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Celebrity sweating

9th June 2011 by Helena 8 Comments  

Twitter, facebook and all that is all very well, but if you really want to know what’s going on, read the Daily Mail. That’s how I found out, literally seconds ago, that John Terry (Chelsea and England Captain) is here in Abu Dhabi, staying at the Emirates Palace Hotel.

There are pictures of him and his family frolicking on the beach, which is totally empty, despite the presence of a premier league player. Funny that as it’s about 50 degrees Celsius today and I can barely walk from my car door to my front door without breaking into a hideous sweat.

These pics are clearly staged. After his Giggs-like behaviour last year, he wants to make it clear all is well in the Terry household. Does he really think we’re stupid enough to fall for that? And also, why has he picked Abu Dhabi? I’m amazed he found a paparazzi brave enough to join them on the beach in this heat and humidity.

Anyway, my point is this – how do I get him to meet Leo, spot the talent of the young man and sign him up for the Chelsea Academy? Hang out on the beach with the young footballer and his favourite (blue) football I guess. If only it weren’t so hot……

Copyright: Helena Frith Powell 2011


Filed Under: Abu Dhabi, Press, Sport, blog --> Tagged With: celebrity, sweating

8 thoughts on Celebrity sweating

  • Kate says:
    9th June 2011 at 6:05 am

    Probably best not to try and compete with that swimsuit. What is that? Has she gone all out to wear the skimpiest, most revealing outfit she can possibly find to wear in a Muslim country? And do we really need to see them in a hip-lock?? Was in Dubai last weekend. It’s definitely hotter with you than here: we sat in the restaurant at Jumeirah Beach Hotel and watched all the half-termers turn lobster-red before our eyes…

  • louise says:
    11th June 2011 at 11:01 am

    Just finished reading your book “to hell in high heels”. I’ve really learned alot and enjoy your sense of humour. Thanks!
    White Rock, BC

  • helena says:
    11th June 2011 at 11:56 pm

    Thanks Louise, so glad you liked it. Kate I cannot get over people who actually SUNBATHE here! It’s like sunbathing under the grill, hideous.
    Hx

  • Dawn Midgley says:
    12th June 2011 at 1:41 am

    Helena

    What’s your opinion on the globally public display of affection and the lack of AD Police attention Mr and Mrs Terry received in relation to it?

  • helena says:
    12th June 2011 at 1:44 am

    Hi Dawn I think they must have been on their lunch break….x

  • Dawn Midgley says:
    12th June 2011 at 2:42 am

    Ah, pity the poor ‘low-profile’ visitors who have read the story and will visit AD thinking it’s OK to behave like that… only to find the Police are back from their lunch break, eager to ensure the law is upheld.

  • jose says:
    13th June 2011 at 6:01 am

    Helena, Probably the only people who give a toss about all this is his press agent and entourage- that’s why the beach was empty and no police about. How pathetic is that?

  • Beatrice DELAHAIE says:
    14th June 2011 at 12:52 am

    I think this is the most vulgar swimming suit I ve ever seen!

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Helena Frith Powell was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and Italian father, but grew up mainly in England. She is the author of eleven books, translated into several languages including Chinese and Russian. She wrote the French Mistress column The Sunday Times about life in France for several years. She is a regular contributor to the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, The Times, Daily Telegraph, Tatler Magazine and Harper’s Bazaar.

Helena has been the editor of four magazines, including M Magazine, a supplement for the Abu Dhabi-based National Newspaper and FIVE, a high-end fashion glossy, also published in Abu Dhabi. Helena was also editor-in-chief of 360 Life, a quarterly glossy magazine published with the Sports 360 Newspaper in Dubai, part of the Chalhoub Group.

Helena contributes regularly to UK-based newspapers and magazines and holds a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Cambridge. She is working on a thriller set in Sweden as well as a novel about the relationship between Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield called Sense of an Echo.

In 2022 her short story The Japanese Gardener came second in the Fish Publishing Short Story Prize. One of her stories was also shortlisted for the Bridport Short Story Prize. When she’s not writing, she works as a headhunter for the media and entertainment industry for the Sucherman Group. 

Helena, who was educated at Durham University, lives in the Languedoc region of France with her husband Rupert and their three children.

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Two Lipsticks and a Lover 2005; Gibson Square (hardback)

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To Hell in High Heels; Arrow Books 2009 (also translated into Polish)

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Love in a Warm Climate; Gibson Square 2011

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