VICKY's hangoVer Cures
Stephen’s the m ost vile person I’ve met
new! columnist Vicky Pattison talks about her shocking split from Stephen Bear and why she wants to shape up ahead of Christmas…
PHOTOGRAPHY: David Cummings HAIR: Alice Oliver MAKE-UP: Jo Mckenna STYLIST: Trudie Le Marie ART DIRECTION: Sam Martin OTHER PHOTOS: Getty Images, Media Blitz, Xposure
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icky Pattison has had a dramatic few weeks – even by her standards! But just as we thought her life couldn’t get any more headline grabbing, late last week Vicky ended her four-month relationship with Stephen Bear after seeing footage of him kissing old flame Connie Wiltshire on Ex On The Beach. The kiss, which took place after Vicky had started dating Stephen, was the final straw for the former Geordie Shore star, who’d been left “mortified” by Stephen’s flirty antics on the show. She’d also had to deal with the recent scandal involving leaked pictures of him engaging in a webcam sex act and his revelations about their sex life, including his claim that he “ties her up”. Then, after Vicky called Stephen to tell him they were finished, he posted messages on Instagram, which appeared to accuse her of lying and cheating – something she denies. Phew! So obviously, when the Judge Geordie star, who’s about to release her second novel, A Christmas Kiss, turns up two hours late for our Victoria Beckham-inspired shoot we cut her some slack. Snacking on caramel cakes and a steak slice (a girl after our own hearts), Vicky, 27, talks us through the end of her relationship and gives her verdict on Michelle Keegan’s new look… So Vic, how did you feel watching Stephen kiss Connie? I’d love to say I’m devastated, heartbroken and that I won’t ever be able to put the pieces of my soul back together – but it’d be a lie. I’m completely desensitised to it all. I have never allowed a man to mug us off as many times as he has. I feel I’m over it. I can’t
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Interview Georgia Farquharson even say it’ll hurt seeing him with other people because I’ve already seen him with half of the f***ing Ex cast. So I think I’ll be ok. And how are your feelings towards Connie? I don’t really know her. She’s always been quite nice to me. But if she has that in her locker she can go f*** herself as well. I just hope she doesn’t try to speak to me. I’ve learned an awful lot from Stephen Bear and I suppose I should thank him for that. He’s literally been the most vile, horrendous, snaky, conniving and manipulative person I have ever met. I’m truly shocked that I’ve allowed myself to be so taken in – but there you go. Love is blind, or in my case, blind, deaf, stupid. What did he say when you confronted him about Connie? I called him and said do us a favour, block us on everything and I will do the same. I said there’s no need to be nasty about it, we’re obviously not right for each other. He was like, “Are you kidding?” I said no and hung up. He’s already started with the nasty Instagram posts. I’ve had to deal with him lying to us about what he did on the show, watch him disrespect people who I see as friends, the Skype scandal… It was Ali [Drew, whose breast Stephen licked] last week and Connie this week. And now he’s trying to turn it around on me? You put up with an awful lot over the last few weeks – why? I tried to make the relationship work because I did The star with care about her debut him. But there novel, All That are a lot of Glitters things I stand for. I have lasses
Vicky thinks Michelle has had lip and cheek fillers
Vicky says she did care about Stephen who look up to me and it’s about strength of character and having a low bullsh*t tolerance. Were you embarrassed about him talking about your sex life? I was supposed to be his girlfriend. I’m not some f***ing lass he shagged down Nu Bar. I was mortified. You’re very close to your Judge Geordie co-star Alex Cannon. Has he been a support? I couldn’t live without him. He’s every woman’s ideal man, isn’t he? He’s been such a good friend over the past few weeks. The friction between him and Bear was hard
to deal with but I couldn’t ever give up his friendship. Would you ever go there? Well, it didn’t happen before I met Stephen. If you’re going to get with someone, shouldn’t it have happened already? We’re just friends. We give each other relationship advice. Moving on, how does it feel to be Victoria Beckham for a day? It’s like a dream come true! I love Posh because she was a bit of a laughing stock and now look at her. Nobody believed her when she said she wanted to start her fashion line and now she’s one of the most iconic women in the world. What did you make of piss-gate? There’s no way she pissed herself. She probably has a person in her team whose job it is just to watch her crotch – a crotch watcher. She was probably having a drink and someone knocked it over. Tell us about A Christmas Kiss... Can you believe I’ve released two novels this year?! I’m the new JK Rowling! It’s all about a girl called Amber who works in the fashion industry and her boss is the devil. It’s about her life and whether she’ll get her Christmas kiss. Amber is a Geordie lass and a lot of it is based on my experiences. I’m really proud of it. You’re looking fab. Where are you at diet and fitness-wise? I’m feeling pretty relaxed about it at the moment. I worked hard for my
calendar shoot but since then I’ve been to Paris, Bulgaria and done loads of PAs… It’s been a lot of alcohol and convenience food. I’m 9st 5lbs at the moment and a size 8, which I’m happy with. Ideally I like to be 9st and a size 6 on the waist. This week I’m going to get back into it and fill my fridge up with lovely green things! Do you up your regime ahead of Christmas? Definitely. My birthday is in November, too, so I’m starting to think about all the parties. If I manage to get down to 9st before Christmas I can have an IV drip of Baileys and some gorgeous man feeding me Quality Street! Last time we spoke, you said you were tempted to have fillers… I just feel that if I start with something like that it’ll become a slippery slope. I don’t want a giant trout pout. I quite like my face as it is! What do you make of Michelle Keegan’s look? I think she’s had stuff done – lips, Botox, cheek fillers and her eyebrows tattooed. It’s a shame, because she was one of those women every man was obsessed with. She was naturally stunning. I guess she’s had a bit of a culture shock moving to Essex where the whole polished look is so big. Some people have said she’s morphing into Lauren Goodger… People are always going to compare them but they need to leave Lauren out of Mark and Michelle’s relationship. I feel bad for her – though she probably got the last laugh, didn’t she?
A Christmas Kiss by Vicky Pattison (Sphere, £14.99) will be out on October 22
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es you bad n Don’t stop drinking. What mak on it! back ight makes you better! Get stra WKD. blue a have , bad ly real ng If you’re feeli feel you e n Cuddles with anyone will mak ! better – even if it’s a random man a funny with ion Pass i eron Pepp ino’s n A Dom No . cure r film is the perfect hangove or tear-jerkers like The Notebook gh! clever thrillers like Inception thou
n Drink plenty of water! You’re meant to have pineapple and banana to replenish yourself but I can’t get my head around all that sh*t, so I just stick to water. n It’s a shameless plug but my Mini V Nutrition range is every : party girl’s must-have. The Mini ns. toxi e thos all of rid gets x Deto
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new! columnist Vicky Pattison talks about her shocking split from Stephen Bear and why she wants to shape up ahead of Christmas…
PHOTOGRAPHY: David Cummings HAIR: Alice Oliver MAKE-UP: Jo Mckenna STYLIST: Trudie Le Marie ART DIRECTION: Sam Martin OTHER PHOTOS: Getty Images, Media Blitz, Xposure
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icky Pattison has had a dramatic few weeks – even by her standards! But just as we thought her life couldn’t get any more headline grabbing, late last week Vicky ended her four-month relationship with Stephen Bear after seeing footage of him kissing old flame Connie Wiltshire on Ex On The Beach. The kiss, which took place after Vicky had started dating Stephen, was the final straw for the former Geordie Shore star, who’d been left “mortified” by Stephen’s flirty antics on the show. She’d also had to deal with the recent scandal involving leaked pictures of him engaging in a webcam sex act and his revelations about their sex life, including his claim that he “ties her up”. Then, after Vicky called Stephen to tell him they were finished, he posted messages on Instagram, which appeared to accuse her of lying and cheating – something she denies. Phew! So obviously, when the Judge Geordie star, who’s about to release her second novel, A Christmas Kiss, turns up two hours late for our Victoria Beckham-inspired shoot we cut her some slack. Snacking on caramel cakes and a steak slice (a girl after our own hearts), Vicky, 27, talks us through the end of her relationship and gives her verdict on Michelle Keegan’s new look… So Vic, how did you feel watching Stephen kiss Connie? I’d love to say I’m devastated, heartbroken and that I won’t ever be able to put the pieces of my soul back together – but it’d be a lie. I’m completely desensitised to it all. I have never allowed a man to mug us off as many times as he has. I feel I’m over it. I can’t
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Interview Georgia Farquharson even say it’ll hurt seeing him with other people because I’ve already seen him with half of the f***ing Ex cast. So I think I’ll be ok. And how are your feelings towards Connie? I don’t really know her. She’s always been quite nice to me. But if she has that in her locker she can go f*** herself as well. I just hope she doesn’t try to speak to me. I’ve learned an awful lot from Stephen Bear and I suppose I should thank him for that. He’s literally been the most vile, horrendous, snaky, conniving and manipulative person I have ever met. I’m truly shocked that I’ve allowed myself to be so taken in – but there you go. Love is blind, or in my case, blind, deaf, stupid. What did he say when you confronted him about Connie? I called him and said do us a favour, block us on everything and I will do the same. I said there’s no need to be nasty about it, we’re obviously not right for each other. He was like, “Are you kidding?” I said no and hung up. He’s already started with the nasty Instagram posts. I’ve had to deal with him lying to us about what he did on the show, watch him disrespect people who I see as friends, the Skype scandal… It was Ali [Drew, whose breast Stephen licked] last week and Connie this week. And now he’s trying to turn it around on me? You put up with an awful lot over the last few weeks – why? I tried to make the relationship work because I did The star with care about her debut him. But there novel, All That are a lot of Glitters things I stand for. I have lasses
Vicky thinks Michelle has had lip and cheek fillers
Vicky says she did care about Stephen who look up to me and it’s about strength of character and having a low bullsh*t tolerance. Were you embarrassed about him talking about your sex life? I was supposed to be his girlfriend. I’m not some f***ing lass he shagged down Nu Bar. I was mortified. You’re very close to your Judge Geordie co-star Alex Cannon. Has he been a support? I couldn’t live without him. He’s every woman’s ideal man, isn’t he? He’s been such a good friend over the past few weeks. The friction between him and Bear was hard
to deal with but I couldn’t ever give up his friendship. Would you ever go there? Well, it didn’t happen before I met Stephen. If you’re going to get with someone, shouldn’t it have happened already? We’re just friends. We give each other relationship advice. Moving on, how does it feel to be Victoria Beckham for a day? It’s like a dream come true! I love Posh because she was a bit of a laughing stock and now look at her. Nobody believed her when she said she wanted to start her fashion line and now she’s one of the most iconic women in the world. What did you make of piss-gate? There’s no way she pissed herself. She probably has a person in her team whose job it is just to watch her crotch – a crotch watcher. She was probably having a drink and someone knocked it over. Tell us about A Christmas Kiss... Can you believe I’ve released two novels this year?! I’m the new JK Rowling! It’s all about a girl called Amber who works in the fashion industry and her boss is the devil. It’s about her life and whether she’ll get her Christmas kiss. Amber is a Geordie lass and a lot of it is based on my experiences. I’m really proud of it. You’re looking fab. Where are you at diet and fitness-wise? I’m feeling pretty relaxed about it at the moment. I worked hard for my
calendar shoot but since then I’ve been to Paris, Bulgaria and done loads of PAs… It’s been a lot of alcohol and convenience food. I’m 9st 5lbs at the moment and a size 8, which I’m happy with. Ideally I like to be 9st and a size 6 on the waist. This week I’m going to get back into it and fill my fridge up with lovely green things! Do you up your regime ahead of Christmas? Definitely. My birthday is in November, too, so I’m starting to think about all the parties. If I manage to get down to 9st before Christmas I can have an IV drip of Baileys and some gorgeous man feeding me Quality Street! Last time we spoke, you said you were tempted to have fillers… I just feel that if I start with something like that it’ll become a slippery slope. I don’t want a giant trout pout. I quite like my face as it is! What do you make of Michelle Keegan’s look? I think she’s had stuff done – lips, Botox, cheek fillers and her eyebrows tattooed. It’s a shame, because she was one of those women every man was obsessed with. She was naturally stunning. I guess she’s had a bit of a culture shock moving to Essex where the whole polished look is so big. Some people have said she’s morphing into Lauren Goodger… People are always going to compare them but they need to leave Lauren out of Mark and Michelle’s relationship. I feel bad for her – though she probably got the last laugh, didn’t she?
A Christmas Kiss by Vicky Pattison (Sphere, £14.99) will be out on October 22
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VICKY’s hangover cures
es you bad n Don’t stop drinking. What mak on it! back ight makes you better! Get stra WKD. blue a have , bad ly real ng If you’re feeli feel you e n Cuddles with anyone will mak ! better – even if it’s a random man a funny with ion Pass i eron Pepp ino’s n A Dom No . cure r film is the perfect hangove or tear-jerkers like The Notebook gh! clever thrillers like Inception thou
n Drink plenty of water! You’re meant to have pineapple and banana to replenish yourself but I can’t get my head around all that sh*t, so I just stick to water. n It’s a shameless plug but my Mini V Nutrition range is every : party girl’s must-have. The Mini ns. toxi e thos all of rid gets x Deto
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