Amanda Holden has shared a cheeky insight into her home life, revealing that her husband Chris Hughes likens her to a certain TV character due to her "naked" habits. The 54-year-old telly star confesses she's quite fond of wandering about her house in the buff.
The Britain's Got Talent judge was left blushing when she discovered a newly installed camera at her residence had been recording her. She had arranged for an electrician to fit the camera onto a drainpipe, expecting it to be activated later on.
Yet, Amanda recounts how the electrician, upon his return, mentioned he needed to review the footage to ensure the camera's angle was correct. She light-heartedly remarked that electrician Andy would need to "delete the footage".
Amanda Holden shows off outfit at work and asks cheeky question
In a candid chat with The Times, Amanda divulged her penchant for being "naked all day", although she does don pyjamas when hitting the sack.
She explained: "My husband says I'm like [the Sesame Street character] Elmo; I go around naked all day and wear pyjamas to go to bed."
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Confirming she sleeps covered up, Amanda replied: "Yes. It's weird. I like pyjamas buttoned up to the neck. I'm Wee Willie Winkie, even on summer holidays. I just feel snug."
Elmo, the beloved Sesame Street character, is indeed known for wearing pyjamas to bed, but is typically seen without clothes during the day.
Amanda Holden recently opened up about her penchant for nudity at home during a segment on her Heart Radio show with co-host Jamie Theakston. In one episode, they discussed an email from a listener whose child's school had reported an "incident" during their Duke of Edinburgh Award.
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The listener revealed the youngsters had followed a foodpath that went through a nudist beach. The listener said "everything was okay" but the teachers at the school "just wanted to let them know".
Jamie, aged 54, quipped: "You know those kids have done that on purpose. I love the fact that the teachers are concerned about their mental health and the kids have had an absolute hoot."
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Amanda, clearly amused, retorted: "Mental health seeing a bunch of nudey wrinklers on the beach? No disrespect, you know I'm naked most of the time in my house. Naked barbecues, naked lawnmowing.."
To which Jamie wittily responded: "We're not going to get 16 seconds of this are we?" resulting in laughter from Amanda.
Reflecting on the incident later with her home camera, Amanda had previously labelled it as "potentially terrible". When Jamie enquired whether the moment was "career-threatening," she confirmed with a "yes".
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She recounted a story involving her electrician Andy, saying: "I get him round the other day because I needed something else putting up, and he goes, 'I'll have a look at what we're doing to make sure the angle is alright on that camera', he said, 'It's been going for the last couple of days'.
"I went, 'I beg your pardon? !' He said, 'Oh yeah, I've downloaded the app', he said, 'I just need to make sure the angle is right'."
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Britain's Got Talent panellist Amanda then turned to co-presenter Jamie and remarked: "Can you imagine what I've got up to in my garden in a couple of days?".
Whilst Jamie pondered what Amanda might have been doing in her outdoor space, she revealed she had cut the grass in the nude and exposed her chest to spouse Chris Hughes. She continued: "I'm always naked in my back garden.
"I've definitely been naked, and for a joke the other day, I was sorting something out in the garden and my husband waved at me from the bedroom window, and I flashed my boobs at him, because I thought this is funny and I went 'wahoo' [flashing] like that."
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Amanda disclosed she had forgotten about the camera as it camouflaged with her drainpipe. "I had no idea it was up, and now Andy is going to be reviewing this footage and I need it all deleted," she confessed.
Amanda then clarified that the electrician could access the camera remotely via his smartphone, with all footage being automatically stored in a digital archive. "It exists! Naked lawnmowing and me flashing my boobs to my husband," she continued.
Jamie cheekily suggested her antics would create brilliant television content, which she enthusiastically welcomed. "I'd go [to] Netflix, Netflix can have it," she joked.
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In a frantic bid to reach her electrician, she issued an urgent plea on air: "If Andy is listening, get round [to] my house! Delete [the footage from] Monday and Tuesday."
She added with urgency, "And I'm not joking Andy, I need that camera turned off because I've got all the school mums coming round, and that is terrible."
