The One Where We Went Back to the 90s
I can’t wait for the new ITVBE Reality show Drama Queens, where some of our favourite soap actresses will invite cameras into their homes to give them a glimpse of their real lives.
The girls who are doing it are all beautiful people, both inside and out, but I am particularly thrilled for Ellie Leach.
We just crossed paths on the Corrie cobbles, as I had not long started when she was leaving her role as Faye Windass.
I followed her progress on Strictly last year and saw her blossom from a gorgeous girl to
Jennifer Aniston brought back the iconic ‘Rachel’ cut this week with all the sass and class I could have hoped for.
It took me right back to the 90s when millions of girls heading to the hairdresser for their cut and blow dry went clutching pictures of Rachel from Friends.
I had the ‘90s perm’ – and trust me, I’ve buried those Polaroids under a pile of shellsuits, never to see the light of day again.
But seeing actress Jennifer walk the red carpet with her throwback blonde ‘do made me think: Wouldn’t it be nice to go back to the 90s?
Times were simpler then without what I call ‘Face-cloth’ or ‘Insta-sham’. There was no pressure of social media.
Stars were stars. They didn’t feel like they couldn’t walk out of their front doors, never mind down the red carpet, without excessive cosmetic enhancements. We queued up to watch their films at the cinema instead of slobbing on the sofa to flick through hundreds of different channels.
And on nights out, you’d live in the moment. Nobody took pictures because we didn’t have camera phones – unless you’d squeezed a disposable camera into your tiny clutch bag. Living today a stunning young woman, who was every inch the deserving winner with her pro partner, Vito Coppola.
When you are in a soap, people think they know you – but they know your character, not the real you.
Drama Queens will give these actresses the chance to show people who they really are, and I can’t wait for them to shine. makes you realise how much you did live ‘in the now’ in the 90s. The question is… were we happier then?
People these days go out to find the most Instagrammable spot, then spend hours adding 100 different filters to their photos to get the best ‘look’.
So, when I read the heartbreaking story about 20-year-old Morgan Ribeiro who died after botched weight-loss surgery in Turkey, I thought, ‘Why?’
Is social media putting so much pressure on young people that they’ll go to such tragic lengths in a bid to look perfect?
Going back to a time where we felt good – just like Jennifer did this week – should be the new trend.
I think people will look back on the photos they take now and realise that they weren’t enjoying that moment, they were just taking a picture of it.
I remember going out as a teenager and buying Salt-npepa’s Push It! on CD – and when I was dancing away at home, I thought I was good enough to be in the band.
It’s probably just as well a camera didn’t capture me boogying in my Kicker boots and Tammy Girl blouse, but I remember that moment as if it was yesterday.
Experiences like that will stay in our memories if we enjoy them to the full. They don’t have to be plastered all over social media.
My message is, learn from us oldies. We knew how to party without pictures – and will cherish those moments for ever.
Actress Jen has got the right idea
Times were simpler without the pressure of social media