S8, Ep4 How to Fail: Scarlett Moffatt

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.7 • 9.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Scarlett Moffatt was working at the checkout in Asda when she and he family got the chance to be on Channel 4's Gogglebox. She rapidly became the show's break-out star with her brilliant one-liners. Television fame followed - she co-presented with Ant and Dec, won 2016's I'm A Celebrity and now hosts the official podcast for Rupaul’s Drag Race UK. But with her overnight celebrity also came increased scrutiny and criticism. She joins me to talk about becoming an accidental famous person and dealing with online abuse (she will now reply to trolls with the phone number for the Samaritans). Scarlett also discusses her shifting relationship with body image and her own struggles with anxiety and low self-worth. This is a woman who has worked hard all her life - from her first job at 14, putting sweets into Pic n' Mix to being employed in sales at the Carphone Warehouse. When she went on I'm A Celebrity, she had only just managed to clear her student overdraft. With the fee she was given from that show, Scarlett paid off the mortgage on her parents' house. She talks to me about the value of hard graft, being bullied at school, a bicycle accident that left her with Bell's Palsy and using humour as a defence mechanism. This episode also contains what is quite possibly the greatest Tom Hardy anecdote you will ever hear.Thank you Scarlett, you are an absolute gem. Those school bullies were wrong about you. They always are.*I've written a new book! Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong is out in October. It's a practical, inspirational and reassuring guide to the seven principles of failure I've developed since doing this podcast. Packed full of contributions from loads of former guests, as well as listener stories, it is also beautifully illustrated by Paul Blow and I would love it if you wanted to pre-order a signed copy here.*You can listen to Scarlett hosting Rupaul's Drag Race UK: The Podcast here.*How To Fail With Elizabeth Day is hosted by Elizabeth Day, produced by Naomi Mantin and Chris Sharp. We love hearing from you! To contact us, email howtofailpod@gmail.com* Social Media:Elizabeth Day @elizabdayScarlett Moffatt @scarlettmoffattHow To Fail @howtofailpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Channel 4 is the home of your next TV obsession. As the UK's biggest free streaming service,
0:07.9	they have it all from classic comedy box sets to shocking reality, gripping drama and
0:14.0	mind bending documentaries. They make content that's different from the rest and that
0:18.8	represents a broad cross-section of society. It's the home of unfiltered entertainment.
0:24.4	It's altogether different telling, made for you and happily for me because regular listeners
0:30.6	will know about my married at first sight Australia obsession. Currently on the TV, I cannot
0:37.0	get enough of it. I watch it every single night. I really miss it when it's not on on a Sunday.
0:42.3	And for anyone who doesn't know, it follows Australian singles who tie the knot with partners,
0:47.2	selected for them by relationship experts, including male shilling, former How to Fail podcast
0:53.1	they meet for the first time on their wedding day and we watch to find out whether there will be
0:58.8	perfect matches ahead or marriage mayhem. I love it. So stream now on Channel 4. There is so much
1:07.4	on there, including Maffsa and Scared of the Dark, Danny Dyer hosting as eight celebrities
1:13.0	aplunged into complete darkness for eight days. How will Paul Gasco and Chris Ubank's scarlet
1:18.2	motha, Nicola Adams and others cope without light stream all of this now on Channel 4.
1:28.3	When it comes to helping those that really need it, action speed louder than words.
1:33.1	So here's what we've been doing at British Gas. Over the past year, we've given 50 million pounds
1:38.9	in energy debt support, including grants to help with bills. And we're keeping homes powered
1:45.0	with emergency energy credit. That's enough talking. Let's get on with it. British Gas,
1:52.3	eligibility criteria apply. Just a note before we start, this season of How to Fail with a
2:00.1	Lysm of Day was recorded remotely under lockdown. Health, wellness and maintenance of mind are so
2:07.4	important right now. Personally doing a bit of yoga every Saturday morning has made me feel more
2:12.2	chill than I do the rest of the week. But I found that what you wear can really make a difference
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