Sara Cox admits she 'hated' her 'ladette' label in the 90s as she insists 'I was never trying to be like the boys' Do YOU have a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Chikamso Chukwuenyem For Mailonline Published: 13:44, 18 July 2024 | Updated: 13:48, 18 July 2024 e-mail View comments Sara Cox has admitted she 'hated' the 'ladette' label she was branded with in the Nineties. A 'ladette' is described by the Cambridge Dictionary as 'a young woman who drinks a lot of alcohol , uses rude language, and behaves in a noisy way'.
The radio DJ, 49, led the British ladettes, completed by Zoe Ball , Gail Porter , Sarah Cawood , Donna Air , Claire Gorham, Rachel Williams, and Jayne Middlemiss. The ladette culture was in full swing on the Channel 4 programme The Girlie Show hosted by Sara, Sarah, Claire, and Rachel. The late-night show had a magazine format, featured interviews and live music, and was billed as edgier than other shows on at the time.
Sara Cox admitted she 'hated' the 'ladette' label she was branded with in the Nineties as she spoke out about the fad on Elizabeth Day's podcast How To Fail podcast However, Elizabeth Day's podcast How To Fail , Sara explained she resented the dependence 'ladette' had on men. She told Elizabeth: 'I kind of hate the term but I've always hated it. 'But, I think I just hate it, literally, of that collection of letters, where they've cobbled together the word "ladette".
'If they'd have come up with a brand new word, that didn't have the word "lad" i.