I’m begging Stacey Solomon to put an end to her reality show
It’s hard to see any benefit from airing your dirty laundry so publicly.
Stacey Solomon is perhaps one of the unlikeliest celeb success stories of the last 20 years.
She auditioned for The X Factor in 2009, and immediately it was obvious she was a star with a nice voice but not one that was ever going to set the charts on fire.
In a first for the singing contest, Stacey was clearly destined for success because of her personality.
She was an 18-year-old mum with a radiant giggle and the warmth of a creature comforts character. Unlike her rivals, she just seemed really happy to be there but after finishing third, behind Joe McElderry and Olly Murs her ambition caught people off guard.
As a Loose Women panelist, social influencer and TV presenter, she’s carved out one of the most successful The X Factor careers when – by her own admission – her estimated £5million net-worth and growing empire is an outcome few would have expected.
For the last 16 years, she’s barely put a foot wrong. She was caught smoking when pregnant, which ignited a slight backlash but was put out quicker than a teenager’s cigarette after being caught puffing behind the bike shed.
During an appearance on Loose Women in 2018, she was even brave enough to say she thought the royal family was pointless, stating they’re ‘just celebrities’. When challenged by her royalist panelists, Stacey was unperturbed and impressively questioned the staggering amount of money allocated to the royal family, the clip going viral again following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Few, if any, celebrities with such a traditional ITV background could make the same statement and not be chased out of the Loose Women studio with pitchforks, but Stacey is so universally loved it’s hard to imagine she could ever break the trust of the public.
Now, at the pinnacle of her career, she has landed a spectacular television opportunity – a six-part docuseries on primetime BBC One following her life at her affectionately named Pickle Cottage with husband Joe Swash, her five children, and their miniature zoo of animals.
For many stars who have built careers from their winning personality alone, it’s the dream to have said dream air on classy BBC over ITVBe.
Joe has faced the brunt of the backlash from the new show (Picture: BBC/Optomen Television) Comment nowWhat do you think about the BBC show, Stacey and Joe? Have your say in the comments belowComment NowHowever, when you’re riding as high as Stacey Solomon, there is very little to be gained and a lot to lose – as she’s perhaps starting to realise.
Stacey and Joe is an unfiltered insight into their picture perfect life. They began the series proudly boasting they don’t rely on nannies or au pairs – they’re hands on and they really want us to know about it.
The thing is, no one assumed they lived in the UK’s answer to The White House full of staff. Stacey’s shared enough of her life on social media that we know exactly how hands on she is, that she’s a fantastic mother with a heart as impressive as her business acumen.
What did she really have left to prove?
Joe previously explained that it was ‘important’ for Stacey and Joe viewers to have an authentic portrayal of their relationship – ‘warts and all’.
