Stay ConnectedWelcome to No Parental Guidance, the unfiltered, laugh-out-loud podcast from Fabulous, that’s the antidote to the impossibly perfect world of Instagram parenting. Hosted by the brilliantly funny Louise Boyce and Hannah East, No Parental Guidance
is a safe space for real mums to talk openly and hilariously about the chaos, guilt, and of course joys of parenthood.
We're back in the studio, and ready to spill all the tea! Louise Boyce and Hannah East are joined by iconic British soap royalty—the one and only Rita Simons (EastEnders’ legendary Roxy Mitchell)! 👑
From parenting twins to playing a Mitchell, Rita bares all on: * The Roxy Mitchell Rumours: Fan petitions to Parliament, TikTok conspiracy theories, and what really happens when soap fans spot "Easter eggs." * Surviving Soap Life with Twins: Landing EastEnders when her twin girls were just 15 months old, tackling ADHD line-learning, and lying to the nanny so she could sneak sleep in her dressing room. *From Wild Child to Sober Living: 90s white-glove raves, touring in pop bands before camera phones existed, and how quitting booze transformed her health. *Hysterectomy & Menopause Real-Talk: Debilitating periods, surgical menopause, fighting the GP for testosterone, and why women's health needs a revolution. *Ultimate Parenting Fails: Traumatic twin breastfeeding sessions, projectile vomit on the morning commute, and post-surgery "bunting"!
Before Rita joins them on the sofa, Louise and Hannah unpack this weeks’ Parenting Fails, including being caught in a compromising position by the gardener, public "crack-waxing" awks, and accidental hen-do video shares… 🤦♀️ Grab a cuppa (or a giant glass of coconut water) and enjoy the chaos! ☕🎉
Episode Timestamps ⏱️ 00:00 – Welcome to No Parental Guidance! 💥 00:45 – Hannah gets caught by the gardener 🍷👀 02:10 – Army-crawling front doors & McDonald's clown outfits for content 🤡🚗 03:40 – The very public viral "crack waxed" squishy fail 😱 04:50 – Hannah’s ultimate shame: Dads and WhatsApp don’t mix! 06:50 – Welcoming EastEnders icon Rita Simons! 👑 07:30 – Roxy Mitchell return conspiracies, TikTok scripts & Parliament petitions 📜👀 10:00 – Filming soaps out of order & memorising lines with ADHD 🎬🤯 12:50 – Burlesque bands, 90s all-night raves & landing EastEnders with 15-month-old twins 🍼⚡ 14:40 – Secret dressing room naps & navigating the maternal mental load 🛌💭 16:45 – Rita’s twin parenting fails: Projectile vomit & the breastfeeding smother 😱🍼 19:20 – Hysterectomy truths: PMDD & battling for testosterone 🩺💪 23:15 – Raising chalk-and-cheese 20-year-old twin daughters 👭✨ 25:30 – Quitting alcohol, sofa recovery & ditching the hangovers for good 🚫🍷 29:10 – Hospital "bunting" & playing midwife to puppies 🐶😂
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Welcome to a very special LIVE episode of No Parental Guidance! 🎉👶
Hosts Hannah East and Louise Boyce are joined in front of a live audience by Made in Chelsea favourites Sam and Alice Vanderpump to unpack the raw, hilarious, and exhausting realities of life with a newborn. 🍼 From whether Ollie Locke sold them a dream about 12-hour baby sleep routines 😴, to how baby Duke miraculously healed cast feuds 🕊️, no topic is off-limits.
Plus, our studio audience shares their most jaw-dropping parenting fails and toddler confessions—featuring embarassing toddler greetings 🖕👀, ice cream van bribes 🍦🚫, emergency window-smashing rescues 🔨🚗, things stuck in ears 🍬👂, and the messy battlefield of potty training 🚽💥.
Grab a cuppa (or a large glass of Savvy B) and enjoy the parenting chaos! ☕🍷
Episode Timestamps ⏱️ 00:00 – Welcome to the Live Audience Special! 🎤 00:35 – Audience Confessions: Embarrassing toddler antics 🖕👶 01:30 – Whipping up lies around Mr Whippy 🍦🤫 02:15 – "He faked a heart attack to get me home from the pub" 🏥🍺 03:40 – Toddler lock-ins: spoiler alert - it’s worse when you’re outside! 🚗🔨 05:00 – Giant bogies, ‘beware of the holes’ & Instagram hacks 🍬👃 06:55 – Toddler training: Tea time trauma and urinal confessions 🚽🙈 09:45 – Sam & Alice Vanderpump: How Duke healed Made in Chelsea drama 👶✨ 11:20 – Ollie Locke’s designer hand-me-downs & the myth of the sleeping baby 👕😴 13:00 – Alice on being a younger mum and navigating changed friendships 👯🍼 14:15 – The hardest parts of parenting 🥱😭 16:20 – Hannah’s drop off dramas & Sam’s expansion plans 🎒🚐 17:15 – The great golf debate: How long does 18 holes actually take? ⛳🏌️♂️
Special Thanks to Our Sponsor 💛 A huge thank you to Aldi's Mamia range for sponsoring today's live show, supporting parents through every stage of the wild journey. 🛒👶
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🎙️ In The Trenches: Live Special with Sam & Alice Vanderpump! | No Parental Guidance We are LIVE! 🎟️✨ Welcome to a very special episode of No Parental Guidance, recorded right in front of our incredible community! We’re celebrating you, our wonderful community, and stepping into the trenches of modern parenting together. Joining us on stage are the lovely Sam and Alice Vanderpump, who return to give us an honest, hilarious update on life as brand-new parents to baby Duke. From 5 AM "waterboarding" incidents to the reality of adult-sized poos, C-section recoveries, and navigating Sam’s ongoing liver transplant journey, nothing is off-limits! Plus, Hannah and Louise spill their own recent fails and we have our most legendary audience confessions to date. Hit play, grab a brew ☕, and join us in the trenches! A huge thank you to Aldi MAMIA for sponsoring this live show and keeping us all supplied for the parenting chaos! 👶🛒 Chapters: 00:00 Parenting Podcast Fails And Stories 04:16 Hilarious Audience Parenting Confessions 10:30 Sam And Alice Vanderpump Interview 14:10 Early Morning Baby Bottle Blunder 17:24 Baby Weaning And Parenting Truths 22:06 C Section Birth And Labour 28:54 Managing Public Tantrums And Flights 35:19 Sam Vanderpump Liver Transplant Update 39:25 Second Wedding Plans And Outro
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🎙️ Baby Loss Awareness Special | Hope, Healing & Unfiltered Truths | Jorgie Porter, Alex Bowen, Danae MercerWelcome back to a very special, and deeply personal, episode of No Parental Guidance.This week, we are stepping away from our usual unhinged antics to hold space for an important conversation dedicated to Baby Loss Awareness. Baby loss and pregnancy trauma is something 1 in 2 of us experience, yet so few feel empowered to speak about openly. Louise and Hannah have both experienced the deep heartbreak of baby loss, and while this episode is close to our hearts, our aim is simple: to shine a gentle light into the dark days and help anyone listening feel a little less alone.If this episode feels like too much for you right now, please take care of yourself—our usual chaotic episodes are just a click away in - can I recommend Sara Pascoe’s recent episode for unhinged parenting hacks that work a treat!And if you’re joining us today, welcome, we are honored to share three incredibly honest, moving, and uplifting conversations with our wonderful guests:💖 Jorgie Porter opens up about her extraordinary journey of naturally conceiving quadruplets, the overwhelming shock of her diagnosis, navigating a silent/missed loss, and how going through extreme grief together brought her and her partner Ollie closer than ever.💙 Alex Bowen brings a vital father’s perspective to the table. He reflects on his journey from Love Island to fatherhood, and candidly shares what it felt like to navigate Vanishing Twin Syndrome with Olivia—reminding us why men’s mental health and emotional openness matter just as much during baby loss.✨ Danae Mercer joins us to discuss the heartbreak of missed miscarriages and chemical pregnancies, the silent obsession with early pregnancy tests, and why we need to strip away the stigma and talk about just how common early loss really is.Thank you for being part of our community. Together, let's break the silence. 🤍📍 Episode Chapters00:00 - Baby Loss Awareness Introduction01:57 - Jorgie Porter Quadruplet Pregnancy Scan07:00 - Jorgie Porter Quadruplet Miscarriage Grief11:55 - Men's Mental Health After Miscarriage13:09 - Alex Bowen Love Island Journey18:48 - Alex Bowen Vanishing Twin Loss28:15 - Danny Mercer Missed Miscarriage Diagnosis30:26 - Chemical Pregnancy and Fertility Testing33:38 - Baby Loss Certificates and Support 💙 Support & ResourcesIf you or someone you know has been affected by baby loss, pregnancy loss, or fertility struggles, please know that support is always available:Tommy's (Pregnancy & Baby Loss Charity): tommys.orgSands (Stillbirth & Neonatal Loss Charity): sands.org.ukMariposa International (Saying Goodbye) (Comprehensive Global bereavement support, remembrance services, and resources supporting miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal, and infant loss) sayinggoodbye.org4Louis (Baby Loss Charity providing support, memory boxes and in hospital care) 4Louis.co.ukThank you to Aldi and their Mamia Range for supporting this special episode.
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Relatable parenting? 💬 Unfiltered birth stories? 💖
This week, we are joined by the absolute beauty and former Miss England, Laura Coleman... who brought her 9-week-old baby boy, Jesse, along for the ride! 🍼💕
Laura gets hilariously real about life with three under four, her wild birth story (including gas and air hallucinations of being a medieval witch! 🧙♀️), and why she brought her baby's waters-popping crochet hook home! Plus, we chat about three generations of pageant queens, surviving public "Poonamis," and calling out the toxic online comments about postpartum bodies! 🌟👶
This episode is proudly sponsored by Aldi’s Mamia range - here for you in the unpredictable, messy moments parenthood brings. Their award-winning nappies, wipes, snacks, and baby range bring you quality you can trust to see you through the Trenches 🍼✨
✨IN THIS EPISODE✨
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to Real Parenting Fails
00:01 Laura Coleman and Baby Jesse
00:02 Birth Stories and Hospital Experiences
00:04 Labor Hallucinations on Gas and Air
00:05 Three Generation Pageant Queen
00:08 Audience Parenting Fails and Disasters
00:10 Handling Messy Nappy Explosions
00:14 Postpartum Fashion and Public Breastfeeding
00:18 Postpartum Body Image and Trolling
00:24 Aldi Mamia Products and Outro
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This week, we are joined by the absolute goddess herself, Lauren Cowell! 💕
Lauren opens up about life behind the scenes with Simon, how they navigate discipline and strict manners at home, and the hilarious moment their son Eric realised his dad was famous! 😅 Plus, she shares the wild story of Simon racing through a New York snowstorm to make Eric’s birth, her passional work with screen time safety, and why parenting tech feels like playing whack-a-mole! 📱👶
This episode is proudly sponsored by Aldi’s Mamia range - here for you in the unpredictable, messy moments parenthood brings. Their award-winning nappies, wipes, snacks, and baby range bring you quality you can trust to see you through the Trenches 🍼✨
✨IN THIS EPISODE✨
00:00 Lauren Cowell on Early Motherhood
01:41 Raising Children in Public Eye
02:55 Discipline and Simon Cowell's Manners
04:42 How Lauren and Simon Cowell Met
05:31 Will The X Factor Return Soon?
10:01 Paparazzi Privacy and Social Media Safety
13:27 Lauren Cowell on Teenage Dating
14:51 Lauren Cowell Childbirth and Labour Stories
17:00 Raise the Age Online Safety Campaign
20:12 Parenting Fails and Screen Time Management
💬 CONNECT WITH US: Instagram: @noparentalguidancepod 📷 TikTok: @noparentalguidance 🎵 Lauren Silverman: @lauren_silverman_official ❤️ Hannah East: @hannaheastcomedy 💖 Louise Boyce: @mamastillgotit_ 💙
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This week, we are joined by the absolutely iconic comedian, author, and mum of two, Sara Pascoe! Sara gets hilariously real about surviving the toddler trenches with her two boys, why gentle parenting doesn't always go to plan, and navigating pregnancy and IVF in her 40s. Plus, we chat about public meltdowns, London e-bikes, and a genius parenting trick involving raspberries and toilets that you'll definitely want to steal! This episode is proudly sponsored by Aldi’s Mamia range - here for you in the unpredictable, messy moments parenthood brings. Their award-winning nappies, wipes, snacks, and baby range bring you quality you can trust to see you through the Trenches
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🎙️ JORGIE PORTER | "Good Cop/Bad Cop" Parenting, Postpartum Survival Guide & The Ultimate Mum Hair Hack! 💇♀️✨
Relatable parenting? ✅ Handy mum hacks? ✅
This week, we are joined by the absolutely fabulous actress, model, and mum of two, Jorgie Porter! 💕
Jorgie doesn’t hold back when it comes to being in the trenches of toddler life with her two, Forest and Peony and the ups and downs of navigating a blended family. We discover why her partner Ollie might just be too good at fatherhood 😅 plus, we get into births, postpartum survival modeand avoiding bear traps in the woods. And it that’s not enough of a draw, Jorgie delivers a quick-fix beauty secret you HAVE to see to believe! 🌟👶
This episode is proudly sponsored by Aldi’s Mamia range - here for you in the unpredictable, messy moments parenthood brings. Their award winning nappies, wipes, snacks and baby range brings you quality you can trust to see you through the Trenches 🍼✨
Chapters:
00:00 Highlights and Welcome Georgie Porter
01:08 Kid-Free Break and Parent Overwhelm
02:32 Toddler Parenting and Relationship Struggles
05:52 Blended Family Dynamics and Step-Parenting
09:44 Parenting Styles and Daily Routines
11:43 Date Nights and Relationship Spark
14:29 Elective C-Section Birth Story
19:00 Postpartum Recovery and C-Section Aftercare
23:23 Postnatal Body Image and Identity
26:33 Funny Parenting Fails and Advice
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Louise Boyce @mamastillgotit_ 💙
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From leaking boobs to lockdown love: Danae Mercer lays it all out on this week's episode! 🎧
Trigger warning - this episode contains discussions of miscarriage and eating disorders. If this is not for you, please head to our vast archive of shows for plenty more relatable parenting chaos! This week on No Parental Guidance, Hannah and Louise are joined by the absolute queen of reality vs. Instagram, Danae Mercer! 👑💕 Fresh off a kid-free flight in a pristine white outfit with hot coffee in hand ☕🤍, Danae opens up about the bittersweet realities of mom guilt, traveling while breastfeeding, and navigating postpartum body changes. From the logistical nightmare of pumping milk abroad to how she turned her own struggles with disordered eating into a global movement of body self-love, this conversation is as honest as it gets. Plus: The hilarious (and slightly gross) realities of mothering toddlers, handling "cockapoo" moments in front of Italian in-laws, lockdown speed-dating in Italy 🇮🇹and how we can better support young girls facing negative self-talk and online hate. 💬❤️
Grab a cup of tea (or a wine 🍷) and settle in for an episode full of belly laughs, total honesty, and a huge dose of body gratitude! Chapters: 00:00 Postpartum Body Image Podcast Highlights 01:14 Mum Guilt and Breastfeeding Realities 05:06 Postpartum Body Changes and Placenta Encapsulation 08:02 Normalising Cellulite and Instagram vs Reality 12:51 Eating Disorder Recovery and Pregnancy Gratitude 19:36 Work Life Balance and Bedtime Routines 21:33 Marriage Date Night and Family Dynamics 27:03 Hilarious Parenting Fails and Toddler Behaviour 36:28 Cyberbullying Social Media and Raising Girls 💖 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by Aldi's Mamia range! 👶 Big-name quality without the big-name price tag. From award-winning nappies to wipes made for sensitive skin, check out the full range in-store today at Aldi. If you have been affected by any of the subjects we've spoken about on today's show, you're not alone. Please reach out to someone for support. We recommend: Tommys for support in navigating baby loss https://www.tommys.org/baby-loss-support BEAT for support with disordered eating https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/ 📲 CONNECT WITH US & DANAE 💌 Danae’s Substack: 📸 Danae Mercer Instagram: @danaemercer 🎙️ No Parental Guidance Instagram: @noparentalguidancepodcast 💖 Hannah East Instagram: @hannaheast 💕 Louise Boyle Instagram: @louiseboyleofficial 💬 JOIN THE NPG COMMUNITY Got a hilarious parenting fail or a sticky conundrum you need solved? Drop us a comment below or DM us on Instagram! Don't forget to LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE so you never miss an episode. 🔔✨
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Summer’s done, the kids are back at school and we’re kicking off a brand new series of No Parental Guidance with a very special guest! 🎉 In a world exclusive, TV personality and campaigner Georgia Harrison MBE sits down with us to share the candid, funny, and deeply personal realities of becoming a new mum to baby Sahara. Plus we discuss the very real challenges our children face online, how to tackle the “Manosphere” and her campaign for legal accountability when it comes to sharing intimate images online. This episode is proudly sponsored by the Aldi Mamia baby and toddler range—supporting parents through the chaotic, messy, and imperfectly perfect stages of parenting. 👶❤️ In This Episode: 00:00 Georgia Harrison Interview Introduction01:15 First-Time Motherhood and Baby Sleep04:39 Breastfeeding Realities and Postpartum Anxiety06:17 Elective Caesarean Birth Story Explained13:32 Receiving MBE from Prince William15:13 Campaigning Against Intimate Image Abuse19:11 Online Child Safety and Deepfakes27:17 Tackling the Manosphere and Andrew Tate28:58 Viral Parenting Hacks and Body Confidence33:26 TOWIE, Love Island and Fame Journey 💖 Don't Forget to Like, Comment & Subscribe! Are you a new parent navigating the chaos, or do you have a sleeping miracle like Georgia? Let us know in the comments below!👇 Georgia Harrison: @georgialouiseharrison (Instagram) Louise Boyce: @mamastillgotit_ (Instagram) Hannah East: @hannaheastcomedy (Instagram) No Parental Guidance: @no_parental_guidance (Instagram) / @noparentalguidancepod (TikTok) #NoParentalGuidance #GeorgiaHarrison #ParentingPodcast #NewMum #MotherhoodUnfiltered #GeorgiasLaw #LoveIsland #ParentingJourney #CSection #BabySleepTips #AldiMamia #Mamia #AldiBaby #ImperfectlyPerfect #ParentingHacks --- **Why this happened:** The source platform exported the emojis as text shortcodes (like `:baby_bottle:`) instead of standard Unicode characters. Apps like YouTube, Instagram, and standard text fields don't always automatically convert shortcodes into visuals unless they have an built-in markdown converter.
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