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Gogglebox star unrecognisable in throwback snap from 30 years before fame-Pierra Willix-Entertainment – Metro
The response from their fans was pretty unexpected!
A Gogglebox star is unrecognisable in a snap from 30 years ago (Picture: Jenny and Lee Gogglebox/ Instagram)
Gogglebox star Lee Riley risked the wrath of his friend and co-star Jenny Newby after sharing an old photo of her.
The pair, who have known each other for 30 years now, first met when he became a customer at her pub and have been ‘best friends ever since’.
In 2014 they joined the Channel 4 series and have left viewers in stitches countless times since then.
Although they are usually happy to poke fun at each other in front of the cameras, Lee, 55, might be in trouble after sharing a potentially embarrassing photo of his old friend on their joint Instagram page which has nearly 870,000 followers.
Posting a photo of Jenny, 67, rocking a perm, he wrote: ‘She’s going to go mad at me. Jenny with the 80’S perm.’
Lee might have been expecting some cheeky comments from their fans about the once-stylish haircut, but many people rushed to defend Jenny.
Jenny and Lee have appeared on the Channel 4 show together since 2014 (Picture: Channel 4)
‘Ohhh sexy lady,’ user Pamela commented on the Instagram post.
‘Looking fabulous,’ Patricia shared.
‘She looks amazing gorgeous lady,’ Lynne added.
They first met in the 1990s when Lee was a customer at Jenny’s pub (Picture: Jenny and Lee Gogglebox/ Instagram)
As Sally explained: ‘She looks great! We all went through this stage; it was the look of the moment.’
Some others said it was ‘time for this hairstyle to come back’ too.
Jenny eventually got her revenge, sharing a photo of Lee as a schoolboy for his birthday.
‘Told you I’d get you back. A big happy birthday to you lee have a fantastic day filming with me,’ she shared on their page.
The pair film their Gogglebox segments from Lee’s caravan in Hull, with Jenny also moving in during the pandemic to continue filming for the show.
She eventually moved back in with her husband Ray, while Lee lives with Steve, his partner of nearly three decades.
Although Jenny once said she was a ‘big fan’ of Gogglebox ‘right from the beginning’, Lee said he initially turned down the offer to appear but was eventually convinced by his friend.
Gogglebox airs Fridays at 9pm on Channel 4.
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