Vanessa Feltz has opened up about her experiences on reality television, admitting she has failed to learn from her past mistakes. The broadcaster, who first appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in 2001, says she is now making a 'pig's ear' of her current stint on E4's Celebs Go Dating.
Feltz recalled her initial foray into reality TV, describing it as a 'snivelling sobbing disintegration' of her personality. She wrote panic-stricken words on a table while wearing a leopard-print dressing gown and dark glasses indoors. Despite years of such programming, she confessed she has not mastered the genre.
On Celebs Go Dating, Feltz noted that editors chose to show her looking 'fed up and spitting tacks' despite her being 'as good as gold' for 98 per cent of the dates. She acknowledged her own fault for letting 'filaments of boredom and frustration show' and took full responsibility.
Feltz also criticised social media backlash, urging keyboard warriors to 'calm down' and remember that dating is hard and being filmed doing it is a 'health hazard'. She defended her performance, stating that two out of five dates with a 'charming chap called Stacy' is 'bloody good going'.
In a separate comment, Feltz praised the family of Meghan Markle's first husband, Trevor Engelson, for their discretion, contrasting them with the Duchess of Sussex's own relatives. She also questioned why the government had not acted sooner on the RAAC concrete crisis in schools, calling it a 'real and present danger'.
