LOOSE Women star Kelle Bryan has hinted she would be up for taking part in Louis Theroux’s brand new documentary delving into the history of girlbands.
The star rose to fame as one of the founding members of popular 90s group Eternal alongside Louise Redknapp and sisters Vernie and Easther Bennett.
Kelle Bryan has opened up to The Sun about taking part in Girlbands Forever[/caption]
Kelle rose to fame in the band in the 90s but they have since had an epic fallout[/caption]
Louis’s new documentary will explore the history of girl groups and the culture behind them[/caption]
The band were even scheduled to get back together but were torn apart following Vernie and Easther’s refusal to perform at LGBTQ pride events the band had been booked for claiming contradictions with their personal beliefs.
Kelle and Louise have maintained a dignified silence in the wake of the split but it seems that Kelle would be open to talking about her time in the band, including the difficulties with her bandmates if she were to join Louis’s new programme.
The documentary is a follow-up to Boybands Forever which featured tonnes of former boyband stars, including Robbie Williams and Ritchie Neville, as they delved into the history of the music industry and the dark secrets that followed them around.
Confirming she had yet to be approached for Girlbands Forever, Kelle exclusively told The Sun at the TV Choice Awards: “With Louis doing this programme, it is going to be really interesting – he’s a fantastic journalist.
“Back then, it was a very different time and there was no chance of instant success like many people have now.
“We used to have to go from school to school to club to club to promote our music and we’d always get people who were drunk spilling their drinks over you.
“The music industry now isn’t really like it was for us back in the day”.
Despite having yet to receive the call, Kelle admitted it would be a no brainer to sign up for the programme.
Kelle said: “Yes, I’d absolutely love to do it. Talking about the history of everything and looking back at it all.
“These documentaries are actually exploring what really happened, how that fame was founded and what you had to do in order to breakthrough.
“It was nothing like it is now and all those things are want people find really interesting and want to know about.”
Kelle admitted she would love to talk about the “personal” changes the industry has gone through if she were to sign up for the documentary as she revealed how artists and acts were allowed to build stronger and more meaningful connections with their fans in the 90s than many are able to do now.
Louis’s programme Girlbands Forever plans to explore some of the secrets behind some of Britain’s biggest bands and to tell the public that it wasn’t always as rosy backstage as it may have seemed.
Many bands have been plagued by rumours of fighting, jealousy and rivalry with these topics also having been confronted head-on by their male counterparts in Louis’s boyband documentary.
Recalling her time in the band, Kelle admitted “it was intense” amid the pressure of being in the spotlight.
Kelle was keen to chat all things Eternal in the programme[/caption]
In 2023, Vernie and Easther were caught up in a much-publicised row with Louise and Kelle, after the sisters were accused of saying they would only take part in an Eternal reunion if no Pride or LGBTQ+ festivals were included in the planned gigs for last summer.
Louise and Kelle went on to say they would not be a part of the reunion if that was the case and distanced themselves from the sisters.
At the time, the group’s manager Denis Ingoldsby issued a statement in defence of Vernie and Easther and said: “This is about the debate about the trans lobby and the erosion of the rights of women and children.
“Vernie said she had some concerns about the Pride movement being hijacked, and she is not alone, but this has now been weaponised against her.”
Last month, it was revealed that her two ex-bandmates had hired a brand new singer to replace Kelle and Louise in Eternal in order to get their show on the road once more amid the fallout.
Vernie and Easther spoke exclusively with The Sun last month in which they addressed the row for the first time.
They told us: “There were several years of requests to reform the original line-up and months of discussions.
“There were several reasons why we declined to tour at that time — like contractual issues, work commitments. There was also a genuine desire to maintain a life away from the business.
“When we were approached for the last time, we decided again that what was being proposed was not truly focused on an Eternal reunion project and also they didn’t align with our family priorities.
“A lot was written about that decision but none of it represents our views or values as a band.”
