Petespants
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Oh that's so funny.I can't actually imagine her doing normal things like walking . I've only ever seen her flogging stuff.She used to be a dancer or something in the 80's.Wonder if they still have that pashmina?
I still remember on an IW blooper when Ellis Ward said something about loving a spit roast (that was the general gist of the comment) and Andy & Loen Love had to say that she couldn't say that on tv and it's probably not what she think it means.
Ellis was one of the original presenters on IW, along with Nanty. She liked to remind us of this fact, thought not as much as Nanty does. She used to regularly tell us about her weak bladder and stress incontinence, and would often regale us of a tale when she was going up Snake Pass in Derbyshire and needed a wee and had to do it on her daughter's brand new pashmina which caused much upset.
Vile woman.
If that "weak bladder" incident had ever happened to me (which, thankfully, it hasn't yet) I certainly would not tell people whilst presenting on Selly Telly!
Exactly - me neither. But Ellis seemed to think that her daughter's wee-soaked pashmina was a sure fire way to increased sales of the pelvic floor exerciser. And it was a stock-in-trade tale, like Hayley's dying father and the bin bag chairs, or that rigorous scientific study about norovirus and Bissels.
Now I understand why she said it, based on what she was selling! They will say anything to get a sale! PS, I still would not have revealed that charming anecdote...
Regardless, it's a pretty despicable sales tactic.
If you can't sell the goods on their own merits, why throw your private life, friends and family under the bus sell them?
Totally agree! No one more than Frumpy tilt-head back in the day "wheeling out" excuse the pun, her disabled brother every time she made a sale that wasn't jewellery. I remember her trying to flog this hideous oversized throw which frankly was meant for a sofa or a bed, saying how handy it would be to drape over his knees when he's out on a cold day - Yeah right, it's not gonna trail on the floor or get caught up in the wheels - Terrible...anything to make a sale. I hope to God her brother didn't watch her, as I'm sure he'd have been horrified with all the guff she was trying to flog in his name!