‘I came back from maternity leave earlier than I wanted to keep my career' 🟠 sarajcox talks to Terri_White about DJing, demotion and why she’s spent her career trying to dispel the 90s ‘ladette’ label
, Sarah Cawood – working in broadcasting and daring to have a good time “ladettes”. But it wasn’t anywhere near as debauched as they’d have had you believe. “I remember it was a time of extremes,” Cox says. “There’d be moments where you were out all the time, kicking up your heels and having wild times. But actually, there was also a lot of being quite sensible, of being a bit of a homebody.
Cox, prior to that Nineties fame, had briefly been a model after being raised between her dad’s farm and her mum’s pub in Bolton – the two divorced when she was six or seven. Fame wasn’t really on the cards with a paternal line of “farmer, farmer, butcher, farmer, butcher – people growing cows and killing cows”.
Which isn’t to say her dad’s not now proud of what Cox has achieved. “He is in a very stoic, farmerish, northern dad kind of way,” she confirms. “He went through a stage of wishing that I had kept modelling for a bit – then I’d have kept my trap shut and not been on telly calling people wankers. I think that was a bit of a shock! Especially because I’m the youngest.
It should have been a recipe for success: live music, dogs and celebrities in conversation. Much the same as what makes her current Radio 2 show sing .is no consolation prize and Cox is now a published author herself, having released an autobiography. Does this make her more equipped to handle a telly programme about books? “I’m not qualified yet to even think like that,” she protests. “I’ve only written a memoir. The second one’s happening now [a novel].
It’s certainly true that Cox’s career is in the strongest position it’s ever been. But in the years between those early TV gigs and today, it’s not been without its bumps. Most notably around the time Cox had kids.shortly before finding out she was pregnant with her eldest, Lola , being moved to the drivetime slot. Then, upon returning from
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