Jennifer Zamparelli is taking a breather after a busy few months hosting Dancing with the Stars.
Well, her version of a breather.
She’s our fabulous host for this year’s Platinum VIP Style Awards and she is buzzing!
We catch up with her ahead of the event and she gushes: “I’ve been coming to these events since 2008 and this is my first time hosting. I remember the excitement of being invited to it years ago. It is a great night, it is the most glamorous night in the Irish calendar. But it’s great craic.”
She’s just finished another season of Dancing with the Stars and she jokes: “I have some sort of Post Traumatic Stress from the dancing I had to do on the series.”
But the former 2FM presenter is glad to have her weekends back adding that they are “very different” now.
“I wake up on a Sunday and go, ‘Do I have to do my own hair and makeup?!’ It’s very different, but it’s lovely. It’s lovely to be with the family and just have very slow mornings and not be running out the door,” she tells us with a laugh.
“People don’t realise how long the days are. My friend told me, ‘I’ll come and see you before you go on the show.’ I was like, ‘Sorry what?!’ I’m in the makeup chair at half eight and there’s so much to do.
“Myself and Laura or Doireann are in the chairs before nine in the morning. It’s such a long day. So not have to do that is so lovely but it’s so missed. I’m looking at the contestants’ Instagram Stories because I miss it so much. There’s a hole in our hearts!”
So what’s next for Jennifer?
“At the moment I am focusing on podcasts. I do a sex and relationship podcast with the Indo, which is very informative. And I do this comedy podcast with my two pals called Middle Rage,” she says.
“That has hit a nerve with people, I don’t know if it’s in the right way. But we didn’t think anyone was going to listen, we were just doing it for our own mental health. So we wouldn’t have a midlife crisis breakdown, but then people started to listen and that’s quite weird. I’m focusing on that.”
However, she can’t help but tease us with what’s coming next.
“But there are a few things down the pipeline. I’m in the writing room. I’m taking things one step at a time, I’ve just finished Dancing with the Stars, I’ll go on holidays, do the VIP Style Awards and leave space for things that are coming in. It’s been lovely to manage my time and do things that way.”
Don’t forget to cast your vote in this year’s Platinum VIP Style Awards here.
