Life Uncut

Hey Lifers!
We come to you today after 2.5 hours of technical chaos. Britt nearly got deported from Italy. With ten days until she legally had to leave the country, Ben revealed he had not, in fact, sorted the visa that he was meant to.
Laura's baby Poppy had what we are calling an incident involving the family dog Buster and sensory play. Buster was mortified. Poppy was unbothered.
There's also a Slimy Rock Johnson update. The garden snail that Marlie Mae brought home five weeks ago, that half of you were very invested in, has been ceremonially released to the garden after Laura quietly became the only one caring for him.
Then the story that has been living rent-free in our heads for two weeks. Katie Price, UK glamour model, national treasure of chaos, recently married a man named Lee Andrews after knowing him for approximately two days. Lee lives in Dubai. Lee is allegedly a billionaire. Lee has photos with Elon Musk and Kim Kardashian that are so obviously photoshopped you will need to sit down.

Multiple women have come forward saying Lee is a serial romance scammer who took significant amounts of money. A Texan nurse lost over £123,000. His previous fiancée is apparently wearing the same ring Katie now has. Lee was supposed to fly to the UK to appear live on Good Morning Britain to prove he could leave the country and instead called Katie from the airport to say he was being bundled into a white van and cable-tied. He has been "kidnapped" ever since.

We unpack the whole unhinged saga including Katie’s particularly interesting timing to be doing CBD gummy ads. We speak about tactics that romance scammers use like ‘future faking’ and the ‘double trauma’ that victims of romance scams experience. Britt also has some personal experience with why people might not listen when someone tries to warn you.
You can listen to our chat with Cecilie and Pernilla from the Tinder Swindler here

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 — Tech chaos, cross-continent recording
2:00 — Britt almost got deported from Italy
12:30 — What life actually looks like in Italy day-to-day
21:00 — Poppy's dog poo incident.
25:00 — Slimy Rock Johnson's farewell ceremony (RIP)
30:30 — Katie Price: who is she and why is the whole world watching right now
34:00 — Lee Andrews, the fake kidnapping and a van with cable ties
45:00 — Why women stay: love bombing, isolation and the psychology of the con
54:00 — The embarrassment of being scammed and why Katie might already know
1:01:00 — Can we laugh at this? Where the comedy ends and the concern begins
1:02:30 — Suck & Sweet of the week
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Welcome back to Ask Uncut where we answer your deepest, darkest and most burning questions!
We kick things off with Britt's very public apology to an unnamed language app she accused of scamming her last week. Spoiler: she wasn't scammed. She just used the wrong email. She's back on track to becoming fluent in Italian.
Vibes of the week:
Britt - Olivia's House podcast
Keeshia - Mac Locked Kiss Ink 24 Hour Lip Colour
Laura - The Crash on Netflix
Then it's into your questions!
IS IT A BAD IDEA TO SLEEP WITH MY EX'S MATE?
My ex and I were together for 9 years. The last couple of years were pretty rough. I officially left in September 2025 but didn’t move out straight away. We briefly got back together over December/January for about 5 weeks, but I knew it wasn’t right. I moved out properly in February. We have 2 kids together, and I have them 100% of the time.
Anyway, I jumped on Tinder the other night because, honestly, a girl has needs. I came across one of his friends. They used to be really close, but over the last couple of years they barely talk anymore.
I always thought he was attractive but obviously never acted on it. We ended up matching and started talking, and we agreed it would just be a one night thing. Neither of us would ever tell my ex, and I genuinely don’t think he would either; he’s not the drama type.
So… is this a terrible idea? I’ll probably do it anyway because I trust him, already know him, and find him attractive. Also, I haven’t been with anyone else in almost 10 years, so I’m feeling every emotion right now.
DO I KEEP MY WEDDING DRESS AND RING? (CALLED OFF THE WEDDING)
I called off my wedding in March last year with 6 weeks to go. However, my fiance and I remained together and tried to work on the relationship. After a year of giving it everything, I finally decided that I could no longer continue the relationship and asked him to move out in March this year. I bought my beautiful wedding dress and also selected and paid for my own ring. My question is, would you keep the wedding dress so you can one day wear it, or is the dress now "tainted" and it's better to sell and buy a new one (if I had another wedding with a different guy). Also, given I paid for the wedding ring, is it weird to wear it on a different hand (like an occasional ring), or is that too sad?
IS IT THE NORM TO TELL NEWS PUBLICLY ON SOCIALS SAME TIME AS YOUR CLOSE FRIENDS?
Over the past couple of years, I’ve had a few close friends go through major life milestones like engagements, pregnancies and the birth of a baby, and the way that I’ve found out is through Instagram… at the same time as everyone else. I know nobody owes anyone private access to their news, but for me personally, if I had huge life news, I’d instinctively tell my closest friends privately before posting it publicly. So now I’m wondering, is this just the new norm or is this weird and am I justified in feeling a little hurt by it? I also never know whether it’s something worth bringing up with them, or if that just makes it seem bigger than it needs to be.
MY EX CRIED AFTER WE HAD SEX. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
I have an unusual one for you. For context, I was with my partner for a little over a year when we broke up. Now, I recently slept with him after eight months of no contact. And to be honest, it was incredible. But then something happened. He cried immediately after. I don't actually know what this means and I'm too scared to ask. It has been ten days now since the crying sex. What should I do?

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 — Britt's apology
1:55 — Vibes of the week
7:52 — Q1: Is it a bad idea to sleep with your ex's mate?
19:48 — Q2: Do I keep my wedding dress and ring after calling it off six weeks out?
26:22 — Q3: Is it normal to find out your friends are engaged/pregnant on Instagram?
36:52 — Q4: My ex cried immediately after we had sex — what does it mean?

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Welcome to Offcuts, where we chat about whatever piqued our interest this week in a light, fun little package to send you off on your weekend!
We chat:
Laura's post-baby hormones are cooked
Conservatives are calling Alex Cooper's pregnancy a "gotcha moment"
Kylie Jenner wore a ponytail to a basketball game and TikTok called it a revolutionary new hairstyle
The plastic bag partner
Neutrogena dropped Hayden Panettiere under a morality clause after she spoke openly about her postnatal depression
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
7:30 Conservatives vs Alex Cooper
18:56 Kylie Jenner's ponytail
25:10 The plastic bag partner
34:20 Neutrogena fired Hayden Panettiere for speaking about her postnatal depression

You can watch us on Youtube
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Hosted by Britt Hockley & Laura Byrne
Produced by Keeshia Pettit
Video Produced by Vanessa Beckford & Lachy Pugsley
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Harrison James is an award-winning activist, author, and co-founder of the national law reform campaign #YourReferenceAintRelevant. Before all of that, he was a 13-year-old boy who became a victim of abuse that no child should ever experience.
After his parents separated, Harri moved in with his father at 13, seeking connection and a fresh start. What followed was years of grooming and sexual abuse at the hands of his stepmother; abuse that resulted in a pregnancy, a daughter Harri was forced to call his sister, and a web of silence and shame that nearly cost him his life.
Harri has since channelled that pain into something extraordinary. His #YourReferenceAintRelevant campaign,which he co-founded with fellow survivor Jarad Grice, has now driven legislative change across multiple jurisdictions, abolishing the use of good character references in the sentencing of convicted sex offenders. He's also the author of Transform Your Pain into Purpose, a part-memoir, part-practical guide for survivors and advocates.
We chat:
The turbulent household Harri grew up in and why his parents' divorce made him so vulnerable
How grooming actually works and why it looks exactly like love and care to a child who's starved of both
The moment Harry's dad walked in on the abuse and did nothing
What it was like to be a 15-year-old boy secretly caring for his own baby daughter while calling her his sister
The day his stepmother fled to the Philippines
How Harry ended up at a mental health facility at 19, and why that saved his life
His first experience of good character references: watching them being read aloud at his own father's DV sentencing
Why good character references are not just unfair they're the very thing that enables abuse to happen in the first place
The long, politically complicated road to law reform, and what's still left to do
Harry's partner Bella, their unexpected love story, and the baby girl they're expecting

You can follow Harrison on Instagram @itsharrijames

You can get Transform Your Pain into Purpose at all good bookstores.
Timestamps
0:00 — Trigger warning & introducing Harrison James
2:30 — What Harri's childhood looked like before his parents separated
5:45 — Choosing his dad at 13: the appeal of freedom and a fresh start
9:12 — How the grooming started
16:28 — His dad walked in on the abuse. His response was devastating
20:06 — The vasectomy: his dad's impossible denial of what was right in front of him
21:08 — Finding out his stepmother was pregnant on the school bus
33:00 — Telling his mum the truth for the first time
37:12 — Going public in 2022: why Harry posted that raw 11-minute Instagram video
40:30 — The good character references read aloud at his father's DV sentencing and how the campaign was born
46:48 — Writing Transform Your Pain into Purpose
48:30 — Meeting co-founder Jarad over a beer at the pub
52:00 — How abuse warped Harry's understanding of love and how Bella changed everything
56:17 — The campaign's wins: NSW, ACT, Victoria, Tasmania and New Zealand
58:20 — Sitting in the courtroom at Paul Frost's sentencing, and the moment he walked past the Downing Centre knowing it had changed
1:06:00 — Why this campaign isn't just legislative: it's a cultural shift
1:08:30 — His message to every survivor: you don't have to change a law to be worthy
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Hey Lifers!
Have we been scammed by Meta? Britt is trying to learn Italian but she’s faced some hurdles! We talk about Meta ad scams and the great bot clear out of 2026.
Laura shares a story about… how do we encapsulate this?? a reformer Pilates machine, a spread eagle and someone who shouldn’t have been there to see it.
We also talk about a new phase of parenting that Laura has entered: her kids have worked out how to play Matt and Laura off against each other. How do you get back on the same page when your kids have found the gap?
Shoe Gate 2026.
An influencer fight that none of us should care about as much as we do.
Here's the timeline:
Female founder Lexi Ioannou (daughter of Real Housewives' Dina Manzo) sent a pair of shoes from her brand Nou to Bethenny Frankel.
Bethenny wore them multiple times but never tagged the brand.
However, when a follower directly asked where the shoes were from, Bethenny linked an affiliate dupe instead.
Lexi posted a now-viral callout video.
Bethenny said that she did this because the shoes were sold out and that would annoy her followers, and that Lexi has played the ‘short game’ and has some business lessons to learn.
We unpack both sides: the value of celebrity endorsement even without a tag, whether the exchange is ‘fair’, whether the affiliate link is the villain, and what it means when a small female-founded brand watches their product get replaced with a paid link.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Britt's in Italy and may have been scammed by a language app
9:16 Laura's nanny situation and the thing she shouldn’t have seen
16:00 New parenting phase: the kids are playing mum and dad off against each other
25:19 Shoe Gate 2026: Bethenny Frankel, Lexi Ioannou and the affiliate dupe
49:46 Suck and sweet of the week
You can watch us on Youtube
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Hosted by Britt Hockley & Laura Byrne
Hosted by Britt Hockley & Keeshia Pettit
Video Produced by Vanessa Beckford & Lachy Pugsley
Tell your mum, tell your dad, tell your dog, tell your friend and share the love because WE LOVE LOVE! Xx
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