At 41, TV presenter Pippa Wetzell is one of the new generation of “middle-agers” – women who defy past expectations and live life their way. The Fair Go star talks to Emma Clifton about her sliding door moment, the craziness of family life and why she’s happy her children are growing up in today’s world.
It had been one of those weeks for Fair Go’s Pippa Wetzell; a home renovation, helping out with a school fair, work, home commitments, a busy life in general. It was only a matter of time until something fell through the cracks. And so it was that, after dropping her three kids off at school one morning, she forgot her car. Well, where she’d left it. We’ve all been there, but when you’re Pippa Wetzell, infinitely recognisable from more than 17 years on television, it’s a different story. “There were a couple of mums outside and I said to them, ‘I’ve completely forgotten where I’ve parked the car,’ and I walked off in one direction. It wasn’t there. So I came back – had to walk past them again – and then joked, ‘Oh, it’s definitely down this way.’ And then it wasn’t, so I had to come back and walk past them a third time. One of them finally said to me, ‘There’s just no room in your head for simple things like where the car is.’ Fortunately” – she starts laughing – “the only thing I forgot was where my car was and nothing more important.”
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