The Trawl Meets: Ashley James

The Trawl

Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

Politics, Government, News

4.6 • 708 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Jemma and Marina have both followed Ashley on Instagram (where she has a gigantic following) for a while now so were delighted to discover that she listens to The Trawl regularly. Ashley is the political commentator on This Morning, a vocal feminist and passionate about sharing just as much 'reality' on Insta as she does glamour. With all that in mind, Marina and Jemma were fascinated to talk about her stint at GB News, the time she interviewed porn star Bonnie Blue and to find out why she cites Ann Widdecombe as an influence.

Body parts, politics and sex, nothing is off limits. It's a juicy episode as the three ladies speak their minds and find out more about Ashley.

Enjoy!

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Find Ashley here: https://www.instagram.com/ashleylouisejames

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0:43.7	Silly bookers?
0:44.8	Well, enjoy those cues at the bar.
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0:51.4	Conditions apply.
0:52.6	Seven night minimum stay, outbound only from selected airports for up to 6 people
0:55.6	at all protected.
0:58.7	Hello and welcome to the trawl meets. I'm Gemma Forte and I'm Marina Perkis and on the
1:08.2	trawl meets Gemma and I get to chat with someone we admire
1:10.9	and find interesting.
1:13.0	And today, the Troll meets someone who appeared in 13 episodes of reality show Made in Chelsea.
1:19.4	Then, in 2018, she made it to the final eight on Celebrity Big Brother.
1:24.5	And these days, she's a DJ, a mum of two, an Instagram influencer,
1:29.1	and probably most pertinently to the trawl, is the regular political commentator on ITVs this morning.
1:35.6	She has 62,000 followers on TikTok, 459,000, this is at time of record, on Instagram,
1:42.2	and 99,000 on X, although we did notice that she hasn't
1:46.1	posted much on Musk's cesspit since December 2024. Welcome to The Trawl, Ashley James.
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