Katie Price has said she was “at her worst” during her time on Loose Women.
The mum-of-five was a panellist on the daytime show before leaving in 2019.
Katie, 42, admitted she “put on a front” despite struggling mentally in a pre-recorded interview on FUBAR Radio.
What has Katie Price said?
Speaking to hosts Bobby Norris and Stephen Leng on Access All Areas, Katie said: “When I did Loose Women, that was at my worst when mentally I was so not with it really.
“Struggling, but I still put on a front. And now I am myself again.”
She added: “I’m switched on I’m quick, I’m just all focused with work. People are hating it because I’m so assertive now.
“And I’m back to how I was, and they don’t know how to handle me, cause they were so used to me for the last couple of years being down and being late for everything.
“And it’s because I was struggling and I just never told anyone, but now I’m on fire.
“People are like, ‘Kate, calm down’. I’m like, no, I want to do this, I’m going to do that.”
The former glamour model also admitted feeling “embarrassed” about the way she acted before seeking help at The Priory.
Katie checked herself into the rehabilitation centre in February 2020 for “severe trauma rehabilitation”.
She said: “Since I’ve been out of The Priory, I have not drunk nothing.
“And now I’ve forgotten what it’s like to drink, and that’s not like me because I’m quite sociable and stuff.
“And then obviously I was into the coke because I was self-medicating.”
In conclusion, Katie added: “When I look at it all now I’m like, oh my God, I’m a completely different person now. What the hell?
“I’m actually embarrassed to how I’ve acted and stuff, but you know, that’s part and part of mental health. You can’t help it.”
The 2021 Golden Globes dropped their nominations this morning, and much like all of 2020, they’re … all over the place. There are quite a few “huh?” nominations and unforgivable snubs, but there are still some incredible things that got recognized this year so let’s talk about what was exciting from their list of nominees!
First, let’s talk television!
The Mandalorian snagged itself a nomination for Best Television Series Drama, and while I’m sure that the Golden Globes gave it to the show because we all screamed about it, it’s nice to see my favorite show get its due. For whatever reason, award shows tend to look at the sci-fi/fantasy shows and movies like they do the superhero genre, meaning they don’t consider them serious awards contenders. So, having The Mandalorian snag a top spot gives me hope that the show will start to get the recognition it deserves.
Actors like John Boyega for Small Axe and Dan Levy for Schitt’s Creek also scored nominations for their work that have us excited. Well, basically the entire cast got nominations for Schitt’s Creek because that is everyone’s comfort show and happy place.
But Ted Lasso is also getting his time in the spotlight as the happy Apple+ show got nominations for Jason Sudekis and the show itself. Shows like The Flight Attendant and Normal People are getting their time, too, which shows that the hard work from all these streaming platforms is starting to pay off, as it should. Right now, we’re in an era of so much content and to see those shows that really stand out for fans getting their recognition is fun!
Other than that, the nominations seemed pretty run of the mill without any real change, which is surprising given that we had amazing performances from Jurnee Smollett and Jonathan Majors in Lovecraft Country (the show itself got nominated) and Michaela Coel in I May Destroy You that were not recognized.
Heading into film, I do just have to say this one thing: THREE WOMEN WERE NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR.
So why is it so exciting to have three women nominated for Best Director? Because that’s literally the first time it has ever happened. Time and time again, these award shows have suddenly gone, “I don’t know her” to female directors, yet nominate their movies, and so this year, they’re starting to make something of a change. Regina King was nominated for her work on One Night in Miami, Chloé Zhao was nominated for Nomadland, and Emerald Fennell was nominated for Promising Young Woman.
I’m here for Regina King just always winning awards.
REGINA KING!
2015 – Emmy for American Crime
2016 – Emmy for American Crime
2018 – Emmy for Seven Seconds
2019 – Oscar for If Beale Street Could Talk
2020 – Emmy for Watchmen
2021- Best Director nominee for One Night In Miami!!#GoldenGlobespic.twitter.com/sT5poOaJKT
Despite the fact that The Prom got nominated for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, the category was stacked with some pretty great films, like Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and Palm Springs. As a lifelong devotee to the world of David Fincher, I’m happy to see him snag a nomination for his direction of Mank and the love the film seemed to get overall.
The acting nominations this year were both exciting and disappointing. Riz Ahmed was nominated for his work in The Sound of Metal and Maria Bakalova got a nomination for her role in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, but there were disappointments like the exclusion of Steven Yeun from the Best Actor category because Minari (a film labeled as U.S.A.) was placed in the Foreign Film category.
I am excited that my good elf brothers from Onward got a nomination, but this was definitely a strange year to look back on, and these Golden Globe nominations are all over the place. What we thought would be an easy pick for a nominee maybe didn’t even get recognized, and then those who were bad got one instead? It’s going to be a wild time at the Golden Globes this year, but at least we have Amy Poehler and Tina Fey hosting to help us cope.
Photo of Trish Chappin Gibb, taken from the GoFundMe campaign
Friends, family members and residents of the valley are coming together to support a well-known Comox Valley woman in her fight with cancer.
On January 4th, Trish Chappin Gibb was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer.
Gibb is an active member of the community and is well known for her role with both the Comox Valley Minor Hockey Association and the Huband Park school family, and worked at a local car dealership.
Her close friend, Crystal Madill is leading the charge with many fundraising events including a GoFundMe, a head-shaving ceremony, and an auction for Huband School.
Madill says it’s a tough time for the family, so she is hoping the community can come together to help out in any way possible.
“Through the pandemic and the risk of her getting ill, her husband can’t work either so we’re just really trying to take as much stress off the family as we can.”
“Trish is an incredible family woman; she has two grandchildren, three grown children and Wyatt who is her youngest son is 10 and is still at home. She’s got a lot of people that were counting on and depend on her and that she was a big part of their lives, so whatever we can do to help her would be awesome.”
Trish will be undergoing her first Chemo treatment today, so Madill will be shaving her head to stand in solidarity with her.
“Based on the battle that she’s going through it’s the least that I could do.”
If you would like to support Trish Chappin Gibb in her fight with cancer, you’re encouraged to check out the GoFundMe page, and contribute to the online auction happening later this week.
The 73-year-old woman, who lives several blocks north of Ballard Road, told police she had arrived home and was getting out of her car when she was approached by two men, whom she described as being in their 20s. According to police, the woman said one of the suspects pointed a gun at her head and attempted to grab her purse, while the second person pointed a gun at her and demanded the keys to her 2018 Bentley, which was parked in the garage.
Niles police said the 16-year-old was in the custody of Addison Police, in DuPage County, when he was identified as the suspect in the Jan. 21 robbery. He is also facing similar charges from other law enforcement agencies, though Niles police declined to share how many cases to which the teen has been connected.
Bucking economists’ predictions of a rise, the December quarter jobless rate in fact dropped from 5.3 percent to 4.9 percent.
Westpac chief economist Dominick Stephens said he was “absolutely flabbergasted” unemployment fell to that extent.
“Clearly Covid did less damage to the economy than anticipated and the government and Reserve Bank’s efforts to stimulate the economy have just had a roaring impact,” he said.
Madison Recruitment general manager Christian Brown was also initially surprised.
“I, like everybody else, was expecting the unemployment rate to go up. But, in saying that, once I reflected on it the fact that it’s gone down is actually probably consistent with what we’re seeing across the market,” he said.
While the figures show the tourism sector is still suffering, that was offset by an increase of 21,000 jobs in construction.
“It has just been a big boom time for them, so certainly it’s a lot easier to find jobs out there, there’s a lot of work out there, but it’s still harder to find the right people to go into those jobs,” Brown said.
He said the closed border presented a big challenge for filling highly skilled roles, and meant there were fewer good candidates for temporary roles.
However, with confidence picking up, he expected companies would press go on their growth plans, leading to even more job opportunities in the coming months.
Finance Minister Grant Robertson said while there was still work to do, New Zealanders should be proud of these figures.
He said they illustrated “a strong economy that has been resilient through an incredibly difficult time”, and he credited the government’s Covid-19 response.
“The wage subsidy gave employers the confidence to keep people on, and I think we’re still seeing the impact of that in these numbers.
“4.9 percent is still higher than we would like and so we will continue to work hard to make sure that comes down, but the predictions that we had of up around 10 percent by this period of time have not eventuated,” he said.
National’s social development spokesperson Louise Upston was not terribly impressed by the data.
“Yes it shows that the wage subsidy, which National supported, was useful, but there are still 60,000 more people than this time a year ago who are on the JobSeeker benefit and the government needs to prioritise helping them into work,” she said.
Council of Trade Unions economist Craig Renney warned that while the headline figures looked great – if you dug a little deeper, it was not such a great news story.
“Female unemployment is higher than general unemployment. Māori and Pasifika unemployment actually rose according to the data, youth unemployment went up from where it was last year.
“So for those groups who were perhaps more represented in terms of unemployment [they] continue to be over-represented and their challenges seem to be getting a bit more stark,” he said.
Renney said lifting the hood on wage growth figures showed more than half of workers did not get a pay increase last year and private sector wages barely kept up with inflation.
“If we’re going to ‘build back better’, to use that phrase, then we really need to tackle the problems of how do we have systematic disadvantage in access to employment, but also, do we have systematic disadvantage in terms of wages, and who is benefiting from wage growth in the economy,” he said.
Renney said the government needed to turbo-boost programmes that supported vulnerable groups, such as Mana in Mahi – something Robertson said he acknowledged.
“We can’t be satisfied when Māori unemployment is higher than the rest of the population.
“I’m not for a moment pretending we’ve done the job here, we’ve got a long way to go and Covid’s got a long way to go, but we can take confidence from where we are,” Robertson said.
Stephens said with the vaccine on the horizon he expected things would only keep improving.
However, he pointed out a flip side of these surprising figures.
“The government and Reserve Bank’s efforts to shore up the economy in the face of Covid, perhaps, were overdone.
“The Reserve Bank in particular may, with the benefit of hindsight, be regretting some of the stimulus measures that it put in place late last year, which have after all really reduced interest rates resulting in a big lift in house prices that is perhaps looking unnecessary at this point,” he said.
Stephens speculated that the Reserve Bank would now look to pull back some of its stimulus earlier than expected.
Pirates Celebrate 35th Annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day
By: Adam Pasquale Jr. Pirates Writer February 3, 2021
February 3rd, 2021, will mark the 35th Annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day. The day recognizes the contributions of women’s sports to the country and the need for women’s sports to be advanced further.
Over the years, the day has also evolved into an event to acknowledge the accomplishments of female athletes, the positive influence of sports participation, and the continuing struggle for equality for women in sports. It honors not only the achievements of women athletes but also women coaches and leaders.
I recently had the opportunity to interview several women from the Massachusetts Pirates personnel. From front-office workers, cheerleaders, and game-day operations, the Pirates are beyond happy to employ many women in their organization and want to help further the recognition of women and girls in the sports world.
Brittany Fuller- Director of Ticket Sales
The first woman I was able to speak with from the organization was Brittany Fuller. Fuller is the director of ticket sales and helps assist fans on game days. She attended Mitchell College, where she studied sports management with a business minor. Her love for sports came from being around them her entire life. She played basketball from a young age up to college and is inspired by the way sports can bring others together no matter the differences.
“Sports is a male-dominated industry, I realized that right off the bat. Not until recently did you see more and more females breaking into positions that are making a true impact and that gives me and future females the ability to make a difference,” Fuller told masspiratesfootball.com. “I hope one day to be in a position where young females can look up to my journey and realize the only challenges women face in the sports industry is overcoming the objections and focus on making an impact.”
Women have an uphill battle when it comes to breaking into the sports industry. When asked about those challenges, Fuller knew from the start she had a lot to overcome.
Fuller wants women to be fearless and understand their values when facing adversity. Her advice to other women is simple: be yourself and keep pushing.
“My best advice to young aspiring women is not to be scared of being part of something that you see value in. Be a leader that creates goals for yourself,” she stated. “You might get knocked down or feel defeated but you must strive past that and focus on improving. Make yourself adaptable and you can do great things.”
Emily Bussell – Director of Group Sales
The next woman I connected with is Emily Bussell, the director of group sales for the Pirates. Bussell has been surrounded by sports her entire life, as she was a three-sport athlete in high school playing softball, basketball, and volleyball. Outside of high school, she played on a travel softball team and even took up kickboxing. She attended Southern New Hampshire University before transferring to Rhode Island College to complete her bachelor’s degree in marketing following her freshman year.
Bussell is aware of the difficulties women face every day, especially in a sports environment. However, she says the Pirates’ environment is stress and worry-free and they do a great job of assisting her.
“The Pirates community always sets me up with the tools I need to succeed, which is very important during these times where it is increasingly difficult to be successful in any line of work. The staff is always there for me and they make my job very enjoyable.”
She wants women in the future to be confident in themselves and to know that they can achieve anything they put their minds to.
“Women face more pushback in this industry and you have more eyes on you at all times. But, you can’t be afraid to try and put yourself out there. You have to take a risk and continue to work hard until you get to where you want to be.”
For the next interview, I got in touch with the Director of Community Outreach, Julia Burkhardt. She started with the Pirates back in 2019 as a marketing intern. Burkhardt received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Harvard University and a graduate certificate in digital marketing from Cornell University. She grew up playing soccer, basketball, and track. Her love for sports comes from hiking during her childhood and her interest in head trauma injuries as a kid. She also credits growing up in Massachusetts to her sports passion, as seemingly every year at least one team from the state is in the finals of their respected sport.
Julia Burkhardt – Director of Community Outreach
For Burkhardt, the biggest challenge she believes women face is being prepared and knowledgeable about sports. In a sports environment, she thinks that women need to go the extra mile to prove their worth.
“I think the largest challenge is just proving that you ‘know your stuff’. I have a lot of men make comments to me acting like I only got this job because I am a woman and I don’t know anything about sports. I think the major challenge is just making sure you always are well prepared and knowledgeable about what you are going into. That being said, also being able to admit when you are wrong is important.”
As a woman, it can be difficult to feel supported by coworkers in a highly competitive industry like sports. But for Burkhardt, it is the complete opposite.
“The Pirates are like one big family and I think that’s the main reason I always feel supported. We always have each other’s back whether it’s giving each other rides, getting each other lunch, or going out after work together,” she said. “A lot of us became friends outside of work so it is super nice getting to talk and bond over mutual experiences. Though it is a male-dominated sport, there are more and more women breaking into the scene and that is an added layer of support in itself.”
Following the interview with Burkhhardt, I was able to contact Katrina, a member of the Massachusetts Pirates Cheerleading Team. Katrina’s love for sports began when she was only two years old after her parents enrolled her in a dance class. She has been dancing for 20 years now and recently picked up rowing in college. She is currently finishing up her undergraduate studies to earn a bachelor’s degree with a health science major, psychology minor, and women in leadership certificate. Katrina has always been super active and driven and she enjoys setting goals for herself and working towards them.
For younger girls hoping to follow in her shoes, Katrina advises them to have thick skin and drown out the outside noise.
“People are going to try to categorize you or put you into a box. Some might tell you that you’re too short, some might tell you that you’re too tall. Some might tell you to lose weight, others might tell you to gain it. Here’s the thing: there IS no box,” says Katrina. “The ball is in your court. You are your only limit. Push yourself, but don’t forget to treat your mind and body with kindness. Use your sport to not only grow your skill and athleticism but also to grow who you are as a person. I cannot emphasize this enough: keep going!”
Achieving your goals requires lots of hard work and dedication. In most cases, women have to take the extra step to get the attention of a boss or leader. Katrina believes this is one of the main challenges women face today in the sports industry.
“Both in and out of sports, I’ve realized that I’ve needed to work harder to be heard and respected and to have my skills and contributions taken seriously. This is something that a lot of women in athletics can relate to as we are often not taken seriously initially; gaps in wages, sponsors, training times, facilities, and equipment, are all things that women in sports are challenged with. It’s during these times where I think it’s especially important to remember your purpose. Women must remain clear in their purposes and what they’re trying to achieve to be successful in getting what they want and deserve.”
For the final interview, I got to speak with Megan, who is also a member of the cheerleading team and has been dancing her entire life. She plans on graduating this summer with a bachelors in dance with a concentration in pedagogy. Megan credits her love of sports to all the times she and her family hung out to watch games throughout her childhood.
For Megan, working in the sports industry is a dream come true. She loves the intensity and energy the job brings, especially on game days.
“I love the energy that is brought to game days! With this being my rookie year on the team, I’m looking forward to being on the field instead of the stands this year. The energy and excitement that loyal fans bring to each game is exhilarating and I can’t wait to feed off of that energy and dance my heart out at the DCU Center!”
Going into a new job or environment can be difficult for anyone, especially for a woman entering the sports world. But for Megan, the strong support for her fellow dancers has made the transition a wonderful experience.
“With meeting our coach this year, I immediately felt so welcomed into the Pirates community and supported as a woman. We share the same morals in believing that cheerleaders are so much more than beautiful girls that cheer on the players,” Megan stated. “The 2021 Pirates Cheer Team is full of not only beautiful, but intelligent, hard-working, and passionate young ladies, and I am honored to be among them. The environment that I feel when with the organization is so warm and welcoming, and the office staff view us as their equals instead of dancers that are below them, and that is so important to understand.”
It was an honor to have the opportunity to interview these great women and get a glimpse at what they deal with as a female in the sports industry. The Pirates are committed to making the sports environment a safe place to work no matter what differences separate us. The organization hopes that bringing these stories to light will have a positive impact on the movement that is National Girls and Women in Sports Day.
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By Aaron Humes: Wayne Casimiro, former coach of the Under-15,-17 and -20 national female football teams, has moved up to senior level by the appointment of the Football Federation of Belize (FFB).
Casimiro’s bio provided by the Federation says he was born in Hopkins, Stann Creek District, and was a schoolboy footballer who graduated to amateur level in Dangriga. Beginning in 1992, he was sports District Coordinator for Stann Creek, a teacher and consultant for the planning and organizing of sporting events in the Stann Creek District.
Coach Casimiro earned his Concacaf “D” License in 2012 and extended his coaching to teams outside of school and used his experience and expertise in coaching the Hopkins Football Club from 2014-2018. He has since earned his C License and a certificate in football coaching at the University of Physical Education in Budapest, Hungary.
He led the under-15 females in a tournament in Miami; the under-17 females who qualified to the regional qualifiers for the under-17 female World Cup in Barbados; and the U-20 Female National Team that represented Belize in Guatemala for an UNCAF tournament. He has also been assistant coach of the national senior men’s side.
Coach Casimiro reports Director of Female Football Iris Centeno.
The Lady Jaguars have rarely played and never qualified for a regional or international football tournament, in contrast to the more successful male Jaguars.
The relationship between good grades in high school and future leadership responsibilities in the workplace is stronger for men than it is for women, a new UBC study has found.
The difference is particularly striking among those who have grown up to become parents, according to the study published recently in the academic journal Social Forces. Fathers with perfect high school grades supervised more than four times as many employees, on average, as mothers with equally stellar grades (19-4). But at the lowest levels of high school GPA, fathers supervised only slightly more people than mothers (4-3).
“Before they become parents, the relationship between high school GPA and leadership at work is similar for men and women. After they become parents, men start to reap a lot of the leadership returns from their academic achievement, but women do not,” said Dr. Yue Qian, PhD, an assistant professor in UBC’s sociology department who conducted the study with colleague Dr. Jill Yavorsky from the University of North Carolina Charlotte.
The study focused on a group of nearly 5,000 people in the U.S. born between 1957 and 1964. The researchers had access to these people’s high school transcript data, and their responses to career-oriented surveys taken over an 11-year period from 1988 to 1998.
The key measure of leadership was the number of people participants reported supervising at work.
Among the most notable findings:
As high school GPA increased from zero to 4.0, men’s predicted number of supervisees increased from 4.0 to 13.3, while women’s increased from 2.3 to 5.0.
Gender differences were even starker among parents:
As high school GPA increased from zero to 4.0, the predicted number of supervisees increased from 4.0 to 18.8 for fathers but changed only slightly from 2.6 to 4.0 for mothers.
Fathers with failing grades in high school had the same leadership prospects as mothers who had an ‘A’ average.
The study cites previous research that helps explain the gap. For example, research has shown that labour in the home falls disproportionately to women, which likely hinders their career prospects.
Other research has shown that post-secondary degrees are associated with greater leadership responsibilities at work. Attaining a bachelor’s degree gave a bigger boost to fathers’ career opportunities and leadership prospects than it did to mothers’.
Finally, women are more likely than men to take parental leaves or work fewer hours after their careers get under way, which leads to shorter job tenure and less cumulative work experience.
The researchers discounted one potential explanation: that men simply have a more natural propensity to lead. If this were true, then the difference should be observable even in high school. However, women in the survey were at least as likely as men to have served in high school student government.
Two decades have passed since these surveys, but Qian expects to find similar trends when more recent data becomes available.
“Many gender research scholars have found that the ‘gender revolution’ has stalled in recent years, especially since the 1990s in the U.S.,” Qian said. “In Canada we find similar trends: the female employment rate, gender wage gaps, segregation of occupations, and women’s access to leadership positions are all areas where it shows.”
A study Qian conducted earlier this year showed that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted mothers’ employment to a far greater degree than men’s.
The authors provide a number of policy recommendations:
Governments should establish more robust work-family policies that encourage mothers’ employment and fathers’ caregiving.
Work organizations should implement systems that reduce bias in hiring and promotion.
Education systems should establish an anti-sexist curriculum to reduce gender stereotypes and allow girls and boys to envision the same career options.
If high school grade-point average is an indicator of competence and work ethic, then these steps can help keep competent, hard-working women on a path that allows society to take full advantage of their talents.
Patty Daley, a highly-successful women’s lacrosse coach and official, talking with some of her Check-Hers Elite Club players.
US Lacrosse is proud to support the 35th Annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day. We kicked off the celebration with an Instgram Live session last night featuring the goalies from the 2017 world champion U.S. women’s team — Gussie Johns and Devon Wills.
The sessions pair current U.S. team players with their mentors and role models to show how girls can be inspired to continue playing sports to achieve their dreams.
We are also grateful to have the perspective of Patty Daley, one of the sport’s most respected officials and a successful club coach. She shares her thoughts as a leader and advocate for female athletes, officials and coaches in lacrosse.
Follow @uslacrosse on social media today for more on National Girls & Women in Sports Day.
