Mollie King (Part One)
Walking The Dog with Emily Dean
Goalhanger
4.6 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
This week Emily and Ray take a stroll with singer, radio presenter and all-round good egg Mollie King.
Mollie first found fame as a member of the hugely successful girl group The Saturdays, and she chats to Emily about those whirlwind years in pop, as well as the unexpected paths her life has taken since. Before music, Mollie had been training to become an Olympic skier, and after her time with the band she went on to build a brilliant career in broadcasting. She’s now a much-loved voice on BBC Radio 1, hosting alongside Matt Edmondson.
The pair have also just launched a brand new comedy-meets-crime podcast, Matt and Mollie’s Novel Idea, where they take turns writing chapters of a murder mystery together each week. It’s funny, chaotic and surprisingly gripping. New episodes are released every Wednesday.
Emily and Mollie also talk about growing up with dyslexia, the heartbreak of losing her beloved dog Alfie last year, and the very sweet story of how she first met her partner, cricketer Stuart Broad.
It’s a warm, funny and wonderfully open conversation with someone whose kindness and positivity light up the whole walk - and who Ray instantly adored.
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| 0:00.0 | It was very much like you had a stiletto on at 6 o'clock in the morning on Good Morning Britain. Do you know what I mean? They'd be like, oh my gosh, the girls have got the hit stilettos on. A false eyelash. Yeah. A little good morning. Oh my gosh. This week on Walking the Dog, Ray and I went for a stroll with the fabulous singer, radio presenter, and let's face it, all around Rare of Sunshine, Molly King. |
| 0:23.4 | Molly was, I'm going to say, enchanted by Ray when she met him, and as Ray was all over her like a cheap suit, |
| 0:29.8 | I knew they were going to get on famously. Molly, of course, rose to fame as a member of the girl group |
| 0:35.1 | for Saturdays, so I obviously couldn't wait to hear |
| 0:38.0 | all about her experiences with them. We also chatted about her early years training to be an |
| 0:43.4 | Olympic skier and how she pivoted after music into radio presenting. She's now one of my favourite |
| 0:50.1 | fixtures on Radio One, alongside her co-host Matt Matt Edmondson. And in fact, her and Matt |
| 0:56.0 | have also just launched a brilliant new Comedy Meets Crime podcast called Matt and Molly's novel |
| 1:01.9 | idea. It sees both of them taking turns every week to write a chapter of a murder mystery novel. |
| 1:08.1 | Not only, is it hilarious? It's also oddly gripping. I'm dying to know |
| 1:12.6 | what happens next. So I really recommend you give that a listen. Episodes are out every Wednesday. |
| 1:18.4 | I genuinely adored Molly. She was so incredibly open with me chatting about her struggles with dyslexia |
| 1:23.9 | when she was growing up. The heartbreak she felt when she lost her dog Alfie last year. |
| 1:29.2 | And on a happier note, she also told me all about meeting her partner, cricketer Stuart Braun. |
| 1:34.7 | And the little thing he did before their first date to make sure it went well, it's one of the |
| 1:39.4 | most adorable things I've ever heard. In fact, Molly and I got on so well, I kind of didn't want our chat to end. |
| 1:46.1 | So after we left the park, I insisted on giving her a lift right to the door of Radio One. |
| 1:51.7 | I think embarrassingly, I might have even said, love you, by mistake, when she got out of the car. |
| 1:58.0 | But you know what? I defy anyone not to love this woman because |
| 2:01.2 | she's frankly a total diamond. Really hope you enjoy our walk. Here's Molly and Rayway. |
| 2:06.6 | He's very good. You wouldn't worry about him being in the road. |
| 2:10.6 | No, he's really, he's got no interest in. I've made him very dependent so he doesn't want |
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