we get into today's episode of Daily Brightness, we just want to say a huge thank you to Shaw for helping bring our podcast to life. Obviously, this is something that we've wanted to do for a while. Teaming up with Goldhanger was an absolute no-brainer for us. But I think it's more just probably to get our points out there. I think like before, Rach, it's about bringing Daily Brightness to life. And I think when we first invented it, if you like, it was all about communicating with each other, having that safe space to kind of be a little bit vulnerable and just showing our raw authentic selves and I think for us the podcast is that and that's why I think we're extremely grateful for sure to give us that opportunity and kind of bringing it to life and allowing us to now you know have it on a

wider spectrum and connecting with the fans again but also some of the things in the women's game that really need to be better and the problems and boundaries that we still face. And I think as players, current players as well, we can really touch on that and hopefully bring a little bit of attention. But ultimately it's just about sharing who we are as people. And yeah, like I said, we're really, really grateful

that Shora have given us this opportunity and supported us since day one. Obviously it's been amazing that Shora have backed us from the start and all the way through this now, but exciting to have them be alongside us for this exciting summer of football. And they'll be with us every step of the way. So we're grateful for them to be alongside us sharing this journey as well. So thanks again to Shaw and thank you all for tuning in Hi everyone, welcome to the Restless Football Daily Brightness, this is our

Q&A episode, thank you so much for sending in your questions, we absolutely love having this interaction the last set of questions were amazing and we've got some good ones for you but first Rach talk to us Leeds getting the job done for you how does it feel obviously buzzing back where we belong in the Premier League um we just need to stay up in there now because obviously we came straight back down and need to stay up um but yeah I was delighted it was it was weird because Leeds played at three um and then you kind of have to wait till the half five game which was Sheffield

United Burnley so it's it's a bit of a bittersweet one because you can't celebrate on the pitch that you've gone up like Burnley could yeah they all stayed behind and did mad celebrations so I was there for that but um no buzzing the back in the prem so no celebration for you no i was in training the next day so you know just end of season end of the season celebration exactly exactly exactly yeah but no obviously delighted they're back in the prem now so going back to last week's question i think you've thought of your third dinner guest hit us up with that one i have i've had a lot of time to think about this one uh so my first one was kevin hart absolute ledge you know how much I love him. My second one was you, of course,

not doing a party if you're not there. And my third one was Will Ferrell. You know how much I love Step Brothers and all the movies that he's in. I think everyone would bounce off each other. It'd be just hilarious. I think that'd be such a fun table. It would be.

Can we make that happen, please? Yeah, please. Shout out, Kevin. Shout out, Will be. Can we make that happen, please? Yeah, please. Shout out Kevin. Shout out Will. Come on. Make it happen. Make that happen, for sure.

Right, let's go back into the Q&A for this week then. So we've got a great, great question to start us off from the legend herself, Carly Telford. Is it true that Millie has a scar on her bum? And if so, how did it happen oh god I wish I could say this is what they want I wish I could say this was from my um my youth however it was not from my youth so we had one Christmas this was when CT was still playing so yeah a few years ago I was a little bit younger and every Christmas we used to do Winter Wonderland oh one of my Christmas markets I absolutely love Winter Wonderland's

sick so good and me being me you know what I'm like silly old me we were in the tube station and I thought I just had a I just it just popped into my head and I was like, how sick would it be if I just flew down that side of my bum? Like if I just slid down that, where everyone's going down the escalators, I was like, what if I just slid down there? That'd be so sick. Like I could race everyone, I'd win. So I did that and then at the bottom,

I didn't know there was like a little gold stump. When I tell you my ass went over that stump at some pace. I remember when you told me this story, because you did tell me straight away, but I just remember seeing it on your bum and I was like, what's that? I was like, I've never seen that scar before. It's just such a you thing to do,

like so impulsive to just go, I'm doing it. I literally got to the bottom when I hit this little stump. It just chucked me off the escalators i flew off like a rag doll and then i was like oh oh my bum it's a bit sore and obviously we were at winter wonderland we're having a good time you don't feel as much when i tell you the next day when i woke up my arse was black and blue i couldn't sit on the toilet. I couldn't do anything. I was like, oh, my bum hurts. So I do have a scar on my bum. That's never going away, by the way.

It's never going away. It's a silly event, but would I do it again? Yeah, I'd do it tomorrow. I would. How long did that hurt for? Oh, Rach, I couldn't sit on the toilet for a good week. A good week. I was in so much pain i was like oh my god luckily

it was a christmas break so i didn't have to train but i was gonna say about you going into going into the physios have been like can you show me a quick look at my bum yeah i had honestly my cut was like my cut was like that on my bum and then like the next day it like egged out so i looked like i'd had like an implant in my bum i said no i promise i promise my jeans not really coming out of the bbl you heard it here first right anyway less of me exposing my silly little self let's move on to john in nottingham seeing as though i've been outed and you've already been outed on the last one i outed you for your yOLO tattoo on the first episode,

but we need the full story. Everyone needs to know what happened, how did you get it, why did you get it? Well, I'll tell you the story of what I can remember because I was heavily under the influence. Seems to be a running common denominator. Yeah, I mean, all the best stories happen then, don't they? So I was playing in la in the summer so i was at uni in new york at the time yeah and i played in a summer team

in la and some of the girls were like right let's go to this place called lake havasu so all the american listeners will probably know where that is and it's like a bit of a party lake so i was like perfect had a weekend off went and got on this boat and just had a great time from what I can remember and I had a hat on which I'll find a picture and I will expose myself with this hat and it was neon yellow with massive black yolo across the front there's a picture of me in the back of a car like dead asleep with a bikini on and this hat don't remember that picture getting taken but yeah basically I must have gone YOLO like YOLO must have been like my saying then because that was on my hat and I don't remember anything else right I woke up the next morning and I was like what's that I'm like feeling around my bum and there's like cling film

on my bum and I thought no surely I've not had a tattoo and not not remembered it so I've woke up I've stood up I've looked at the mirror and I've pulled this I thought oh maybe it was just some cling film in the bed or something I don't know pulled it off and I was like, oh my God, that's real. And I was like scratching it. I'm like, get off. Someone's taking a piss here and just drawn on a bun. Sat there with your toothbrush rubbing it off. So I've tried to look in the mirror. I can't get a good look at it. So I've asked my friends. I literally went into the room next door. I was like, what have like what have i done they're like oh yeah you got a tattoo last

night i was like what so i took a picture of it i had a look at it not only does it say yolo but you've seen the font it's like i must have gone in and said give me the worst give me the shittiest tattoo you've got saying yolo and the the shittiest font. No, I think you did it in the same font as the hat. Just like... Bubble writing. It's like them bubble writing you used to draw when you doodle as a kid. Like Millie. Or you used to do the S like that.

Yeah, I did that the other day. I did that the other day. I was thinking, there's a notepad here. And I was like listening to something. I started doing it. I was like going to your doodles that you do as a kid. But that's the story. Don't remember it. Why are we the same person? Honestly. doing it I was like going to your doodles that you do as a kid but yeah that's the story don't

remember it but why are we the same person honestly we're literally the same also what did your mum say because I know my mum went ballistic at me well I hid it from her for a long time because obviously it's fine to hide yeah easy place to cover up and then I just thought I'll just tell you this story I think just that just at that point she just got over the fact that I was getting tattoos and just being a bit of a knob I love it I love it I love it right good questions while we're talking about American stories Rach we have got another question on the topic from Mallory McCormick um hello Mall Mallory. She started with hi, guys, so I'm just going to address that. Hi, Mallory. She's a huge fan of both, and she's asked,

she's actually from Houston, and she said, when you played in the NWSL, she wants to know your favourite restaurants, coffee shops, places to go in H-Town. Oh, good question. There's quite a lot of places that I loved in Houston. I mean, I spent six now, seven years there, so it was a big part of my life. I would say my favorite coffee shop was probably Tootsweet,

which was by the stadium. So we used to go there quite a lot for like brunch and coffees and stuff like that. It's just a nice vibe in there. So that's my coffee shop. Food is a toughie because the food there is insane. Yeah, because obviously it's like quite close to Mexico so there's a lot of really good Mexican spots um one thing I love about

Houston is how diverse it was like you just meet so many cool different people but they had this one place called Torchy's Tacos you would love it Mil honestly it's elite so I'd say Torchy's if I'm being a bit naughty and healthy I would say a place called Local Foods but I could list off

so many there's so many places there like I'd love to take you there just to have the food because it's insane yeah let's have a trip we'll put that on the list

DB on top get that on there yeah you'd be sweating there though bestie yeah not good with the heat am I

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Must be 19 or older, Ontario only. Please play responsibly. If you or someone you know has concerns about gambling, visit connexontario.ca. T's and Z's apply. Welcome back to the Rest is Football Daily Brightness. We're going to kick off again with some more questions. And this one is from Carly Doe. She said, I saw your first podcast and it was really inspiring. I suffered with mental health problems last year and I wondered

how you two managed to get through a bad day. So I think you kick us off with that one because it's obviously a topic that we've really really been passionate about so you start that one off yeah well thank you for your question um I think this is a topic that we absolutely want to get into a lot more um and there will be loads more on mental health coming in future episodes. But I think for me personally, getting through a tough moment or a bad day, I think something that we do together, Rach, is we journal. Keeping a journal is a way for me to vent. And journaling is something that I've done for a long time, but it's also something me and Rach do through tournaments.

Just a way of coping with pressure, coping with opinions, which in sport you get a lot of, and sometimes just writing stuff down, not all bad, it's good things as well, it's memories, and I still do that now. There's a saying in life where your bucket gets too full, you need to let a little out, so if I feel like things are getting a little bit much, then I'll journal, I'll write things down, I get it off my chest. And that way, if you're not comfortable talking to someone, you're not interfering or it's just you and yourself and your thoughts. So I journal, taking my dogs out, which I know Rach does as well.

That's a massive part of me, just feeling free. And I've got certain spots that I like to go to where it's just me, myself and my thoughts and my three little terrors running around like to go to where it's just me, myself and my thoughts and my three little terrors running around, not listening to me as always. But I think they're my main things and honestly, routine is a big thing for me. Having a routine every day

and keeping myself in the right mindset, whether it, I don't know, when I get stressed, I like to clean. I like to, if people see me cleaning, then I've probably got a million things going off in my head and I need to slow down a little bit. So, yeah, they'd be the things that I do on a regular basis and always checking in with friends and family.

But, yeah, I think me personally, I like to deal with stuff on my own, which I'm trying to get better at letting people help me. It's just something that I really struggle with. I like to be in control, which Rach knows better than anyone yeah I think that's it's really important to share what like your coping mechanisms are because I think even just you saying there is quite inspiring for me because you never talk about stuff like that like openly so I think it's nice to hear how you do cope and obviously I know that but I think it's nice to hear how you do cope. And obviously I know that, but I think it's probably helpful for everyone else to hear that. I'll tell you what I've been doing recently. I've not told you this, Millie,

but gratitude, right? So like at the end of every day, I'll talk to Sarah or whatever, and it's like three things that you're grateful for. Like I rang my mum the other day out of the blue and I just went, tell me three things you're grateful for today. And she was like, what?

She's like, I love this, but what do you mean like I was like just say three things anything that you've been grateful for today and it could be the most tiny little thing ever um but I think it really really helps because you could be having like such a shitty day and you think the whole world's on your shoulders and you just take a step back and say I'm grateful for and it could be the traffic like going green when I was in a bit of a rush yeah and say I'm grateful for and it could be the traffic like going green when I was in a bit of a rush yeah do you know what I mean and like things like that I think that started to really help me because it just makes you think like okay I've had a really bad day everything's gone wrong but actually here's three things that I am grateful for today maybe

we could start to add that into our end of our podcasts yeah let's start today we'll do that at the end I think with that as well it makes you realize that sometimes you feel your problems a lot bigger than in your head like I maximize everything I'm like oh my god it's the end of the world like this is horrendous and then by actually doing that it just brings you back down as like oh there's so much good in life that do you know what I mean like worry less a little Yeah, 100%. I think that would help. Okay, we're starting that today. Right, moving on. Danny Drakeford. Oh, we've got a would you rather. We like these. Oh yes, come on. So he said, I have a would you rather that is pretty stupid. No would you rather is ever stupid, Danny. Don't be silly. But here it goes. Would you rather receive a swirly, a wet willy or a wedgie what's a swirly right i think

we need to explain a swirly or from what i take is head down the toilet oh get in god no don't get in get in there girl wet willy you know what a wet willy is you lick your finger you stick it in someone's ear wet willy or a wedgie which you know panties up the backside give them a tug I'd have a wedgie for sure because I don't like people's wet fingers

in my ear gross and I'd rather not have my head flushed down the toilet to be honest thank you it reminds me of

like bullying in high school it's horrible yeah I'd have a wedgie yeah wedgie tug away tug away I'm going to give you

a wedgie next time I think hey up Bill oh god Yeah, wedgie. Tug away. Tug away. I'm going to give you a wedgie next time I see you. Hey up, Bill. Oh, God. That's a good one. I love would you robbers. Yeah, keep them coming.

Right, we've got time for one more, and it's from Tallulah Street. What a fantastic name. Yeah. Makes me want to sing that. Yeah. Tallulah. Which is quite funny because her question is,

any funny initiation stories from anyone you've played with? Ooh. And what were your initiation songs? Right, so for me, yeah, I didn't do an initiation song at Villa. I wrote a poem about every single person in the team. It was a bit of a roast. It was a bit of a roast. It was a bit of a roast. Oh, I'm like, that's nice. No, no, no.

Some people's were really nice. Yeah. But I included staff and they got roasted. So I didn't actually sing. Are you allowed to share it at some point? Potentially. I think it's still in my notes on my phone. I'll have to check.

Dig it out for next time. But I mean, I'm not opposed to singing clearly I did it in front of 7,000 people at Trafalgar Square yes we did what a five star performance that was by the way

honestly and we were still we weren't even sober we had glasses on for a reason and not another story about being drunk I was sweating out

the alcohol we just won the Euros of course you're gonna celebrate I'm not shying away from that bestie ever no way no way that was one of my favorite days you know trafalgar square but what did we sing river deep mountain high yeah baby by celine dion do you remember the other day when you put the other one on and i was like no no turn it off turn it off this is not the one has to be the

celine dion one uh What was your initiation song? My initiation song, oh God, that was some years ago. I can't actually remember what I did. I think I might have done it with someone, but if I was to do it again, I would sing Lady Marmalade. Oh yeah, you are good at that. Do you remember when you did that on the bus in Australia? I turned around and I was like, excuse me?

Is that Christina? Is that Christina? I was like, excuse me? Is that Christina? Is that Christina? I was like, who's just hit that high note? That's a funny story. We've got so many back of the bus stories. Me and Rach used to be singing every single day

to training, to games. Wherever we were going, music was on. Me and Rach were singing and everyone would be like this with their headphones. Shut up, you two.

Are they at it again? We're like, yeah, we're back. But that would be my song. Funny, isn't song funny i ain't got any funny stories actually about your initiation yeah i don't think i have really to be honest we don't do them anymore we had a staff member quite this is quite smart to be fair because it's actually a song and he sang tequila so it was just like tequila. That's funny, actually.

That's good. So he was like, it's a song. He was like, and I'm singing, but it was just like tequila. And then that was it. I'm trying to think of some of those songs that we used to always play on the bus, but Zell's playlist was brilliant, wasn't it, in the World Cup for the bus. Shout out to Katie Zellum. She was our DJ.

Yeah, those were some good songs, weren't they? What was our little nickname? Meringues. Oh, yeah, the was our DJ. Yeah, those were some good songs, weren't they? What was our little nickname? Meringues. Oh yeah, the Meringues. Why? I don't know. I've no... We're sweet and everyone loves us. I can't remember what it was.

Meringuetangs or something like that. Meringuetangs, yeah. I don't know why that was. We'll find out actually. But yeah, shout out to Katie Zellum. Great, great DJ. Great DJ. We miss you. All right, so to end this this episode I think we're going to start the gratitude

let's do a couple between us and then I think we can build on from there since it's new for you yeah my first thing I'm grateful for which people are going to think I'm crazy but my wi-fi working today I'd agree that my ethernet cable because I've been able to plug into my router to make this episode happen because for those of you listening, yesterday this podcast was not a go. My wife, I was playing games with me. So I'm grateful for that so we can get this episode out today. That's nice. I am grateful.

I'm grateful for us and our podcast because it actually does feel like my therapy session and it's really really helping. I love that let's just do one each today so moving forward we'll do three each on the next episode but Millie that was so cute thanks Rach. What a way to end

my heart hurts. Love you love you on that note guys that is all we have time for today thank you so so much for all your questions we've absolutely loved answering them please get them in for next time and yeah we'll see you soon have a great weekend everyone and goodbye from me as well