23. Gail Porter on mental health, the 90s, fame and lockdown
The Owen Jones Podcast
Owen Jones
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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TV presenter Gail Porter is one of the most likeable people I've chatted to, and we speak about a lot - the 90s, fame, and the stigma of mental health. If I was the sort of person who used the phrase "all round good egg" then there would be no more apt application than Gail Porter.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome to the podcast, it's Owen Jones here. Today, Gail Porter. Now, I have to say, |
| 0:13.9 | as I say to Gail, I can't really imagine the late 90s without Gail Porter. She was such a fixture |
| 0:20.4 | on television and the reason I wanted to talk to Gail is I think she's just a very warm and |
| 0:26.5 | interesting person. She's just extremely likable. But the way she's been so open about her struggles |
| 0:33.2 | with mental health, I think, is extremely important because she's stigmatized, people find it hard |
| 0:37.7 | to talk about it. And someone in the public eye talking about it, I think really does help. |
| 0:42.4 | So we have a matter, basically, it's just like an old chat about her mental health struggles, |
| 0:49.8 | about that stigma, I guess. We talk a lot of other things. She's a really good egg, really, |
| 0:55.6 | really likable. And it was a big, nice chat to her. Housekeeping, thank you for listening. |
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| 1:17.7 | to the right ring media and offer some hope and optimism. And as well as that, if you're happy to |
| 1:24.0 | do so, if you give us a five star and iTunes, I'll be your best friend forever and buy you a |
| 1:27.9 | pint of real life. Oh, got to stay by that, stick by that commitment, but also at the help of the |
| 1:33.2 | people who listen to the podcast. With all that, this is me, and this is Gail. |
| 1:42.8 | Gail Porter, wow, what an honor. Hello. It's not that exciting, you know, it's really not that |
| 1:48.2 | exciting. You know what? It is exciting. Can I tell you what, I'll tell you for a while, |
| 1:52.8 | I'll tell you for a while. I don't know if this is like a weird thing to say. |
| 1:56.9 | If I, oh, your cat, what's the cat's name first? Pickles. Pickles. Beautiful. For those who |
| 2:03.6 | are listening on the podcast, this is a beautiful black cat that is very proudly stalking Gail. |
| 2:10.1 | She always does, yeah. She's a real stalker. She's already the star of the podcast. So, |
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