
Alex Lee on mum-fluencers, cracking TV and taking on Alan Jones
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Alex Lee is a face you'll recognise from TV, whether it's from The Feed, Saturday Night Rove, Celebrity Mastermind, Spicks and Specks, The Checkout, Win the Week or What the FAQ.
And as the journalist-turned-comedian points out, not ALL of those shows got axed.
Alex recounts how shock jock and alleged sexual predator Alan Jones once tried to sue her over a comedy skit she made making fun of him. That would have been pretty darn stressful but she says that pales into comparison to the stresses of becoming a mum and feeling like the internet is constantly trying to guilt you into buying junk for your small human.
In this chat with Antoinette Lattouf, Alex also unpacks how mum-fluencers inspired her podcast Baby Shoes, part comedy, part therapy, and all-too-relatable for exhausted parents trying not to lose the plot.
Weekend list with Helen Smith
- TO COOK: Homemade Dubai chocolate (dates + dark chocolate + pistachio spread)
- TO TRY: Holme Beauty
- TO TRY: Stardust period tracker app
- TO WATCH: The Australian Wars
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