I’ve not really pushed myself as I never felt ready. “I have literally been at home looking after the boys and then doing my little online business. “So I think we’re both in a very similar but different position and like I say, I’m so glad it’s Gemma because we are on a wavelength where we can ring each other up and go, ‘I’m finding it hard, what can I do?’ That’ll be me by the way, me ringing her saying that.”īut for Brooke, this is her biggest job since leaving Corrie and welcoming her two children. It’s scary as a woman in this industry to go off and to sometimes put yourself and your family first but I also think it’s very daunting on my side to leave your family and your babies to come back to work.īrooke is already a mum-of-two herself (Image: Brooke Vincent Instagram) I’ll look after the baby.’ It’s scary on both sides. “I really, really like Gemma and we are friends so I feel like I’m on her wavelength anyway and I think that’s why it kind of works and we’re both very Manc.”Īs for swapping advice, Brooke told us: “I said anytime. “I was laughing with her actually because I’ve already got two children and I was saying, ‘I’d rather be stepping into your shoes than you stepping into mine and that’s exactly where you’re off,’” Brooke laughed. "Just to have that support there anyway is amazing but also to have somebody that I know is on my wavelength and that will say, ‘do that, don’t do that’ and it’s just nice to know someone who has the experience and cares for you as well.”Īnd while Brooke may need some support in her new role, the former soap star may also be able to offer Gemma a tip or two as she’s a proud mum to her tow Mexx, three, and two-year-old Monroe, who she shares with footballer fiance Kean Bryan. So it’s nice to join a big group of people that are just absolutely smashing it.”ĭespite not going into somewhere completely new, Brooke, 30, said: ”It’s more, obviously, it’s on a huge, much wider scale now and I said to Gemma when I first initially found out about the audition, I was saying, ‘What do you think?’ and she said you should definitely go for it!’īrooke will host alongside Mike Toolan as she fills in for Gemma during her maternity leave I’ll be texting her saying, ‘Gemma, can you tell me what I need to do now please?’ But it’s really exciting and the drive team are amazing and Hits Radio is on the up at the minute which is really nice. “I literally said to Gemma, ‘What am I going to do? I’m really nervous. She said: “I’ve obviously listened, I know Gem, I know Mike and yeah, I’ve listened for a while and now I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh,’ that’s going to be me.”ĭespite having had experience in radio before, Brooke does admit to feeling like a newbie and will be calling on Gemma for advice. Speaking exclusively to the Manchester Evening News about her new gig, which begins on June 5, Brooke said she is “very nervous” as the reality sets in but she’s also “very excited”. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Gemma, 38, is set to welcome her second child with her Strictly Come Dancing star fiance Gorka Marquez in just a matter of weeks and hosted her last drive time show - for now - with Mike Toolan last week.Īnd Brooke, who is famed for playing Sophie Webster in the ITV soap Corrie, has now officially been announced as the new host for Hits Radio’s evening show alongside Mike, who she previously worked with on Key 103 several years ago. It has been announced that the former Coronation Street star will sit in for Gemma on Hits Radio while she heads off on maternity leave. Brooke Vincent has told of the advice she has received from Gemma Atkinson as she ‘replaces her’.
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