Episode 105: Suzi Ruffel
Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Kat Rulach
4.8 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2023
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Suzi Ruffell is a writer and stand up at the top of her game, playing to packed audiences at her comedy gigs and with numerous TV appearances on panel shows. She also has two podcasts - 'Like Minded Friends' with Tom Allen and 'Out' showcasing gay success stories.
She uses her personal experiences of being ADHD, of having anxiety and of being the parent of a toddler, in her act. It's important for her to share the joys of family life, she says, because as a gay teenager she thought she might not get to be a mum, as she just didn't see other gay women with children, either in the media or in real life.
Suzy told me about how she's changed the way she works since becoming a mum. We also agreed toddler tantrums are quite funny. And Suzi confessed her daughter often tells her she's not funny. I beg to differ!
Spinning Plates is presented by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, produced by Claire Jones and post-production by Richard Jones
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Sophia Lusbexter and welcome to Spinning Plates, the podcast where I speak to |
| 0:09.6 | to busy working women who also happen to be mothers about how they make it work. |
| 0:14.0 | I'm a singer and I've released seven albums in between having my five sons aged 16 months to 16 years, |
| 0:20.2 | so I spin a few plates myself. |
| 0:22.1 | Being a mother can be the most amazing thing, |
| 0:24.6 | but can also be hard to find time for yourself and your own ambitions. |
| 0:28.1 | I want to be a bit nosy and see how other people balance everything. |
| 0:31.6 | Welcome to spinning plates. |
| 0:35.6 | Hello. |
| 0:36.6 | Oh, are you feeling a bit back to school? |
| 0:39.4 | Oh my God, I'm feeling so back to school. |
| 0:42.0 | I've got such a big year. |
| 0:43.5 | I know I've already told you about this, |
| 0:44.8 | but I've got Mickey, my youngest starting reception. |
| 0:49.2 | My seven-year-olds are starting year three. |
| 0:50.9 | That's fine. |
| 0:52.4 | My 11-year-old starting secondary school, my 14 year old |
| 0:54.9 | starting GCSE and my 19 year old is, well, he's starting a foundation at uni and he's also |
| 1:00.7 | going to be moving out quite soon. He's going to move down the road in with my mum. I think that's |
| 1:05.6 | quite smart. Do you like it? Basically, she lives on her own now. Sunny will be able to live with her and they can both keep an eye |
| 1:12.7 | on each other and they're really close and for me it's a bit of a like soft moving out like I don't want |
| 1:18.6 | him to leave the house but he's only with my mom 10 minutes away so he gets a bit of independence |
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