‘It was like your worst nightmare’ – Ellie and Natasia on mums, music … and failing to make Bob Mortimer smile
They spoofed mothers … and now they are mothers. The comedians talk about moving with the times for the return of their scalpel-sharp BBC sketch show Before Ellie White and...
By Rachel Aroesti · The Guardian Culture
They spoofed mothers … and now they are mothers. The comedians talk about moving with the times for the return of their scalpel-sharp BBC sketch show Before Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou were mothers, they were mums. In a skit from their 2019 sketch show pilot, the comedy duo play two straight-talking, hygiene-obsessed matriarchs in gilets and camel-toe-accentuating leggings who record lifestyle vlogs from a pristine kitchen while melodramatically referencing the pressures of motherhood. Ever since, the characters have become a core component of the pair’s comic universe, appearing repeatedly in the first proper series of Ellie & Natasia in 2022 . Now the mums are back and moving with the times: reviewing various supermarket white breads – all reassuringly “sterile” options – as car-based food influencers for the show’s second outing. But behind the scenes there has been a bigger shift. The last time they wrote these sketches, White and Demetriou were childless; now they each have two kids. Continue reading...