Kirstie Allsopp has gotten candid about being in the limelight and what it’s really like, insisting that fame ‘makes life easier’.
The TV presenter – well known for her work on the hit show Location, Location, Location – hit back at claims that fame is ‘miserable’ in an article for The Telegraph.
Kirstie, 51, insisted that being famous ‘oils the wheels’ and means that middle-aged women don’t ‘disappear’ as she reflected on her fame.
‘There is an oft-whinged-about mantra that being famous is miserable, but it’s not!’ Kirstie Allsopp insists fame ‘makes life easier, not harder’ as she reflects on her TV career. Pictured with Phil Spencer
Kirstie said being in the public eye has its own perks as she discussed the worldwide fame of the Royal Family and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
‘There is an oft-whinged-about mantra that being famous is miserable, but I will tell you what – and hold on to your hats here, petals – it’s not,’ she began.
‘I hate to be so un-British, and probably common, but being famous makes life easier, not harder.’
‘There is an oft-whinged-about mantra that being famous is miserable, but I will tell you what – and hold on to your hats here, petals – it’s not,’ her post began
‘Actors like to say that it is all about the art and the fame is an unhappy side-effect, but for the most part that is a load of twaddle.’
She went on to reflect on her career and early days at Channel Four and claimed that ‘being famous oils the wheels’.
Kirstie added that people are friendlier all round when you’re in the limelight, and said that women don’t ‘disappear’ in ‘middle-age’.
Least she’s honest! She reflected on her career and early days at Channel Four and said ‘being famous oils the wheels’
It comes after Kirstie said young people should give up life’s luxuries such as Netflix, gym memberships and coffee if they want to be able to afford a house.
The property expert also suggested people could move in with their parents or find homes up north in cheaper areas if they are struggling.
Speaking to the Sunday Times, Kirstie, owns a house in North Devon, said: ‘When I bought my first property, going abroad, the EasyJet, coffee, gym, Netflix lifestyle didn’t exist,’ she said.
‘I used to walk to work with a sandwich. And on payday I’d go for a pizza, and to a movie, and buy a lipstick.
Not mincing words: It comes after Kirstie said young people should give up life’s luxuries such as Netflix, gym memberships and coffee if they want to be able to afford a house
‘Interest rates were 15 per cent, I was earning £11,500 a year.’
The presenter acknowledged that interest rates were much lower today but added that there were ‘new drains on the finances’ of today’s young first-time buyers.
She told the newspaper that streaming services, foreign holidays and gym memberships were now seen as standard parts of young people’s lives, which was not the case when she was younger.
Kirstie said she bought her first home at the age of 21 with family help when owning your own home was seen as ‘the be all and end all’.
Kirstie, the daughter of Charles Henry Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip, has been presenting alongside Phil Spencer on Location Location since 2000.
Familiar face: Kirstie, the daughter of Charles Henry Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip, has been presenting alongside Phil Spencer on Location Location since 2000