Brrr, I know us Brits like to moan about the weather at every given chance, but having just come back from the sunny Bahamas, I have to concede that it is indeed mighty cold back in Blighty!
Now, I know there's nothing worse than someone carrying on about their snazzy winter sun holiday, so I'll keep it brief… Thanks to the fabulous team at Sandals Resorts, the Williamson Clan enjoyed a glorious week at the Royal Bahamian Spa and Off-Shore Island in Nassau. A long time favourite of the Royal Family, the opulent resort really is a jewel in the crown of the Bahamian capital. In fact, even 007 himself, Sean Connery, has succumbed to the island's charms and now considers himself a resident.
But a week of sunning myself hasn't meant that I've taken my eye off the ball, or should that be 'bowl', as the global spectacle that is the American Super Bowl kicked off during my final few hours in transit. Never have I seen so many over excited American's clutching 'a cold one' and jostling for a prime position by a TV screen to 'watch the big game'. Not being a footie fan, American or any other for that matter, it was obviously all lost on me, although the hotly anticipated Half Time Show proved far more entertaining.
This year's interval crowd pleaser role went to singers Katy Perry and Missy Elliot who, with their vast entourage of dancers, stole the show. Classics such as 'California Gurls', 'Firework' and 'Get Your Freak On' entertained live spectators and viewers alike (and ex-husbands judging by the Russell Brand's good luck tweet). Hmm, just a supportive reminisce, or was there more to his cooing than meets the eye?
Congratulations are in store for my former Splash buddies Una Foden and Richard Whitehead. The Saturdays' singer and her hubby Ben Foden welcomed baby Tadgh (pronounced 'Tyge') earlier this week, and our fellow diving teammate Richard, along with his wife, also welcomed a little boy called AJ (Andrew John) on the same day. Congrats guys, delighted for you all and can't wait to meet the little chaps.
Any void left by the 'resting' of Splash this year, has most certainly been filled by The Jump on Channel 4. Instead of celebrities breaking bones in swimsuits, we've got a bunch of showbiz types hurling themselves off ice covered Austrian mountains in lycra – genius.
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After some much needed format tweaks, I have to say, this series of The Jump is vastly improved and makes for really rather addictive viewing. The live race elements have injected the previously missing jeopardy, and the inclusion of some more aesthetically pleasing events such as The Air Jump, make for more exciting viewing – there's nothing like seeing that dude off Jackass make an, er, 'ass' of himself at altitude.
With just a few more days to go, I have to admit that this series has been one of my viewing guilty pleasures. Lots of toffs battling it out for a massive bell while a trussed up Davina McCall tries to keep order of a maniacal Louie Spence – it doesn't get much better than that, where do I sign up?!
And finally, after four weeks of tantrums, tears and tearing into each other, Celebrity Big Brother hit its climax with a rather fitting finale – except perhaps the winner. After her reported ma-hoosive appearance fee, Katie Price 'could' have been great telly. However, in what was possibly the most lacklustre winners exit EVER, you couldn't help but agree with some of the longer serving housemates, who claimed that she didn't deserve it.
I'm all for a self deprecating approach - and I actually believed KP's shock and disbelief at being crowned Queen of the House, admitting she was perhaps the most boring one in there - however, I kind of hoped she'd put all that 'normal house wife' stuff to one side, just for a moment, to give us some proper Pricey posing and gobbing off – after all, you just know that's what the bosses were banking on when they raided their piggy banks.
After years of shocking antics and a soap opera love life, it's obvious that the former glamour girl has mellowed somewhat. She is a mother of five, after all, and apart from the inappropriate 'TMI' details of he sex life, she really does seem to have chilled out and become far more likeable than she's ever allowed herself to be in the past.
A rather beige housemate, but hey, with a hefty paycheck and a rather more agreeable public persona under her belt, there's only one person laughing her way to the bank, and that's The Pricey!
