Chloe Madeley was surprised at how eager her parents were about appearing in her new reality TV show.
'It's not a fly on the wall Richard and Judy show': Chloe Madeley insists reality TV show won't focus on famous parents
The 36-year-old personal trainer will welcome cameras into her life for the four-part series 'Chloe Madeley A Family Affair' but insisted that, despite their enthusiasm, her TV star parents Richard Madeley and Judy Finnegan, won't be taking over.
Chloe - who has daughter Bodhi with husband James Haskell - told The Sun: "Mum and dad are the best, Bodhi is their fourth grandchild, they have a fifth on the way, due in October.
"They are amazing grandparents. I expected to be like ‘no, I don’t want to do a TV show with you, thank you very much’. But they were like ‘yeah, it sounds like fun, we’ll be the odd scene’.
"It’s not called 'At Home With The Madeley’s'. It’s called ' Madeley A Family Affair'. I think that was a working title for the press release and I think that got a bit misconstrued in it being a Richard and Judy reality show, it’s not.
"They are in two scenes, a Father’s Day lunch and the cameras came out to the South of France to visit mum and dad for my birthday and they filmed us having a nice lunch there.
"It’s very authentic, we’ve definitely had some big boozy lunches on camera, more than once.
"They are just here when it’s appropriate but it’s certainly not a fly on the wall Richard and Judy show, no."
Chloe also revealed the show will be very honest and even feature arguments between her and James.
She said: "I’m like my dad. I don't have a filter, I wear my heart on my sleeve.
"You can see it on my face when I’m p***** off about something, I can’t hide it. I hate to say this as it makes me sound like a d*** but I’m a very authentic person, what you see, is what you get person.
"So it was a bit worrying when I realised James and I had our first spat on camera, I was like ‘oh god, this is going to be awful’. But actually I think its fine and we’re all human, we all have good days and bad days, good moments, bad moments.
"It is what it is, I said yes to it, so you just have to go with it."
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