Amanda Holden has opened up about her love for a certain type of barnyard animal, but is concerned she would be "heading for the divorce courts" if she brought one home. On Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston this morning, the Britain's Got Talent judge, 53, revealed she has always wanted a mini pig as a pet, but her husband Chris Hughes would "kill" her if she bought one. Speaking about her fondness for pigs, Amanda let slip that she used to collect china pigs as a child and dreamed of appearing on the 1970s TV show Multi-Coloured Swap Shop to show off her collection.
Amanda said: "Aww...
I want a mini pig - she says - snorting completely by accident! Do you know...
do you remember Swap Shop? Do you remember Swap Shop with Noel Edmonds? "I had a pig collection, and I used to collect the little china pigs and everything when I was younger. My dream was to go on Swap Shop with my pig collection." When Jamie hinted that the topic of conversation would be pig ownership, Amanda nervously exclaimed: "Oh my God, no.
Don't, because Chris will kill me." Jamie had already caught wind of Amanda's childhood obsession and decided to bring somebody onto the show with experience of owning a pig, their fellow Heart FM host, Fia Tarrant. Fia, drawing on her own experience with a pet pig , said she was a "little bit concerned" that Amanda wanted a mini pig, because she didn't think there was "such a thing".
The Heart FM presenter described how her "eccentric" mum once bought a "mini house pi.
