The 3AM Girls is the collective title of the gossip columnists for the British tabloid newspaper the
Daily Mirror. The role is currently filled by Danielle Lawler and Clemmie Moodie.
Former 3AM Girls include Eva Simpson, Caroline Hedley, Suzanne Kerins, Bryony Gordon, Kiki King, Jessica Callan, Dominique Hines, Niki Waldegrave, and Polly Graham.
In 2003 The 3AM Girls were voted 31st worst Britons in the
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television poll for the
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.
The 3AM Girls is the collective title of the gossip columnists for the British tabloid newspaper the
Daily Mirror. The role is currently filled by Danielle Lawler and Clemmie Moodie.
Former 3AM Girls include Eva Simpson, Caroline Hedley, Suzanne Kerins, Bryony Gordon, Kiki King, Jessica Callan, Dominique Hines, Niki Waldegrave, and Polly Graham.
In 2003 The 3AM Girls were voted 31st worst Britons in the
Channel 4Channel 4 is a UK public-service television broadcaster which began working on November 2, 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station owned now and operated by the Channel Four Television...
television poll for the
100 Worst Britons100 Worst Britons We Love to Hate was one in a series of "100 Greatest..." shows shown on British TV.The poll by the British TV station Channel 4 in 2003, was inspired by the BBC series 100 Greatest Britons, although it was less serious in nature...
. They were noted for their attacks on celebrities who have taken exception to stories about their private lives.
In November 2006, 3AM columnists Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley reported that Michael Jackson's long-awaited comeback at the World Music Awards had ended up with him being booed off just four lines into the song "
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". However, their column from the day before had said that Michael Jackson had given an excellent performance at the award ceremony.
"Making up Entire Chats"
In 2007
Private Eye magazine quoted former 3AM Girl Jessica Callan saying quotes for interviewees were made up by journalists: "The conversations celebrities had with us often bore no relation to the words which were printed in the column. On the odd occasion I didn't even know the quotes had been rewritten until I read the paper the following day... There was re-jigging and there was making up entire chats. Amazingly, we were never sued for having imaginary conversations". They have been profiled in
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for the
Daily Star and
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Bizarre column.
Chris Moyles feud
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highlighted the made-up news stories and quotes on his then-afternoon music and chat show. The following day Moyles' mobile phone number was printed in the paper as a retaliation to this. Moyles called for the 3AM girls to resign, and several thousand of Moyles' listeners rang in to the
Daily Mirror to complain. The
Mirror asked Moyles to call off his listeners, which Moyles did, claiming he had won the battle by doing this.
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