The 3AM Girls
The 3AM Girls was the collective title of the gossip columnists for the British tabloid newspaper the Daily Mirror. The column is now called 3am and is edited by Clemmie Moodie.
Former 3AM Girls include Eva Simpson, Caroline Hedley, Suzanne Kerins, Danielle Lawler, 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 4 television poll for the 100 Worst Britons. They were noted for their attacks on celebrities who have taken exception to stories about their private lives.
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[edit] "Making up Entire Chats"
In 2007 Private Eye reported former 3AM girl Jessica Callan as saying that 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".[1] They have been profiled in Vanity Fair magazine. Their tabloid counterparts are The Goss Girls for the Daily Star and Gordon Smart who edits The Sun's Bizarre column.
[edit] Chris Moyles feud
BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles highlighted the made-up news stories and quotes on his then-afternoon music and chat show. The following day Moyles's 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's listeners rang in to the Daily Mirror to complain. The Mirror asked Moyles to call off his listeners, which he did claiming he had won the battle by doing this.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Private Eye. 20 July – 2 August 2007. p. 6.
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