The Tooney & Russo Show - The trio have made it to Ibiza!

Episode Date: July 29, 2024

Ella Toone and Alessia Russo are invited to Vick’s place on the island for a post-season break and there’s plenty to catch up on. The girls discuss qualifying for the Euros, sharing a villa with Alessia’s Arsenal teammates and detail what they plan to get up to whilst in Ibiza. Plus they reveal a special guest will also be joining them on holiday and give you a few clues about who it could be…

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Music, radio, podcasts. What do you mean? What's this? What do you mean? What do you mean I can't go on? This is what this holiday's been booked for. All I've been thinking about every time I go to sleep, every time I wake up, it's all about the big inflatable.

Oh, my God, I'm crying. Hello and welcome to the Toonie and Risa Show with me, Vic Hope. I'm here with two of football's most famous friends. And we're in Ibiza! We're in Ibiza! We finally got it together. The WhatsApp group's been popping. Yeah, made it out of the chat.

We made it out of the chat. Oh my gosh. So, we've all been here since yesterday. Welcome to my home. That's gorgeous. It's amazing. Got chickens. Yeah. So, i've got to set the scene just because obviously there's some sounds that's the crickets there's like various birds we've got our

chickens over here who i think want in on the um on the action definitely want in and got smokies the cockerel they're all named after like um soul and motown singers so smoky moments is the cockerel diana and diana ross dusty springfields you got a right little gang and there's a few that we don't know the names of so if you want to name any feel free what about etta there's already an etta actually oh is there yeah but a good shout gladys anna glad all. How's it been since you've been on the island? We've had a good time, haven't we? It is just so, so hot. Yeah, that's why I've got my fan.

Your fan. That's around the fan. Yeah. Normally our holidays are in like May, June time, but July's different heat, isn't it? It is. Yeah. What I will say is, so at the time of recording, it's mid-July. In the last two weeks, it is like escalated it's so

warm there's a pool behind us but um we might have to jump in yeah yeah and ella i've got a little gift for you you look frightened you look scared what have you got miss oh i felt bad that on the podcast it felt a little bit like sometimes you'd be messed out so things like I love it country music for example so I've got some bits I love it I like what I like I like what I like and that's a nice beach bag it's gorgeous isn't isn't it? Yeah. What have we got? Open it up. A sieve.

For your orange juice, because I know you don't like the bits in it. You know me so well now. Yeah. What else have I got? The ultimate potato recipe book. Your favourite. The extremely delicious potato recipes. You love potatoes. I know.

Mashed potatoes with green onions. That sounds gaudy. Can't wait for that. Nausea relief. Mashed potatoes with green onions. That sounds gaudy. Can't wait for that. Nausea relief. Helps prevent feelings of sickness while travelling. Ginger capsules. Nice.

In case you go on a boat or you're at sea. We are going on a boat. We are going on a boat, so they will come in here. Hydrogel eye patch therapy. I love stuff like that. You're going to put them on when we get back tonight. Might just even put one on when we get back tonight not just even put one on that stay hydrated bozzy ah it's some of these I can't wait go in pool now magic top I was saying to less like what should I wear on the

podcast I might just wear some goggles and a snorkel then after you so for our listeners who can't see is a diving mask because Ella has expressed a little bit of worry that if she does go in the water, she's going to ruin her eyelashes. Not now. You look great. What are the odds you wear that for the rest of the pod? Can't breathe. Careful, we've got to breathe. One in ten, you wear it for the rest of the pod.

One, two, three, four. Oh, I can't wait. I'm definitely getting in the pool now. Oh, well, thanks, Becky. It's amazing, that. I just want you to have a nice time. And the little bag's nice, too. Yeah.

Because you do, you like what you like. I like what I like. Wow, I'm so sweaty now, aren't I? I don't know if we've mentioned, but it's really hot. Yeah, I might mention it another hundred times while I'm sat here, but I can't wait to just use all of this equipment. So what have you been up to so far? We've not really done a whole lot besides a great night.

All right, we've heard you now. He wants to be famous. Well, yeah, you guys were at the show last night Ushuaia which is what we do on a Friday night. Yes. Smokey knows it. Biggest part of the night. We're not gonna talk about that right now because we have a very special guest on our next bonus episode. Yeah. Which I'm not gonna reveal I don't want to give any spoilers just yet but she was out with us last night. Yes she was, we had a great night. What else have you got planned? Got a couple of dinners, I think we'll go to a beach at some point. Yeah that'll be nice. I feel like we're going to just cram everything in these next few

days that we're here. And the main thing for me is just to sunbathe a little bit, just to switch off. I feel like we've had a very hectic summer so it's nice to just be here, be in the sun, just chill. Thank you Smoshie. He's not done that the whole time and now when we press record he's on one. He's making a show of himself, it's because we've got friends over. Showing off. Yeah he's showing off. Have you been on the inflatable assault course yet? No I haven't been on the inflatable assault course. No I swear it is there. Well we can go and try and find it if you want.

Yeah, when I used to go, it was always there, so I would like to go on it. And now I've got my goggles, so I'm definitely going on it. Les only just showed me a picture of what it actually is, and honestly, my mind is boggled. It's amazing. It's like a sprawling city in the sea, and you just lose your inhibitions.

You just jump, you just fly, you just roll, you just tackle it. I want to go on it. Yeah. Well, if we find it, you just fly you just roll it's time i want to go on it yeah well if we find it we'll let you know where it is we'll send our pin yeah send our live location which is what you've got to do you mentioned that it's been so busy i have to say congratulations on qualifying for the euros thank you thanks yeah it was just a few days ago how are you feeling it was nice wasn't it few days ago. How are you feeling? It was nice, wasn't it? Got the job done.

Now you can focus on that. Nice to be in another tournament, isn't it? Yeah, exactly. And obviously we're reigning champions of the Euros. It's been a tough summer. We had a really tough group, but we managed to get out of it. And yeah, well, we know we've got a year now to really kick on and improve and go again. Does it feel like a lot of pressure knowing that you are the reigning champions, that you've got a bit more to prove than anyone else going into them? I feel like you've got a target on your back. Everyone wants to beat us.

They don't want to make it easy for us. I think it will be difficult, but I think there's no pressure on our side I think it's just us wanting to achieve that again make the country proud again and yeah have that feeling of what winning is

yeah so yeah we're looking forward to it did you watch the men's Euros I'm sure obviously you did yeah we were on camp for most of it

yeah we were we were on camp for the final and we watched it all together didn't we yeah and the game before the semis mixed emotions

yeah yeah in the words of Chase the semis. Mixed emotions. Yeah. Yeah. In the words of Chase the Staters. So I've been meeting quite a few of the players from both the England squad, also like a lot of the Scots came out after they got knocked out. And last night I don't know if you saw like Big Verge, Virgil van Dijk. Yeah. And for all of them, they're pretty knackered because the summer break is rare and it is short.

Yeah. Like you come off playing for your club, you go on to camp, you've got your international matches. How do you fit it all in? How do you kind of navigate that summer break, make the most of it? It's hard work. I was saying the other day that I think my passport has been stamped so many times this summer. Because we had straight after the season, I went to Australia and back, and then we went straight into camp

where we went to Ireland and France and Sweden, and now we're in Ibiza. Holland. I think people might think I'm up to no good with all my passport stamps. I've been going that many different places, but it's nice. It's a perk of the job to get to travel,

but it's nice to come out and have perk of the job to get to travel but yeah yeah it's nice to come out and have a bit of a holiday isn't it and i think we've got to make the most of our time off now make sure that we're refreshed and re-energized ready to go for the season yeah yeah see see everyone we need to see and then get back to work you've got to have quite a strict itinerary of okay i've got to see all these people i've got much time, I want to get in some time in the sun. It's tough planning, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah, it is.

We got back from camp on Friday, about three in the morning, had a couple of days at home and then came straight here. So in those two days, I was running around like a madman. So when do you start thinking about the next season? When do you have to start getting into that mindset mindset I think I always have it in my head like as much as you probably don't or shouldn't like and you want to switch off and you want to enjoy time with your family and you want to go away and whatever I think I because I just love football and love being out of football I just always have it in my mind that I want to go back,

I want to be better, I want to do more than I did last season. So, yeah, it's always in the back of your mind and you're always really looking forward to getting back to it. But, yeah, I think for now, just enjoy the moment of us being on holiday together. Yeah. And it is one of you. There were so many Lionesses last night.

Honestly, we could fill the whole squad. The whole of WSL was there. Who are you out with? Oh, God. So there's us two, some of the Arsenal girls, Anna Patton, who's one of our friends from a long time ago. She's at Villa now. Grace Mayer.

Grace Mayer, yeah. We made them come. We didn't make them, but they were going to go on holiday together i was like just come to ibiza come on so they came and they were going to go to mcdonough's but we uh persuaded them i mean we didn't have to ask much did we no come to ibiza and they were like okay yeah there's like loads of us out but then we're all like just in like different areas yeah yeah oh so you're in different villas yeah right i had this image of all of you in one big oh like 30 of us yeah how many is in ours though 11 there's 11 in our villa yeah it's a lot it's nice what's the

dynamic like is it because you're on off period now like you're you're powered down and it's not cam because it's not the same does the same dynamic kind of stay or do you do you feel like it's it's just up a bit i think it's quite chilled actually at the moment isn't it yeah to be fair we've not actually been at the villa much at all have we no because we got there late yesterday and then we're out today but they're all just chilling by the pool i think having a nice little girls day yeah peace and quiet from us too yeah it's what you all need and in the villa like she was messy who's organized who's sorting everything out well we got into our room last night and Anna Patton had opened a case all over the room like I said Anna is this all your stuff she was like yeah

I was like where me and let's put in any other us so she also got there that night like she got there like the night before but really late so she'd only been there like half a day before we'd got there she's shot everywhere stuff was everywhere yeah I'm just living out the case better hanging stuff off better for us this morning. Yeah, Beth cooked mine and Les's breakfast, which was nice. Yeah. I was stood in the kitchen and I thought I could help,

but I said, too many cooks spoil the broth, so I'll go and sit down. He's the popular... Beth said, I thought he was going to say, too many cooks spoil the broth, so yous go and sit down and I'll make it, and I thought, no, no, I'll leave that to you that's very big of you yeah you did the right thing yeah I did it I buttered the toast to the fair yeah and do you feel like when you're on holiday you manage to just switch off switch on do you ever play like a bit of football on the beach or I feel like we always have a ball yeah there's always a ball about i think

they do like heading in the pool and stuff like the chickens yeah head in pool yeah anyone listening and i just did like a little head movement i think sort of chickens clucking yeah that's sort of that walk like an egyptian dance that vibe. Which is... So a fun fact about chickens, because I've been learning a lot about them recently, is if you pick them up and you move their bum around, their head will stay still. Oh, wow. So they have this mechanism where their head just anchors.

And it's the same mechanism that is used on gimbal cameras, on cameras that you might buy. Oh, yeah. Maybe we should try it. Does everyone want to join the crew? Yeah, it's based on a chicken. Some fact of the day. Maybe we should try it.

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There is quite a lot to catch up on. I've not seen you, obviously, in a little while. What I will say is, in that time, I get so many people asking me questions about you, wanting to pass on messages to you. Everyone wants a video or a picture or shirt signs. What do you do, pat him off or ignore him?

No I've been, we've got a bit of a session after this, I need some pictures and videos guys, I've got a shirt that he's signing. Do you find that you get a lot of people getting in contact and I feel like the popularity is swelling and swelling every day. Yeah, we do get a lot like i can just do a video like that now me like hi it's ella here just wanted to wish you a happy 10th birthday hope you have an amazing day um and hopefully i'll see you at a game soon bye and it's just so natural to me now but yeah it's nice to feel just doing a video is going to make someone's day or week or

whatever so yeah don't mind and it takes literally like two seconds to do one apart from when we do them together because we just laugh yeah we have to redo it a lot you know like a practice script um that you use imagine it's it's my birthday we don't make up an age it doesn't matter yeah but also i like that you're asking her to do a little skip because she's actually been uh have you been practicingising your acting? Long story. Got a new hobby. We'll come on to that after the birthday message. OK.

I'll say, hi, Vic. Is Ella and Alessia here? We're pretending we don't really know you. No, in fact, yeah, that's good. Hi, Vic, it's Ella and Alessia here. We hope you have an amazing 21st birthday. 21 is good, I like it. And then you say something.

Hope you have a great day. See you at a game soon. Hi, hi Vic it's Ella and Alessia here we just wanted to wish you a happy 21st birthday hope you have a lovely day and hopefully see you at a game soon bye oh thanks guys you've been so nice you big 21 oh we don't need to dwell on that that was seamless and also i've got to mention ella you've got a star on the walk of fame since then i saw you whoa my la baby baby it's killed me off though that honestly i i put it on and i always go on about i'm not from we're gonna not from we're gonna got manchester postcode all this i've put itigan Council, star awards, got a star in Wigan. You should have seen the amount of girls that messaged me, all the footballers. You said you're not from Wigan. Ha ha, you're from Wigan.

You've said it on this very pod. I know, I've killed myself there, but I am very proud and happy and it was a really nice day to be fair and had all my family there, which was mad because we were in this room in Lee Town Hall and I've never been there before but all my family were there all my friends there was loads of us just make a big day out of it and my dad walks into the room and he's looking around and I'm looking at him and he's like I'm sure I've been here before and I was like oh what have you been here for he said I think I married your mum in here. And then he went, my grandma was there, and he went, mum, did I get married in here?

And grandma was like, no. I was thinking, who else have you married, Dad? And then he went, oh, maybe it was a courtroom back in the day. So, yeah, it was a really nice day, and they all had fun, I think. And, yeah, Dad thought he'd been married in there. It's just that question. yeah it was a really nice day and and then they all had fun I think and yeah that thought he'd been married in there but it's just that question why was he what was he doing in the courtroom and I know I don't know what he was doing let's please tell me what the thing is that you wanted to say about Ella that

she's been doing oh bear in mind we've been on camp for five weeks so it's been a bit delirium yeah so we were sat around the table at the end of last camp and Toonie was just like, I really like drama in school. Like I loved- I didn't say that a lot, people were talking about it. Right, okay. And then star of the show comes out and she's like, I used to love drama at school, I was dead good at it.

Like people used to tell me I should have done drama instead of like, what was it? P-Tech. Yeah. So we're like, all right, well, let's give you some skits to do. But she keeps calling them stints. I don't know why. So we were like, right, well, we'll give you some improv.

So we've just every now and again been giving her like a little different scenario. And she actually did run out of shwire last night. What did you do? Let's just make them really weird. No, it's just random stuff. So we've done like, you're going on a first date. You got expelled from school and you had to go and tell your mum and dad. And last night was that she was dancing loads and she'd like tripped and rolled her ankle.

And then she had to go and find someone to help her. And go on, do your little... Oh, why do you always... Okay. That's really hard. It was funny because when we was doing it at the table like it was millie bright beth me lucy and we were all in absolute tears weren't we yeah crying laughing i kept saying two words and then i burst into tears but when i used to do it in drama in school i was dead focused okay anyway let's give you a different one actually give her a lack of scenario

that she has to okay let's make it appropriate to what's going on. OK, you're approaching the inflatable assault course in the sea, but you have been turned away. They've said, actually, no, you can't come on. Oh, God. But they've not given you a reason. What do you do? What do you mean?

What do you mean I can't go on? You can't laugh because I can't do it. But you can't laugh. Sorry. I'm pretending I'm laughing. She does this thing where it's like a monologue going on in her head and she's like, this is what her head's saying. Yeah.

And then she acts on it. Do you want any other characters in it? Oh, no, it's just me. I'm the star of the show. When you said, get up and do it, and I went, no, don't. And you went, go on, just get up and do it. OK, fine. OK, go.

What do you mean? What's this? What do you mean? What do you mean? What do you mean I can't go on? This is what this holiday's been booked for. All I've been thinking about every time I go to sleep, every time I wake up, it's all about the big inflatable. You're telling me I can't go on? You're crushing my dream.

Then what happens? That's it, I'm going. I'm sneaking on. You can't stop me. Oh, no, don't worry about it. I won't go on then. So I climb into the sea. I swim round the back. Oh, you're doing the same directions as well, in character. I swim round the back. I'm really good at stage directions as well in character. I swim

around the back. I'm really good at holding my nose so that's what I do. Hold my nose, under I go. Wait, put your mask on. Under I go and there I am. There I am. Because of course you would have this as a prop. Yeah. Yeah this would be... I'm going to actually. There I am. I'm swimming. I think this is what all I've wanted to do. I'm delirious. I'm going to be mad last night. Do you get on?

I'm on. I'm standing there. You can't stop. Yeah. Wow. Oh, my God. Am I right? I feel like I was watching Hamlet.

It was like you were holding a skull. You can't stop me. You can't stop me. Whoa. You took us to a place, Ella. Honestly, I don't know why I find it so funny today. It's so funny today. It's so funny.

I'll give you a few more of them tonight because they're great. If football doesn't work out... I know, I've got another career. Yeah. I'm going to get assigned, aren't we? You will. You'll get yourself an acting agent off the back of this if anyone's watching. If you see me at the Oscars, I'll shout you out.

As a genuine question, what would be your dream role? I don't know, I see myself as being a bit of a Michelle Keegan. She's a really good actor. Like in Fool Me Once, where she's like detective vibes. Yeah, our girl. Our girl, I love her in our girl. Yeah, she's good in our girl. Brassic, she's funny, she's got comedy chops too,

which I believe you do too. Yeah, I think you're more comedy than drama. That's such a backhanded compliment but yeah actually say it manifest it we might get on the pod oh funny you'd be dead shy if she came on the pod I'd be dead shy yeah Michelle Keegan if you're watching come on the way here um okay so I know your character in the villa take me through the other girls varying varying characters. How has everyone worked together? How has everyone been on? Can I just say, everyone called us the bombshells last night

because we walked in the latest in the villa. Somo. We were the two late arrivals, weren't we? There's something about staying in a villa that makes you want to act like you're in Love Island. You're always like, I can just play you for a chat. We haven't really fully discovered the roles yet because we've not spent enough time there.

However, I would say you're coming out of your shell a bit more, being the entertainer. I can't believe that you're ever in your shell. I know a lot of people say that, but I think it was easier last night because we'd had a few drinks. I was just myself anyway, so now I'm just going to continue to be like that. And then Anna Plattner's just always sat in the shade.

To be fair, I think I will in this heat. Yeah, true. Katie's always sat in the sun. Yeah, she's got a nice tan. I feel like she's been in the sun all summer. Beth's the... She just keeps everyone... Yeah, I think she's a bit like the mum of the group they're the vibes that we've figured out right now

so we'll get back to you on the rest of it it's a work in progress, it continues but we have got a guest joining us on the next episode they're excited, I'm excited I don't want to give it away I don't want to say who it is but could you describe this person in just a couple

of words as a hint, as a clue our big sister yeah someone who looks after us a lot when we're on camp yeah comment below if you think you know i feel like they're gonna know yeah i'm looking forward to spending a bit more time with them getting to know them until then just have so much fun oh we will we will it's been the toonie and russo show thanks for tuning in to the Toonie and Russo show make sure you hit follow and subscribe so you do not miss a single episode they're dropping every single Monday morning

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