Paloma Faith has recalled a tense exchange with a fellow, unnamed coach on The Voice UK in her new memoir, MILF, in which he allegedly made a sexist remark that was ultimately cut from the reality TV contest. In the book , the British pop singer recounts her experiences of motherhood, fame and sexism after achieving fame with her debut album, Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? in 2008. One incident is said to have taken place while she was serving as a coach on the BBC’s talent show The Voice UK, when she was taking hormones as part of IVF treatment.
“It was essentially the hormones of 14 periods at once,” Faith, 42, wrote. “Towards the end of the two-week jab fest, my stomach was protruding, I was emotional and sensitive, and constantly feeling like everyone hated me.” It was also the first time Faith was filming The Voice, which she called a “glossy show” where “there’s a lot of emphasis on looking good, as well as being witty and quick”.
During the filming for one episode, Faith pretended to fall asleep while one of the other coaches, whom she did not name, was speaking about a contestant. “It was an ill-timed and misread joke, intended to be a bit of theatre, but he took offence and came back with a cutting quip, saying I had ‘probably got PMT’ and was ‘rude’,” she claimed. “The PMT remark was obviously cut from the edit.
” Faith continued by saying that she probably could have handled this interaction “on a normal day” an.