24 December 2024

Hey guys

Thanks for following another year of my journey.

As 2025 approaches, and I'm looking back at the past 12 months, it's safe to say that I'm not going to be sad to see the back of 2024. When I was hosting a Christmas Day Dinner for a handful of close friends last year, I could never have imagined that I would lose two of them at such young ages by sudden illness midway through this past year. Life is so short....

There have been plenty of highlights, though! I will remember the photoshoot in Brazil, my girlfriend's wedding week in Malta and spending quality time back with my Mexican friends.

On the property side things are going well, though with ups and downs as happens. I'm currently purchasing another flat which I have yet to see, which seems to the trend with me. On the other hand, one of my flats was among a number of properties flooded in November when the Thames Water main supply for the district burst. My tenants lost a lot of belongings and have had to be rehoused for 3 months while their home is dried out and restored.

Unfortunately all of this has affected my availability for media activities this year, apart from some TV appearances and the usual magazine interviews. I was gutted when forced to turn down a TV series as I couldn't be available for all the required filming dates. However, I will always find time for my Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother columns, I really enjoy them, especially stirring things up a bit!

New Years resolution - delegate more!

I hope you all have a great Christmas.

Love you lots.

Ash, Charlie and Coco x

21 December 2023

Hi guys

So another year is coming to an end, thank you so much for sticking with me through the years, it means so much to me.

Ahead of starting to write this, I couldn't recall anything particularly noteworthy this past year. But then checking my diary I see that in 2023 I've been to seven different countries for work and in between that I've worked on 11 different TV series, including another one I'm due to do between this Christmas and New Year's Eve. So I've not been completely idle!

The highlight of the past few months must be the return of Big Brother and my Mirror column, I just wish the series had been longer. I can't wait for the return of Celebrity Big Brother in the first quarter of next year.

Wishing you all the most amazing 2024, let's hope it's a great year!

Lots of love, as always.

Ash xx

24 December 2022

Hey my loves, how are you?

I love you all very much and pray that you are all healthy and happy.

What a year! Whenever I pick up a newspaper, it just seems to be more doom and gloom. Which makes it even more important that this year we all let our hair down and have a great festive season. I hope you are all really getting into the Christmas spirit.

Looking back this past 12 months from a personal viewpoint, I've had good times and low points. There have been several highlights and I find it hard to pick any one in particular. However number one low point definitely has to be my tonsillectomy in September, (though being carted off by ambulance to hospital in April after some nutter drove into me while I was filming at a kart track comes a close second!). Why is having your tonsils removed such a breeze for kids but feels like a near death experience for adults? I was laid up in agony for nearly a fortnight afterwards.

Unfortunately my commercial interests mean I seem to have hardly any time for attending events and evenings out these days, plus I need to have a clear head in the mornings now!

I've really enjoyed my regular TV discussion show appearances this year, especially when I disagree with the other panelists! Reviewing the daily papers as they come hot off the press is fun too. Talking about the telly, a heads-up... I filmed a new celebrity reality series in the late summer, not allowed to say any more right now but keep an eye on the Channel 5 schedules early next year....

Merry chrimbo whatever you're up to this year.

Lots of love

Ash xx

23 December 2021

Well....

There's no getting away from the fact that this year has been a tough one for so many of us. I don't know about you guys, but I've never felt so un-christmassy before, even when I didn't celebrate it as a child.

We seem to have lost so many this year too, including Nikki which really tore my heart apart.

However we're now on the cusp of a new year so let's think positively and try to make next year a better one.

"Dream it. Believe it. Achieve it."

Thank you so much for your continued support throughout this past year. Looking ahead to next year I'm really excited to be back working with some old friends early in 2022. I hope everyone enjoys watching the result this time around as much as before.

Merry Christmas everybody, and a Happy New Year to you all.

Love always

Ash
xx

22 December 2020

Hi Guys

Thanks for sticking with me for another year. And what a year it's been! Covid-19 hasn't been kind but together we'll pull through. I think a positive frame of mind is key in these hard times.

Can't believe this year was the 20th anniversary of Big Brother and I have to pinch myself to think I was part of such a historic programme. E4 had a series showing some of the best episodes ever and I was so touched by the nice things Davina and Rylan had to say about me. It still gives me a massive buzz even after all this time.

I'm very excited for you guys to see my 'Celeb Ex In The City' episode on MTV in January. But I'm afraid there's a lot of screaming from me, I'm dramatic enough as it is without throwing an ex into the mix!

I'm spending Christmas and my birthday in Spain as I've had some surgery, but I'd rather be here than back home, can't lie. Right now, I'm lying on a sun-lounger next to a pool, thinking do I even want to come back home!

We're going into 2021 having been through a lot this past year but let's move forward in a positive frame of mind, focused on our goals and loving each other. This is the start of a new era and I just want it to be filled with love.

As this year comes to an end, we need to remember that we are not defined by our errors, our mistakes, or our pain. We're defined by how we come back from hard times, so be strong and believe in yourself.

Much love to you all darlings, and I hope 2021 is a better year for you all.

Ash xx