NTAs: Chris and Rosie Ramsey open up about the fan interactions they find 'humbling'

Virgin Radio

7 Sep 2023, 14:16

Husband-and-wife couple Chris and Rosie Ramsey have spoken about what fans say to them that puts a lump in their throats. 

The duo were at the National Television Awards this week, where they were nominated in the TV Interview category for The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show.

Speaking to viriginradio.co.uk and other press from the red carpet at the event, Chris told us the awards, which are voted for by the public, mean a lot. “For me, these kinds of awards are the best awards because it's the people who matter,” he said. “It's not some table of judges somewhere, sitting drinking coffee going, ‘What do we think of that?’ 

“It hasn't been overthought. It's the public going, ‘What do we love?’. It's the best.”

Rosie added: “And it’s the people who come to your tours and it’s the people who download your podcast. We love it.”

They were up against Louis Theroux, TalkTV’s Piers Morgan and Virgin Radio’s own Graham Norton, who was nominated for The Graham Norton Show. It was our Graham who ultimately triumphed in the category, but ahead of the result being announced, Chris said: “We're up there with the big dogs, let's be honest here. The big dogs, Norton, Theroux, Morgan… Ramsay.”

“It’s crazy,” Rosie added, before her husband pointed out that she was the “only woman in the category.” 

When asked about the best thing a fan has ever said to them about their hit podcast, Sh**ged Married Annoyed, Chris told us: “When people will say to me that our podcast got them through the lockdown, that still really puts a lump in my throat, because of our generation of our life, that was the toughest thing.” 

Rosie added: “Those hour walks. We were on a lot of those hour walks.”

Chris continued: “If someone says that you've got them through hard times and they’ve enjoyed your podcast and your TV show. It's nice, it's humbling, it's lovely.”

Check out all the winners at the National Television Awards in our full round-up.