[Feefs]

I was (cough) working from home thismorning, and happened to have the tv on - in the background you understand. I was (not really) watching The Wright Stuff on Channel 5. It's got that journalist bloke, whose first name I've forgotten, but his surname is Wright and he's the one that interviewed Paul and Helen on Rich and Famous.

Anyway, it's on every morning and they discuss a number of issues that have been in the news lately. The final topic of the morning was "Strip Clubs - are they harmless fun, or seedy and degrading?" After a bit of chat where Jerry Springer (one of the panel) was saying they were fun and fine for consenting adults, and Lowri Turner saying it encouraged the idea that women could be bought, and some general bickering, Mathew (remembered his name) said - "in the audience we have Amma from BB, who used to be a lap-dancer. Is it degrading ...?"

Unsurprisingly, Amma said she wasn't degraded and it was a choice ... It was a bit strange, because I don't think Amma really did herself any favours by this appearance. In her attempts to defend her career choice, she managed to draw attention to the fact she'd dropped out of uni, her other job was really boring and it was the only things she could get at that time that paid as well. And of course reminded everyone that she used to strip. It would have been much better if she'd focused on things I've seen her say written in interviews about it being a stepping stone, and how she loves to perform, and now she's done some acting and singing etc.

She also let herself down a bit by taking ages to answer questions asked of her. In particular she hummed and hawwed over "how much money did you make?" She must have been asked this before, but it took about 5 minutes and lots of faces before guessing ".... on a good night .... on average ... if things have gone well ... in the region of ... about ... 3 ... 3 to 6 ... roughly .... between 3 and 6 hundred .... ". And that's the abridged version!

However, it perhaps shows that even if she couldn't be seen, getting her name in the papers for doing The Brits has reminded program makers that she is out there. It's just a shame she couldn't have used the exposure more positively, but perhaps she genuinely did want to defend the honour of lap-dancers?