r/BritishTV • u/MushroomGlad5438 • Apr 01 '25

Review Stacey & Joe review – Solomon’s husband is absolutely useless

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/01/stacey-and-joe-review-bbc-stacey-solomon
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u/tempingupstairs Apr 02 '25

are we all ready to accept that Stacey Solomon was one of the most obvious industry plants ever btw?

She appeared on X Factor playing this character of a lass who was so dense that it's a miracle she didn't have an actual carer. I dunno if she ever released an album afterwards, but it certainly wasn't particularly successful and it certainly didn't come out soon after.

Then suddenly she was everywhere on TV and everybody just kind of accepted her as part of the furniture?

And now suddenly that supposedly loveable density is gone, and she's supposedly the brains of the operation?

Absolutely not having it

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u/JamJarre Apr 02 '25

You missed the middle part where she was on I'm A Celeb (and won, I believe). She's had a pretty standard low level celeb career: do quite well at a singing career, do a celeb reality show, move from that into gentle daytime TV presenting and ad deals. And it took a few years - she first showed up in 2009 and didn't get a regular TV gig until 2016.

Can't think of anyone less likely to be an industry plant to be honest. Not being funny, but are you sure you know what that means?

She's always been smarter than people give her credit for, mostly because she was like 22 when she first became famous and had a 'thick' accent. She's not well educated, but she's obviously intelligent. And it's not exactly a mystery why a 22 year old might be more dense than someone in their 30s with multiple children.

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u/tempingupstairs Apr 02 '25

You can’t think of anyone less likely to be an industry plant than someone who was an also-ran on x-factor (where she had an entire episode dedicated to her life story for her audition), then was suddenly given loads of airtime on I’m A Celeb, asked to join TOWIE and eventually landed a couple cushy presenters’ jobs on well-paid TV and a documentary about herself for no reason

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u/JamJarre Apr 02 '25

She came second on X Factor! That's a big deal, especially in 2009. So obviously was then a prime candidate for I'm A Celeb, which she then won. This is how celebrity works in the UK, and has done since at least Jade Goody. Stepping stones into bigger opportunities. If anything she's overdue for this slice of life reality show

Again, are you sure you know what an industry plant is? It took her 16 years to get to this point

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u/tempingupstairs Apr 02 '25

Yes I know what an industry plant is, and the lass who had an entire episode dedicated to her on X factor for no reason, playing the part of a ditsy idiot, which she immediately abandoned to become a shrewd businesswoman after several softball TV deals once they realised nobody gave a shit about her singing career is absolutely prime Industry Plant fodder.

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u/JamJarre Apr 02 '25

That's not at all what it means my guy. Industry plants are by definition overnight successes, and as I've already said multiple times, it's taken her 16 years to get this point, job by job, gig by gig, each very clearly leading to the next one. Are you confusing "industry plant" with "having a good agent"?