Stacey Chanelle Claire Solomon (born 4 October 1989) is an English singer and media personality. In 2009, she finished in third place on the sixth series of The X Factor, and gained a number one single on the UK Singles Chart when her fellow The X Factor finalists released a cover of "You Are Not Alone". Solomon won the tenth series of I'm a Celebrity...
Get Me Out of Here!. Her debut single, a cover of "Driving Home for Christmas", was released on 19 December 2011. Solomon then released her debut album Shy on 18 April 2015. In September 2016, she began appearing as a panellist on Loose Women and in November of the same year she presented the I'm a Celebrity spin-off series I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp.
Stacey Solomon admits she ‘doesn’t have many mates’ despite huge 5.4m Instagram following
express.co.ukX Factor star Stacey Solomon, 33, has described how she “only has a few mates” - in contrast with the 5.4 million people who follow her on Instagram.The star revealed it was lockdown that really inspired her to embrace the online community and the world of social media.
Stacey opened up about her Instagram journey on the podcast Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Parenting Hell a couple of weeks ago.
Rob asked Stacey if she felt there was a lot of pressure for her to upload a lot of home and family-based content to Instagram regularly.Stacey is the host of the BBC show Sort Your Life Out, where she revamps cluttered homes in the UK with her team to change the way families live for the better.
Speaking to Rob and Josh about her use of Instagram, she mused: “I don’t think there is that much of a pressure because I don't think anyone is that hooked on anyone else's life.” Rob quickly protested this, saying that she was just “being humble” and that people loved her “unbelievable” social media content.The comedian then went on to point out the former singer’s millions of Instagram followers, naming her the “influencer of influencers”.“I think it’s more casual than that, Rob,” Stacey explained. “I don’t think if I go off for a few days, people are going to be like, ‘Oh my life is over…’ You know?”“I enjoy it,” Stacey continued. “It’s like a social life - I don’t have many friends! “I don’t have many mates.
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