“Extremely restrictive”: Why fan favourite Yvie Jones left Gogglebox
<p>Yvie Jones and Angie Kent shocked fans when they announced that they would no longer be continuing their placement in the hit TV show <em>Gogglebox.</em></p>
<p>After six series of the show, the duo were ready to call it quits due to the restrictive rules around the program, which airs on Foxtel and Channel 10.</p>
<p>Jones explained to <em><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/why-fan-favourite-yvie-jones-left-gogglebox/news-story/aeb166bb560677ccfee9d9d059dbb285" target="_blank">The Herald Sun</a></em> about her decision to leave. </p>
<p>“We couldn’t endorse anything, we couldn’t tag anyone (on social media), there were no affiliations,” Jones says.</p>
<p>“I respect that but cover us financially.</p>
<p>Jones also shed some light as to how the other cast members get paid.</p>
<p>“There’s no appearance fee for being on the show, they don’t pay you — you get a location fee. Your house gets the fee. We were losing money.</p>
<p>“We were getting offers we weren’t able to take. It was extremely restrictive. It would have been fine had we been remunerated.”</p>
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<p>Once Jones and Kent decided to quit, they hired separate talent managers.</p>
<p>“We thought there’d be separate futures for the both of us,” Jones explains.</p>
<p>“So we left the show with nothing planned. Had we known how much was out there and how wanted we were, we probably would have left a lot earlier.</p>
<p>“Saying that, we still miss <em>Gogglebox</em>. We still wish we could be a part of it. It’s such a shame we couldn’t come to some kind of agreement.”</p>
<p>Since her departure in December, Jones hasn’t had a single week without media work, as she bounced from <em>I’m A Celebrity </em>to <em>Studio 10 </em>and then finally, filling in for Fifi Box on the hit breakfast show <em>Fifi, Fev and Byron</em> as Box is on maternity leave.</p>
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<p>Jones feels like she’s finally found her medium.</p>
<p>“Radio is a really good fit for me. TV is great as well, but radio is a little more forgiving. It doesn’t make you have body dysmorphia. Seeing yourself done up for TV, you start thinking, ‘Oh, this is how I look all the time’, and it’s not.”</p>
<p>Jones still can’t believe she’s on breakfast radio.</p>
<p>“I still pinch myself every day — am I that interesting? Do people really want to know that? Because if you want to know, I’ll tell you.</p>
<p>“I’ve had a million jobs. By the time I started working behind the scenes in TV, people told me constantly I was on the wrong side of the camera. And I’d be like, ‘Yeah, well, it’s too late now. I’m old.’</p>
<p>“For 20 years I was an out-of-work actor and singer who never made it. If I’d known I just had to be myself to make it and be so validated, I would’ve done it 20 years ago. But everything happens when it’s supposed to,” Jones explained.</p>
<p>“I used to be playing other characters, but instead (during <em>Gogglebox</em>) I’ve been honing myself, getting a lot of therapy, dealing with a lot of personal issues that have helped me become this vulnerable person that happens to be extremely loved.”</p>
