Lauren Harries has opened up about her secret feud with Vanessa Feltz – and claimed that she felt ‘uneasy’ during an interview with the TV host after she was pictured with her ex partner on a night out.
Troubles between the pair have come to mild after Vanessa, 64, was pranked by caller pretending to be the Celebrity Big Brother star during a live phone-in on her Channel 5 present Vanessa.
Lauren, 48, has informed the Daily Mail that the pair have ‘by no means clicked’ after working collectively a variety of occasions, together with when she was interviewed by Vanessa on her radio present for BBFM as a part of a job on Celebrity Big Brother in 2013.
Opening up in regards to the ‘feud’, Lauren – who is about to publish her second e-book I Am Woman later this 12 months – stated: ‘I did really feel that I was very nervous. And I by no means get nervous.
‘I’ve by no means been nervous, and it is the one time I’ve ever been nervous was after I was being interviewed by Vanessa, and Courtney [Stoddard], as a result of I didn’t know what was going round on the skin world, and she needed to be good to me, as a result of I was doing so nicely.
‘And I did not know, however you would inform, have you learnt what I imply? You might inform she was forcing being good.
Lauren Harries has opened up about a secret feud that she has with Vanessa Feltz – claiming that she felt ‘uneasy’ during an interview with the TV host as she was pictured with her ex partner on a night out
Troubles between the pair have come to mild after Vanessa was pranked by caller pretending to be the Celebrity Big Brother star during a reside cellphone-in on her Channel 5 present Vanessa
Lauren pictured with Vanessa’s ex Ben Ofoedu again in 2013 during a night out with Courtney Stodden
She went on to assert that being pictured with Vanessa’s partner on the time, Ben Ofoedu, has added to their frostiness.
Lauren continued: ‘And, in fact, you already know, then once we went out with the paparazzi, and I met her husband [Ben].
‘And I do not know whether or not they had been collectively on the time, so I do not suppose she preferred to listen to that one.
‘She did make me really feel very uneasy, and it is simply the best way I discover, I’ve labored with her fairly a few occasions, however that is simply the best way it’s while you work with individuals, you both get on or you do not.’
Explaining extra about what occurred during the interview, Lauren stated: ‘It was simply a shock to instantly have a three weeks of simply working on the present, after which have somebody asking me questions and attempting to nitpick on me and Courtney and likewise me being in the home, I was shaking.
‘I was actually nervous, and that is not like me in any respect.
‘But it was simply because I was instantly thrown into a radio present, and I did not know.
‘No one informed me. You by no means know what to anticipate in there anyway, however I did not count on it.
Lauren has informed the Daily Mail that the pair have ‘by no means clicked’ after working collectively a variety of occasions, together with when she was interviewed after her Celebrity Big Brother stint in 2013
Lauren is about to publish her second e-book I Am Woman later this 12 months, following on from her first Becoming Lauren final 12 months
‘Personally, I’ve acquired nothing in opposition to Vanessa in any respect.
‘She’s simply not someone I might be pleasant with.
‘She’s a enterprise affiliate, you already know.’
Talking in regards to the second with Vanessa’s ex, she defined that she was on a night out in London with Courtney Stodden when she was pictured with Vanessa’s ex Ben Ofoedu, who she was with between 2003 and 2023.
The former couple acquired engaged in 2006, however by no means tied the knot.
Lauren added: ‘I do not suppose any girl likes it, do they actually? No girl likes it after they [their man] have been out with one other girl.’
The Daily Mail have contacted Vanessa’s rep and Channel 5 for remark.
It comes after final week, somebody known as Lauren, additionally from Cardiff, appeared on the Vanessa’s programme Vanessa to speak about in the event that they suppose that kids ought to choose their very own bedtime.
Their voice sounded similar to Lauren’s, who at present lives within the Welsh capital, and likewise referred to the panel as ‘stars’ – which is one thing that she calls her followers on social media.
But it was not the truth is Lauren, and she later took to X, previously generally known as Twitter, to verify that it wasn’t her.
Days later it was reported that the Vanessa show has been bombarded with hoax callers pretending to be famous faces such as Lauren, in addition to lifeless celebrities, and the group of pranksters have additionally been additionally making reference to murderers and characters from TV reveals whereas speaking on the programme.
Antiques knowledgeable Lauren, who has now began creating her personal artwork work and promoting it to followers on her personal web site, believes that she ought to have been apologised to, in addition to being invited to look on the present.
Lauren informed us: ‘I might have had somebody on right away to apologise on reside TV, and I might have had them on with their e-book, and I might have apologised profusely.
‘Also she would have recognised my voice, and though the girl was fairly good at it, I do not sound fairly like that!
‘You know, it is very impolite of a present to not to deal with individuals as human beings, and they should analyse the present, as a result of individuals will not have the ability to take the present significantly if it carries on like this.
‘They ought to have had me on, and they need to have apologised, and they need to have talked about my life or no matter.’
Lauren beforehand stated on X: ‘Someone appeared on the Vanessa present pretending to be me.
‘I wish to make this very clear — it was NOT me.
‘The particular person on the cellphone was an impersonator pretending to be Lauren Harries.
‘What surprises me is that Vanessa didn’t introduce me on the decision, although she has interviewed me earlier than… so I might have thought she would possibly recognise my voice.
‘With all of the researchers and manufacturing employees working on a nationwide TV present, you’ll suppose one thing like this merely wouldn’t occur.
‘Viewers deserve an evidence.
‘If you need the true story about my life and dealing with Venessa on Big Brother and my experiences in tv, it’s in my e-book Becoming Lauren.
And then she later informed the Daily Mail: ‘I was very stunned and fairly shocked to be taught that somebody had apparently appeared on the Vanessa present pretending to be me.
‘I’ve labored in tv for a few years and I take my identify and status very significantly.
‘With the variety of researchers and manufacturing employees concerned in a programme like this, it’s obscure how somebody might seem claiming to be me with out the manufacturing group contacting me instantly beforehand.
‘Vanessa and I’ve had our moments through the years and our historical past collectively hasn’t all the time been the best.’
During the phase, the particular person pretending to be Lauren stated: ‘Hello Vanessa and to all my stars on the panel. I hope you’re nicely right this moment.’
Vanessa requested the visitor what they thought they usually replied: ‘I’m for letting kids select their very own bedtimes as a result of after I was a little one, I was from a very spiritual household, type of a new faith.
‘My mum, bless her, she was a pretty girl, she would take me to the Vicky Binns performs in Manchester, however she would all the time have me in mattress by 6 o’clock sharp.
‘When she put me to mattress, I cried, and deep within the night.
‘But as I acquired older, I keep on with these habits and I nonetheless go to mattress at 6 o’clock now.
‘I’m all the time in mattress with a mug of snoozy choc by the point 6 o’clock rolls round.
‘So I do not suppose that these habits which are instilled into you as a little one can carry by way of to when you’re an grownup.’
You can see Lauren’s newest paintings on her website.
