Susannah Constantine says 'What Not to Wear' wouldn't be made today.
Susannah Constantine says What Not to Wear wouldn't be made today
The 60-year-old TV presenter co-hosted the series alongside Trinny Woodall from 2001 to 2005, but Susannah doesn't think it would be able to return nowadays because people are "fed up of being told what to do".
She said: "It was of its time and came along at the right moment, but it wouldn’t work today and I can understand why.
"People are fed up of being told what to do."
Susannah still feels "really ashamed" that she once plucked a hair from Jo Brand's chin when the comedian appeared on the BBC show, which saw Trinny and Susannah give members of the public their opinions about their fashion choices, before giving them a makeover.
She added to the Radio Times magazine: "Both Trinny and I say this – there’s not one person who regretted coming on our show, not one.
"The one thing I do regret was when Jo Brand did our show. I’m really ashamed, looking back. I have little whiskers on my chin, which I pluck, and she had a little whisker on her chin, which I plucked and it really offended her. I felt terrible about that."
In December last year, Susannah admitted she thought viewers were "crying out" for the show to return.
She said: "I do think the format would still work now. People are crying out for something that is honest and not watered down and homogenised, which a lot of TV these days is.
"Trinny and I had an ability to connect with people and I think that by being straight talking, women trusted us.
"It was never gratuitous - we never criticised the woman's body, we only criticised what the clothes were doing for them."