AMANDA’S GOT TALENT
Amanda Holden was said to be livid, while presenter Stephen mulhern apparently feared for his safety as security guards were called in to restore order after she furiously threw glasses of water over him. or so insiders on Britain’s Got Talent’s ITV2 spin-off show claimed on monday, after Holden was compared with U.S. socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein, dubbed ‘the Bride of Wildenstein’ because of her extensive plastic surgery.
Plainly, it was all a stunt that amanda was in on — but doesn’t that make it all the more pitiful? She may insist she hasn’t had surgery and no longer has Botox, but with a complexion as tight as hers not everyone believes her.
now, perhaps, she’s decided that ridiculing her looks on TV is easier than dealing with the doubters who think she’s had the odd nip and tuck.
There’s no denying amanda is one of our more accomplished female TV presenters. She doesn’t set viewers’ teeth on edge in the way Tess daly appears to on Strictly; neither does she come across as a bloke’s woman with no time for her own sex as Ulrika Jonsson can.
With amanda, it’s more a case of putting your head in your hands and wondering what on earth possesses a 44-year- old mother-of-two to behave like she’s the star of her own Carry on movie.
For whether she’s jiggling her boobs or flashing her bottom, amanda is the most shameless attention-seeker on telly. What makes this so frustrating is that — unlike so many Identikit blonde presenters — she is sharp and witty.
and you have to give her credit for having lasted for all nine seasons of Britain’s Got Talent. Simon Cowell has been merciless when it comes to axing celebrities (women in particular) from his shows — to which dannii minogue, mel B, Kelly Brook and Sharon osbourne can all attest.
Yet, come tomorrow’s grand final, you just know ms Holden’s gown will be cutto-the-navel and slashed-to-the-thigh, while her behaviour will be like that of an attention-seeking toddler.
at her age, she will be aware women are often ruthlessly dropped by TV bosses as they nudge towards 50, especially when younger rivals such as The Voice’s Rita ora and The X Factor’s Cheryl Fernandez-Versini are snapping at her heels. But is her increasingly desperate behaviour really the answer?
earlier this month, she was a guest on The Graham norton Show alongside actress Carey mulligan, who discussed the challenges of performing Chekhov, while fellow actress noomi Rapace talked about speaking three languages.
and amanda? Well, she talked about her permanently erect nipples and how they always guide her home like an inbuilt satellite system. Then she lifted her gown to reveal a fake tattoo of Simon Cowell at the top of her thigh.
She’s also filling in for Holly Willoughby on ITV’s This morning, where she’s an engaging host. But, my word, the antics, the innuendo: she’s pinned tassels to her chest and twirled them around and pretended to undress during a cookery segment.
and it’s not just her behaviour: amanda’s clothes leave little to the imagination. Justifiably proud of her yoga-honed body, there’s no part of it she doesn’t want to put on display, even if it results in complaints to ofcom — as her revealing BGT dressses have done this week.
We’ll have to wait and see what amanda has planned for tomorrow’s final because with ten million viewers, she won’t be able to resist the chance to show off. Here, in all her attention- seeking glory, are amanda’s latest look-at-me moments . . .
Why does she act as though she’s in a Carry On movie?