Amanda Holden announced that she was encouraged to steal food as a child when her family struggled financially while on vacation.
On Alan Carr’s Life’s a Beach Holiday Podcast, the British Got Talent judge, 51, recalled a time when her mother Judith told her and sister Debbie to remove cereal from the breakfast line because they ran out of money to eat .
Looking back, Amanda, who is now a successful TV, music, and radio star, shared how her mother informed her when she wanted “every breakfast you have to steal.”
No way! Amanda Holden has revealed that she was encouraged to steal food as a child when her family struggled financially while on vacation
Speaking to Alan, Amanda said, “We had spent all our money on vacation and came back on a ferry and my mother told me to get milk and sugar puffs from the breakfast line.
‘She said to me,’ Amanda, if you want breakfast, you have to steal it ‘. “
The Heart FM radio star then joked, “My mom is going to kill me for admitting it.”
Wow: On Alan Carr’s Life’s a Beach Holiday Podcast, the 51-year-old BGT judge recalled a time when her mother Judith told her and sister Debbie to remove cereal from the breakfast line because they ran out of money to eat (Picture with.) Her parents in 2003)
During the same podcast chat on Monday, Amanda also expressed her anger over the fact that she had to pay £ 2,500 for Covid tests to protect her family when she traveled to Portugal earlier this year.
The TV personality added that she was lucky enough to take part in the private tests.
However, she told Alan that she believes other British who are not so lucky are being taken advantage of.
Revelation: Looking back, Amanda, who is now a hit TV, music, and radio star, shared how her mother informed her when she wanted “every breakfast you have to steal.”
Naughty: We had spent all our money on vacation and came back on a ferry and my mom told me to get milk and sugar puffs from the breakfast line ”(pictured with sister Debbie in 2005)
She said: “We were out Friday through Friday but it cost over £ 2,500 to get there in tests that I don’t want to rant over and over but I think the UK public is taking advantage of that.
“I’m in a position where I can afford to throw this money away. It’s a huge amount of money – someone takes the shit.
“If I had chosen to do this, I could have queued at Faro Airport and got one for 25 euros, but I would probably have caught Covid too because the queue was around the block.”
“Somebody Takes the P ** s”: During the same podcast chat on Monday, Amanda also expressed her anger that she had to pay £ 2,500 for Covid tests to protect her family when she moved to Portugal earlier this year traveled
Happy Few: The 50-year-old TV personality appeared on Alan Carr’s Life’s A Beach Podcast Monday when she said she was lucky enough to be able to afford to take the private tests (Amanda and her family in the year 2020 pictured).
Amanda said she and her family managed to return from Portugal before switching from the green to the yellow list on June 8.
When asked if she thought it was worth paying the £ 2,500 she took to test, Amanda said to Alan, “It was worth it in the sense that we got away with it as a family because of so many other people didn’t get away with it.
“But I’ll never pay that much money again. There should be some kind of investigation into it. ‘
She then turned her attention to her confusion over government guidelines on the pandemic.
She said, “None of this makes sense. I’ve got so much benevolence and I’ve followed every flippin ‘rule, but now I’ve’ no longer ‘left.
Take a stand: She also told Alan that she believes other British who are not so lucky are being taken advantage of
“I have the feeling that we have to stand together now. Wimbledon, Ascot, football, anywhere that money is needed, but I can’t go to my own children’s sports days that are outside, but Wimbledon can happen, football can happen.
‘My kids were so disappointed.’
Portugal is one of the countries the government put on its amber list for travel restrictions.
Therefore, anyone traveling back to the UK from a yellow list country must take a Covid test, book and pay for Day 2 and Day 8 COVID-19 travel tests and fill out a passenger locator form prior to leaving for the UK .
Not impressed: Amanda, expressing her confusion about what is currently allowed under government guidelines, said, “I can’t go to my own children’s sports days that are outside, but Wimbledon can happen, football can happen.”