

17 Jul 2025 · 40m · 20 chapters

Therapy Crouch “Ask Me Anything” episode with Abbie Clancy, Peter Crouch, and Ross Scott. Topic: family travel and parenting meltdowns; relationship advice for pregnancy and time away; lifestyle Q&A (men’s clothing, travel destinations); and personal “foreign object”/medical stories.
no external guests—hosts answer listener questions.
women are “obsessed” with eyebrows (plucking, pruning, tattoos) and men notice big bushy/wiry brows; pregnant women can conceal not drinking by keeping a drink (e.g., lime + soda) and not being judged for abstaining; Christmas can be “celebrated early” with a 12-days-style gift trail while one partner is away for the Boxing Day Ashes test; Qatar is less strict than people think, but cover up in public restaurants/markets.
spider in an ear; hernia mesh rejection (“baboon’s arse”) and hospital near childbirth; Ibiza advice to avoid San Antonio “carnage” and visit Formentera/Elia; commute vs moving to Liverpool for a dentist job.
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The hosts share recent family activities and their enjoyment.
“Ross is here as well My name is Ross My name is Scott Yeah, yeah, yeah, very good How are we going?”
Discussion on children’s behavior and parenting challenges.
The hosts talk about their morning routines and fitness ambitions.
“Liberty, our little girl, she wanted to sleep with Ab last night.”
A humorous discussion on eyebrows and societal beauty standards.
“It's the sun helps as well Getting you up early I think When it's this like Heathy kind of one I just want to be fit I'm a bit unhealthy.”
The hosts express their views on men's grooming and beauty expectations.
“I think I've shot 60 a couple of times playing with them.”
A light-hearted debate about John McCririck and various looks.
“It is funny how you notice certain little things on the face.”
Listeners seek advice on concealing pregnancy at a wedding.
“Even though you don't look like him at all, you kind of do have a bit of a McCrurick vibe.”
Tips for handling social situations without drinking while pregnant.
“my man i've no idea what you're talking about you've never seen carly jenner well i know a thick beard like that and they've got the thing and it kind of like leans over That's me.”
Advice on how to celebrate Christmas while away for a big event.
Learn creative ways to celebrate Christmas early and stay connected while traveling.
“My brilliant girlfriend has let me go on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to watch the ashes down under in Melbourne with my pals.”
Discover the beauty and culture of Ibiza beyond the party scene.
“But it's, you know, Ibiza is really a spiritual place, I think.”
Consider the pros and cons of moving for a new job versus commuting.
“A man in the night to a man in the morning.”
Hear a scary story about a spider and unexpected occurrences.
“I was thinking like a piece of Lego that you've accidentally eaten or something.”
Listen to Peter recount a serious medical issue and its unexpected complications.
“there, they walk past a branch and a spider landed in the eye and laid eggs behind the girl's eye and she had spiders come on top of her eyes.”
Get suggestions for high-quality men's clothing brands and styles.
“Hopefully you managed to follow us in that short break.”
Explore fashion tips and recommendations for quality men's clothing brands.
“which is actually good quality and going to wash well?”
Revisit cherished childhood memories and the importance of family connections.
“yeah easy John my brother and him and El were especially close because they're similar ages.”
Discuss how family dynamics change over time and the value of maintaining connections.
Share travel experiences and cultural observations from a recent trip to Qatar.
“And it was so funny, I can't believe this email was coming, but we were in a tennis club down the road and all the kids started singing, it's the second day in Doha.”
Laugh along with entertaining stories about friends and their quirks.
“Then finally, I was driving home listening to the pod as per you were talking about the caravan game.”

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0:32When are you going to get a bald guest on? Still going to have it a few more years. Yeah, give it a couple more years. You'll have one every week. I need to ask, why are women so obsessed with eyebrows?
0:44Abbey Clancy: I'm looking at you and then you look like John McCrurick. No, listen, if you're a boring bastard, get bang on it, otherwise no one would want to torture you. He's a pig mesh. I had a groin operation, right? Listen. Oink, oink.
1:01Abbey Clancy: Ask me anything Trevor Hello and welcome to the Therapy Crouch Ask Me Anything with me, Abbie Clancy Me, Peter Crouch Ross is here as well My name is Ross My name is Scott Yeah, yeah, yeah, very good How are we going? Yeah, all good Oh, great Loving life, loving the sun Sun's out, eh? Sun's out, sun's out Sun's out, buns out Yeah, we've had a great few days here, haven't we? Yeah It's been kids' birthday party central that was a good day yesterday with the birthday party I thought it's a kids birthday party but like I always think everyone has lots of fun good wholesome fun good wholesome fun we've vowed to make this trip all about the kids like we've been so busy at home yeah and just want to spend loads of quality time together instead of rushing out to this club that club dance tennis football have you just fucked the what you call it the homework off you say that you're going to do every morning 10 minutes of morning and all that oh we haven't seen it no but we are to be honest we've only been here two days so we I will start that yeah okay I think just a little bit of reading in the morning timetable rock stars do kids seem in good form do you seem very happy no they're very good a little meltdown this morning but still be expected Jack's meltdown this morning when you left me what was that about he wanted to go with Pete but he hit his sister so I said he wasn't allowed to go so he cried for two hours he did He did.
2:28Broke into my nap time, that's it. Broke into my nap time. Let's get out of here working.
2:36Abbey Clancy: You can't half sleep you, Ross. To be fair, it was 6am. I say nap time. It was REM sleep. I was thinking that little fucker. I know. I hate that. You just have to ignore it. Liberty, our little girl, she wanted to sleep with Ab last night. Yeah. She was having a bit of a meltdown. we let her do it so I slept in another room and I came in what was it what seven just opened all the curtains straight in opened the curtains oh she used to do that fucking Uber in like six early bear catches the worm sister yeah but it's just a spiteful thing isn't it really we know what you're doing do you know what I mean you've been a bitch spiteful are you joking what was it nice I woke you up at half eight because if you had to get picked up at nine I hate that when your mum would whip the covers I was schooly woolly Whip the covers off you Open the blinds I'm just like Oh no I just want to die I just want to die I was only 11 I wasn't even hungover At that point So now I'm like I definitely want to die Now you've got to hang over as well Now I'm like Oh See I just wake up Super duper early Like half six hours up this morning So will we all With fucking Jack I'll be waking up early though Really early I prefer I've been in the gym Two days on the run I'm gonna It's the sun helps as well Getting you up early I think When it's this like Heathy kind of one I just want to be fit I'm a bit unhealthy.
3:56Abbey Clancy: I don't want to be like a hungover loser. I just want to get up and get out. I like it. Yeah. We've been, to be fair, we've been active, haven't we, every morning? Very active. Very active. Yeah. We've been playing a lot of paddle. We've been in the gym. Swimming and stuff. Golf. Yeah. It's been good. Very active. Very active. I like being active. Do you want to help people? Yes, let's help them. Let's be anything. What are you having? Let's help. Yes, let's help them.
4:24don't wear any help by the way yeah it's coming from a good place and it's real it's only our opinion disclaimer that's true actually it is only our opinion don't have to listen to it after hearing abby have a go at pete's eyebrows oh god i need to ask why are women so obsessed with eyebrows. My wife is constantly commenting on mine and telling me I need to fix them. I reckon I'm a solid six so eyebrows are the least of my worries. Good lads. The phrase rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic comes to mind.
5:03Abbey Clancy: Don't get it. Because that's the last of the worries in it. Yeah, the last few worries is rearranging the deck chairs when you're going down. P.S. Can we get a replay of the sound Pete made when Lee Westwood said he shot a 60? but better put a parental advisory warning on it first. I think I've shot 60 a couple of times playing with them. Yeah. God. Wow. PPS, when are you going to get a bald guest on? It's about time we had some love for the baldies. Gary Baldi. Still going to have it a few more years. Yeah, give it a couple more years. You'll have one every week.
5:46Abbey Clancy: It is funny as men age that eyebrows just grow wildly out of control. I saw Leigh's the other day. They were terrible. I said, Leigh, what's going on with them? I can't stand it. It knocks me sick. Grey as well. I don't mind grey, but those wiry... And they stick out like that. ...sticking out. Can I just say, right? Go on. I totally agree with this fella. Women are obsessed with eyebrows. Yeah. They want to draw stuff on them. Yeah. They want to prune them. They want to pluck them. Agreed. they want to trim them. I like, I, draw stuff on them. Do you draw stuff on them? Tattoo them. Yeah, tattoo them.
6:19Tattoo jet, very good. I look in the mirror, right, not one thing, Last thing I ever would look at. Not one time in my life have I looked at my eyebrows. No, agreed, agreed. They're just on my face. My eyebrow. My monobrow. But like, they're actually just on my face. I like a dolled up beard, I'm not going to lie, I'm just like a Scouse fella. I like a nail on a beard, I like a nice pair of nails on them, bit of makeup, whatever, that's my personal taste. I agree with you I would never look at an eyebrow ever why are you wasting your money get your eye out and your eyelashes what the fuck's that about getting your eyelashes done you care eyelashes I think there are okay there we go it's a female trait to have a nice eyelash okay okay an eyebrow I've forgotten my I genuinely don't care
6:58Abbey Clancy: I've forgotten my mascara it shows that's why you got them glasses on I need to go and buy one I've got no eyelashes but isn't that funny that I would see I would never eyebrows and eyelashes for me you get rid of them but you notice them and I have like a nail thing. It is funny how you notice certain little things on the face. I think you have to have nice nails and nice lashes. Nails are good. I like nails. I think for me, like a female is attractive when they're a female. And I think a man is attractive when he's a man to a woman. I don't know if I'm wrong or right here, but I think an iron lash is girly.
7:37Is that true?
7:38Abbey Clancy: Yeah. but I really, really, really don't like it when you have them big wiry eyebrows. Yeah. That's why I always cut them off because as you said before, you're not looking at all the things that I look at. I don't look at... But I'm looking at you. I'm looking at you and then you look like John McCrurick. The eyebrows. I'm just like, no. Do you know what? Even though you don't look like him at all, you kind of do have a bit of a McCrurick vibe. He does. If you put one of those like brushing hats on, you know, whatever he wears. He is a bit John McCrurick. My eyebrows are not out of control. You're a handsome man, but you do have a bit of a McCroog vibe.
8:13Do you think my eyebrows are out of control? No, no, no, yours are sad. They're all right now.
8:16Abbey Clancy: Let's see, turn to the side. Oh, yeah, no. Oof. They're quite blonde. No, look, come and look at this. I'm not... The length... I won't, I won't. The length. The length... Oh, I'll trim them later. I just don't like them. On anybody? Yeah. On anybody? Yeah, yeah, okay. I don't want a big, like, massive, bushy eyebrow, personally, but I just don't... I'm not thinking of your McCroog. I don't really notice it. I don't notice it. Because you can't see them from the side. You're looking front on her when you go to the side. They're four inches off your face. Are they? They are, yeah. Keep the shades on.
8:46Abbey Clancy: I'll trim them later, don't worry. A little trim and you've got a lovely shape eyebrow. Gorgeous shape eyebrow. My eyebrow's quite nice. If I was looking at it, I think it's all right. Do you know what I like? A thigh brow. Have you ever heard of one of them? Something I recently discovered on a bird. A thigh brow? A thigh brow. Have you ever heard of that? It's not hers. it's like him when a bird's like like got a thighs between the thong and it like a thing like that and it like creases do you mean like like a carly jenner a thigh bro that's sexy a thick there's a piece of fat on the top of a g-string basically yeah yeah no not for me my my my my man i've no idea what you're talking about you've never seen carly jenner well i know a thick beard like that and they've got the thing and it kind of like leans over
9:34That's me.
9:35Abbey Clancy: You're a pervert. I am, I am. I'm a big player. Let's help these people in need. What was the issue with my noise? What noise did I make when he said he shot 60? Did I go like, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. What did you do? I was probably... Swooning. I think he was swooning. Swooning, yeah. What kind of noise would that make be? Go on, Lee, do it again. Like, oh, like, yeah, I don't want to do it again. Oh, go on, go on. You got it, he's actually doing it. Please do it again. He doesn't want me to do it again. I want to hear it I don't even know what this who's what this thing so you're League Westwood right you just tell me that yeah so you played at Kin Sub but you shot 60 say that yeah but I shot 60 oh my god 60 I'm arriving I'm arriving oh my good god I've got no idea what the hell's going on right now me neither moving on my next question okay let's move on John McCrea fuck off I can't stop thinking You do a lot of John McCurick You do yeah You kind of do You're far more handsome I choose to look John McCurick If he had a major glow up He'd look at me like He died now didn't he He passed away yeah Do you ever remember When my brother had He had them big white Fucking undies on him He used to call his wife Boobie He knows He knows Boobie That's a cute name Boobie Yeah.
11:03Sully pizza. I like him. He was old school though, wasn't he? Yeah, he was. Okay. Abby, Pete and Ross. I've found out that I'm pregnant. Oh, congratulations. Very exciting news and we are so happy. There's one dilemma. We have my best friend's wedding in three weeks, which is going to be a late night and a very boozy affair. This is our first pregnancy and it's very early on, so I've not told anyone yet. I normally like to enjoy a good drink, especially at an event like this. Have you any tips on how to conceal my lack of drinking and not give the game away? Love the pod and honours in case anyone's listening.
11:40We went through this, didn't we? Yeah. A few times.
11:43Abbey Clancy: You can have fresh lime and surgeon. It looks like a gin and tonic. Nice. Good shout. Straight away. Good shout. Because it is a thing. People do get on your back. It's a nightmare, that. I think as long as you've got a drink in your hand, no one will know. Or a Coke. I imagine. Diet Coke. You should be drinking loads of Coke if you're pregnant. Do you know what I think? I think in general in society right we need to have a rule to not call people out for not drinking like people have got their own issues they might have work tomorrow we need to stop saying oh come on stop being boring that's a good show I was just saying you've got work tomorrow as well do you know what I mean but in general sorry I know what you're saying it just annoys me like let people be do what you want to do if you're not drinking don't get on the back yeah is what I'm trying to say and also The best people have a good time not on the aisle.
12:34Do you know what I mean? They don't have to be. Because he says with a beer in his hand. Yeah, but I've had two beers now and people think that I might be pissed but I'm having a great time. Yeah. And I'm not drunk. Yeah. Because you're having a laugh you go, oh look at this. If you're having a laugh people think you're drunk. I'm not drinking today. You don't have to.
12:50Abbey Clancy: No. You don't have to have a drink to be fun. Yeah, agreed. Some people do to be fair. Yeah, it does help but some people to be fair. No, listen, if you're a boring bastard get back on it otherwise no one would want to torture no I think she just needs to have a drink in her hand at all times or she could just sit and then she just needs to say she feels sick and she can go to bed or just Houdini I'm not a fan of that oh I always Houdini and then if a friend's go oh god where were you last night just say I was so drunk I've vomited my guts up end of discussion yeah I think you just got because you get through the ceremony and say no I don't want to be drunk for a ceremony it's one of my best friends so you're not drinking then and then you get back to the after thing and just drink I just don't think you mention it like you would notice if someone's got a drink in the hands what it is no one's that bothered everyone's too bothered about themselves yeah now then 100 club Cardi P the Clowns and laughing boy Ross what's the 100 club he's got 100 goals he's got 100 Premier League goals over 100 I should say Sorry.
13:58Just one of my finest achievements. My brilliant girlfriend... After bugging you.
14:03Abbey Clancy: Yeah, second best achievement. Sorry, P. My brilliant girlfriend has let me go on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to watch the ashes down under in Melbourne with my pals. Oh, fabulous. My question is, how can I make Christmas special whilst I'm at the Boxing Day test in Australia? She's been brilliant in understanding that this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience with my friends, but I'm away for Christmas and New Year. How can I make Christmas and New Year special? I'm talking, celebrating early, and it needs to include her family as we are close. Well, we've done that before. You know, when other people in our family have had, you know, they're going away for Christmas or they're going abroad.
14:44Abbey Clancy: You just bring Christmas early. Yeah. And you get the tree up, you get the roast dinner done, you get your Christmas jumpers on, and you celebrate Christmas as if it's Christmas Day. with the family, do your presents. And then, when he goes, he can leave her some, you know, some cute little presents, secretly. So she's got something to open up. That's quite like a 12 days Christmas. That's a good shout out. That's a good one. Imagine, imagine so, all the days he's away, it doesn't have to be big, just something hidden away somewhere, and go, today, so and so, is there. And then like, there, that's a nice thing to do.
15:23I bet that's a lovely thing today that'd be lovely
15:25Abbey Clancy: you should do that to me I'd love that it's going to be on Christmas day so well funny enough I'm away for Christmas yeah I'm going to Melbourne I'm glad you took that well what would you like for 12 days I don't mind do whatever you want you've given up on me it's all good though yeah that'd be nice that and make because it's going to be tricky with the time difference as well I think the week before he goes like definitely do a Christmas day just you think about Christmas day it's only a meal really isn't it like a roast yeah just do that and that would be nice yeah agreed hi love the pod please could you tell me where in Ibiza you went I really want to go but unsure of the nicest part to stay we want nice bars and restaurants without the clubbing thanks so much Ibiza's a beautiful island especially in the north I've never been I think everyone gets put off by things it's going to be like Hooligans Is it Balearic Island or Canary Island Balearic Balearic yeah you know people think it's going to be Hooligans in football shirts in San Antonio could be further from that and then you're crouchy no honestly it could be further from like if you go obviously there is that yeah but you can go to the most incredible really rustic natural San Antonio or is that the party area San Antonio no no that's carnage that's carnage but having said that it's still got beautiful places in it like that's where obviously where the carnage is but there is still like amazing sunset like bars there which are lovely to go to but the island is one of the most stunning places I've ever been in my life oh my god you have to go over to Foramontera get a boat over the water you've never seen anything like it and there's incredible restaurants and beach bars there Biso Beach is lovely gorgeous food great atmosphere like people are up on the tables dancing.
17:23Abbey Clancy: But it's, you know, Ibiza is really a spiritual place, I think. And you can do it like really low-key, gorgeous, really natural, rustic. There's some lovely little towns as well. Ibiza old towns are lovely. Like kind of local restaurants, yeah, you know, but some really nice kind of things off the beaten track like that, you know, people don't know about and stuff, you know. Yeah. It's lovely. I think we stayed down to Elaria, which is stunning. more towards the north. Yeah, there's beautiful places and stunning coves where you can swim and lovely sunset bars. Yeah. Nice. I don't think you can go wrong, but if you want to avoid, I think San Antonio, you should avoid that, but if you don't want that carnage.
18:07Yeah, carnage.
18:09Abbey Clancy: Carnage. It's a whole other place for it all, though. Yeah, carnage. Dip your toe in. Pinky. And dip your toe up. A man in the morning. What is it? A man in the night to a man in the morning. We've had a lot of fun in clubs. The club's stuff is good fun. Yeah. But it's nice to retreat. Next question. Okay, this just says, hi, Abby. Oh. I just graduated as a dentist. Oh, great. Congrats. Yeah, very well. And got assigned Crosby as a job. I am from Manchester. In your Peter and Ross less so's opinion, do you reckon I should move to Liverpool for one year, convince my best friend to move there with me, or commute from Stockport to Crosby?
18:49No. Please help.
18:50Abbey Clancy: I think you should move to Liverpool. 100%. It's a great city. She'll be welcomed with open arms. You know, it's fine doing those commutes in the summer, but when you're getting up at bloody five in the morning, the pitch black, it's freezing. You'll start hating your job. I think get your friend there. There's not much going on in Stockport. No offence to people from Stockport, but my mate lives there, and there's not a lot going on. Do you know what I mean? Liverpool is a more vibrant city than, I would say, Stockport as a town. And the thing is, I always think you should try these things because you can always go back.
19:20Abbey Clancy: You can always go back. That's a hometown, isn't it, everything like you'll gravitate towards that all your life. You'll always be going back to Stockport, I assume. Whereas Liverpool, good city, it's one year, it's Jeff Hall and it's not like going from Liverpool to London where the price is a massive factor. Liverpool to Stockport, it's the same kind of cost. Yeah, cost of living probably. Similar. Around the same, yeah. Your thoughts are the same because it's you specifically asked. Yeah, I'd say yeah, definitely. and also I take offence to her not wanting a Scouser's opinion Peter's opinion I get but mine what the fuck's that she doesn't want my opinion on that did she say she doesn't want your opinion on that she said less so Peter and Ross she's probably thinking it's a girly question fuck I stay in Stockport we don't want you Ross is getting a bit loquacious he is aggressive aggressive aggressive perverted drunk you are perverted aggressive drunk I'll take Hansi Ross I'd give it a go do it take the plunge I agree you'll have a laugh it's a great city you'll be welcomed Crosby's nice isn't it Crosby's lovely you've got the beach you can go for walks on the beach get a dog as well no beaches in Stockport do you know that for a fact yes because I know it very well Stockport why well I used to travel when I was at Burnley I used to get off at Stockport and travel into thing and also my uncle had a butcher's in Stockport Very nice And Phil Foden's from there I love Phil Foden Just random stock Fair play Bam bam bam You ask for facts you got them Okay Hi Pete, Abby and Ross Love the pod And long time listener here It's the highlight of my week So relatable to married life Perhaps this is one for AMA Ross you can decide He's decided and you're in Have you ever had a foreign object Enter your body?
21:19Let's continue I felt the same Continue Peter, continue Once after washing my hair I flipped my hair over To wrap it into the towel When I stood back up I felt like some water went in my ear I came out of the bathroom And said to my husband I feel like a lot of water's gone into my ear I just didn't see this coming from that initial suggestion. What were you thinking? I just thought a massive dildo.
21:49I thought you meant Juan.
21:50Abbey Clancy: I was thinking like a piece of Lego that you've accidentally eaten or something. You're sick. No one else was thinking that. No, not at all. You are a pervert. No one else was thinking that. Are you joking? No, I was one of the first ones. Of course you were. Anyway, morning went on and I got more irritated. I kept shaking my head just so my ear would feel normal again. I was on maternity leave at this time and I went to change the baby's nappy. As I put her in the changing station, I tilted my head to the side and out came a spider. Oh, God. I screamed and lucky my mother-in-law was downstairs.
22:26Abbey Clancy: Awful. That is scary. My son had a spider bite on his leg. Did he? Yeah, Johnny, it's been awful. God knows where that's come from. Do you know what my mum used to be working at eye doctors and that's someone got a spider. there, they walk past a branch and a spider landed in the eye and laid eggs behind the girl's eye and she had spiders come on top of her eyes. Spiders can mess it up mate. I've done a minute. You're supposed to eat like 12 spiders a day. A year? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you sleep. What? When do you sleep? Crawl into your mouth. Really? Make spiders get a boat? Hold on. You've seen Charles?
23:05There was, it crawled into her ear and laid No, no, no. So the story that my mum tells, and this could be a friend. This is a bit of a lassy on it. It's a lot of a lassy on it. Yeah, let's bear in mind, there's a lot of lassy on this. But she said the fella, he walked past a branch and the branch hit him in the eye and then the spider went into the back of his eye. She was like a, what do you call it? A medical secretary in the eye doctors, whatever it's called. And she said that he laid spiders in the back of his eyes and then spiders started coming and crawling out of the back of his eye. What?
23:35Was it Peter Parker? It wasn't Peter Crouch.
23:42Abbey Clancy: What the likelihood of the story was, he got scratched and they checked his eye in case spiders... Guy sort of spider in the woods. That's the top and bottom of it. Yeah, spiders are lethal. I'm not a big spider fan. Peter, have you ever had a foreign object in your body? He's a pig mesh. Oh, yeah, I had a groin operation, right? Oh, yeah. Pig skin. Was it pig skin? I had a mesh put in my groin. It's a hernia. Listen. Oink, oink.
24:18Does that dissolve? Just like dissolve? Anyway, the worst thing is, right, I had a reaction, so my body rejected it. God. And the doctor said, I've done 3 ,000 of these operations.
24:28Abbey Clancy: And it went from pig skin to a baboon's arse. Bright red. It was bright red. I swear to you. Swollen. Purple. I was in hospital for a week. Is this when you were pregnant? Are you having the baby or something? This is a day. He decided to get this operation three days before I was about to give birth. So then was in a hospital bed next to me as I was given birth. And then for the two weeks of Liberty's life, he was in hospital. Not my finest hour. But yeah, it was real bad. But what was so weird, he was like, he said, I've done 3 ,000 operations. He said, I've had two allergic reactions. one was an NBA player and the second one's you and I was like you mean it's like a tall thing then a tall thing babe what as if what just a bit of bonzer as if it's got a weird tall thing no but like it's got nothing to do with your height it's your body's just reacted to it and rejected it he said it's quite weird that he said there was I think it might even been three someone 6 '5", a basketball player and me.
25:35Nice. Could be. All I'm saying is there might be something in our blood that makes us grow faster and rejects hernia operations. Something in our blood that makes us grow faster. I know. What are you talking about? No, you don't know, do you? I don't know. Do you know what? I don't know. I don't know. That's what I'm trying to say is nobody knows. What I'm trying to say is why did that happen to me?
25:56Abbey Clancy: It happens to a lot of people where they reject things. People have operations all the time and the body rejects it. I've had, most players have had hernia operations. It's an autoimmune response. No, but I'm saying most players. There's a big percentage of footballers have hernia operations and no one's had it. You know what I mean? No one had it. Anyway, this issue that I had, my whole body, and remember what I was like? He was green. He was getting all the air and he was looking after the money or something. The infection was that. He was literally green and the level of infection in his blood was catastrophic.
26:36Abbey Clancy: And it was really, really, really scary. And he lost about two stone. That was one of the worst things I've ever had in my life. Really? That's something that knocked in the hair anymore from the rejection? It was like an infection. And my whole body was red. I was so hot. I was hallucinating. Hey guys, we're just going to take a quick break while you hear from our sponsors. And remember, if you're liking what you're hearing, hit that follow button. And if you can be bothered, leave us a review because we love reading them. Don't we think? We do.
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27:53Abbey Clancy: Do it now. Hi, this is a question for Ask Is Anything, loving the podcast. Abby, can you recommend a men's clothing brand which is actually good quality and going to wash well? My husband's not keen on branding, so classic and smart is the vibe. Sounds like Almaffi Coast. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Similar to mine. Happy to pay a premium price, but just looking for quality. Pete always looks smart and well-dressed, so I knew you were the one to ask. Post-strip jeans and mine and Scott. Thanks, Bella. I am a fully grown man. I can't buy my own clothes. Having said that, Abby does buy them. High Street, I think Zara and Massimo Ducey.
28:37Abbey Clancy: I think Massimo's a better quality and they have beautiful, gorgeous, classic style. They do amazing jackets, suede jackets, linen shirts, gorgeous jeans, shoes. They do everything. Do you know whose menswear is absolutely phenomenal at the moment? M &S. Yeah, yeah. it is the guy from Reese has gone into them or something hasn't he Reese is great as well but yeah the style for the men in M &S I'm like oh my god this is because a lot of it's like your Tom Sweeney stuff you know like the cashmere like three button down like the zip up half zip yeah they have all of that in M &S and the chinos the jeans are nice yeah what about what about like high end then that's high street high end for men Tom Sweeney you just said Tom Sweeney I'll be honest with you that's where I get everything from really right yeah all my suits I've got like they do nice casual suits now they've got shirts t-shirts this polo shirts from them the quality is top notch but you are paying a premium for that yes Reese is a virgin on a bit more it's between high street and high end I would say Reese is a little bit like that isn't it like 90 quid for a polo it's more premium than a Zara like Zara get the style right I think Zara's good I like Zara's stuff as well yeah I think you give some good good tips there yeah very good tips hi Abby Pete and R Ross I recently had a lunch with all my cousins and we loved reminiscing on our childhood we had such fun we were laughing at the food our nana would make for us glorified hospital food we worked out Abby and Ross can you tell us your favourite moments growing up and how are you cousins what's the connection which parents are siblings love you all the way from Australia fuck me it's this family tree who are you who do you think you are who do you think you are so I used to love my nanny Hazel which is not your nan it's my nan's on the dad's side she used to make a thing called best butter sandwiches oh yeah and she used to just get like a loaf because back then you used to get the bread from a bakery you know wasn't not like a Warburton's toastie or whatever and slice the bread and just rock hard solid salted butter like an inch and we used to eat them and I used to love them with a cup of tea with about five sugars in and you look back it was so bad but oh my god we'd go in and she'd be like best butter sandwich and we'd be like yes dad but we had a very very close relationship growing up obviously I'm a little bit older but our families were very much intertwined we'd see each other on a daily basis would you see each other daily?
31:19Abbey Clancy: yeah yeah easy really? yeah our whole childhood really? yeah easy John my brother and him and El were especially close because they're similar ages. I'm older. My mom's sister, Trish, had a daughter, Fran. And Ross is Fran. I've got to be honest with you. I've been in the family for 20 years now and I'm still confused. And Fran is Ross's mom. But Fran, my mom and her sister, there was like a 20-year age gap. Yeah. And Fran and my mom were similar in age. So they grew up as sistery cousins. Yeah. So Fran is technically my cousin, but I've always called her my aunt because she was a lot older than me.
31:59Which she takes great displeasure. I'm not your fucking auntie, I'm your cousin, you putting years on me.
32:05Abbey Clancy: Which she's now changed back to cousin. She was fine, my auntie, when I was a little girl, but she's now my cousin again now. But yeah, every day we'd be together. We were very close to the family, when you think about it. Memories that spring to mind would be like barbecues or birthdays, Christenance, Halloween. We'd all go round to Enant and she'd put a bin bag on us and a pair of, put some green eyeshadow on our faces and maybe witches just cut a hole in a bin bag, put it over our heads. We'd all go to the Bominight at, what was that pub called? Not to stand far, the other one in Vazach. I love the fact you call it Bominight.
32:42Bominight.
32:43Abbey Clancy: But we'd be together all the time and like roast dinners, Christmas, Sunday lunches. I think it helped, well not helped, but like because we were both single parent households, weren't we, for a long time. Yeah. I think our mums were kind of naturally drawn to each other like sisters and we were all young kids. I remember we used to live round the corner from each other and we'd sneak our John and Elio and we'd put all the coats on the back of them and they'd sat in the back of the car and we'd cover them in coats and then we'd get home like 10 minutes later and they'd go, surprise! Like that.
33:10I'm like, fucking hell. Stuck with these two for three days.
33:16Abbey Clancy: Yeah, we had a great childhood. We did, we did. Yeah. I did. It's good, I have to say, with my cousins yeah we had the best time growing up it's hard keeping that together Christmas and stuff you know we're having our own lives I don't see enough of them but the thing is it's like because my auntie Jackie came over from Lanzarote she came to Sabrina Carpenter with her granddaughter my cousin's daughter Sienna and talking about how different our childhood was to our kids childhood yeah because you know growing up we'd all live in Liverpool we'd all stay in Liverpool we'd be live around five minutes from each other but now my auntie Jackie she's got a son in Frodo, she's got a son in Liverpool, son in Spain so the cousins don't have that same upbringing when we're all together we were very clannish I would say as a family I feel like for sure we're not as so it's very important to kind of keep that up a scouting as well I'm sorry not to like dispell it but it is quite a bit of a scourge thing no it is but I think for me it's important my kids get to know their cousins and have have that relationship that we all had growing up yeah yeah I agree very interesting very interesting okay this is your life this is your life a long time listener first time email I hear firstly a question my husband's been deployed to the Middle East for six months and is currently based in Qatar So, do you know today, we went to Qatar and we actually had a great time in Doha.
34:51And it was so funny, I can't believe this email was coming, but we were in a tennis club down the road and all the kids started singing, it's the second day in Doha. Do you know our song?
35:04Abbey Clancy: Our kids started singing it. Yeah. Yeah. That was our song, right? So we were like, it's the first day in Doha. And we had a dance and everything. And it was like a family thing. Yeah. And then it was like, it's the fourth day in Doha. Do you remember that song? Yeah. And we had a dance and everything. It's the second day in Doha. And Liv would ask me like, Dad, how many days have you been here? And I'd go, we've been here five now. Liv, and she'd go, it's the fifth day in Doha. I used to love that song. And you were singing it today when you went to get them. Yeah, I heard Jack just going like, it's the second day in Doha.
35:39Abbey Clancy: Jack's always singing. He was singing in the car. Oh, Kevin De Bruyne. Was he? Yeah. I thought he was a cowboy. He is, but he sings other songs. He likes to sing all the songs. He's a big fan. We'll let him off. We'll let him off. I'm going out there to visit him in a few weeks. It's your first time in the house. It's your first time in the house. Will be the first time I've seen him in four months. It occurred to me that when he meets me at the airport, I won't be able to hug him and kiss his hairy face. and I don't want to do a Bridget Jones and end up in a Qatar prison. No. No. That's not going to happen.
36:17My question to Abby is, as you seem quite tactile and obsessed with Pete, she was, my darling, not anymore, how did you manage the PDAs when you were out there or is it not quite as strict as people would have you believe? We're not massively touchy-feely as a couple but after four months and a stressful almost start to World War III, I really can't wait to give him a big hug. Similarly, what did you wear out there? Do you have to keep skin covered up? Not a hardship for me as a ginger. I think I might evaporate over there anyway. You ain't got company here, Gail. Don't you worry about that. On that pod I listened today, Abby said gingers go grey quick.
36:58Pleased to say I'm fighting off the same eight grey hairs at 45. And I've been assured that I won't go grey for ages as a ginger.
37:06Abbey Clancy: No, I think the ginger men go grey. I've actually never seen a grey ginger woman, to be honest. It's God's way of making up for growing with shit hair or continuing the torture. I'm not sure which. Then finally, I was driving home listening to the pod as per you were talking about the caravan game. I have toilet humour, but I have to agree with Abby that the anal caravan game was shit and not funny. Yeah, agreed. Then I ended up being behind a caravan called Rimmer.
37:41And I nearly crashed laughing so hard. It turns out you just need the right caravan. Every woman, every man during the caravan. Anal Rimmer. Yeah.
37:55Abbey Clancy: I love Doha. It's not as strict as people think. It's like Dubai. People are like, oh, you have to do this, you have to do that. Obviously, you have to respect the culture. Local customs and stuff, yeah. I think you're fine in the hotels, but I think when you go out for dinner, I think I tried to have a kaftan over a bikini one day and it wasn't appropriate. So definitely, if you're going into the hotels and into restaurants or out in public places, it's not as relaxed as Dubai. Okay. You definitely need to cover up more. And we went to the market, which is... The souk. in the souk yeah and it was it's amazing there like loads of stuff going on but that was a little bit more traditional it was definitely more traditional in the likes of Dubai it's not as relaxed and I think when you go off the plane though well I suppose you've got all it together no issues whatsoever no of course it was all over me all over me the whole trip she couldn't keep them fucking mitts off me couldn't keep her hands off me totally fine there's families everywhere like with the husbands and wives like I think you just gotta have respect yep for the culture you can't be bonking on the beach put it that way but a little hold hand hand hold we'll allow it I think we'll be fine and she'll have a great time oh it must be so nice seeing your husband after four months I know yeah that's going to be so nice yeah and yes bring the sunscreen because it's hot certainly is oh that was a good pod yeah I enjoyed that I enjoyed that yeah me too good little chat some good advice there as well Yeah, and we're going to have our lunch now.
39:31Abbey Clancy: I know you're starving, Ross. Thank fuck. I'm not hanging around with these two. Twiggy, Twiggy McGee. Twiggy one and Twiggy two. Oh, John can't believe how much... Feed me! It's like when Alfie went in and had the sandwich in the toilet. Have you heard that story? Yeah, I have, yeah. Oh, my God. When Alfie came to stay with us, we'd just eaten lunch and Patricia brought these gorgeous chicken mayo salad baguettes that she'd made. And everyone said no. So Alfie, who's an absolute idiot, by the way, because he's my best friend and my home's his home. Yeah. So he didn't have one because he felt like, oh God, I'm not going to be the only one.
40:13Abbey Clancy: I'm one of these sarnies. So we took one and took it into his room, was eating it in secret in the bathroom. How did you find that? Liberty went into his bathroom and was like, and then come out and went, Mom, why is Alfie eating a chicken sandwich in the bathroom? on his own and I was like and then Alfie was like laughing his head off going oh my god I just felt like embarrassed eating it in front of everyone and everyone said no and Pete went mental at him did you why I was I was offended that he felt that he needed to take a sandwich to the toilet yeah yeah I was like that's not normal you can eat a sandwich anywhere you want he can eat whatever he wants very good he's a good lad how is he?
40:58Abbey Clancy: he's the best he's great hopefully he's going to come out and see us he's a legend to be fair well Pete should we go for a swim my love? great see you next time bye
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On today’s episode of The Therapy Crouch, it’s chaos, comedy, and questionable eyebrows as Abbey and Peter dig into the most unfiltered Ask Me Anything yet.
Fresh from kids’ birthday party madness and some early-morning meltdowns, the gang swap wholesome parenting plans for brutally honest beauty confessions. Pete faces eyebrow-gate from Abbey and everyone debates what makes someone actually attractive.
We hear listener dilemmas involving secret pregnancies, Christmas apart, and one ear-crawling spider that shook us all to our core.
Plus, a full-blown dissection of Stockport vs. Liverpool, how to fake drinking at weddings, and the eternal question: what exactly is a thighbrow?
It's one for the ages.
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