Karen Danczuk on marriage split from Labour MP: ‘I feel like the new Bridget Jones’

Since Karen Danczuk announced her split from her husband Simon Danczuk, the Labour MP, she has been embroiled in a bitter row with him over the reasons for their parting of ways. Happily, in recent weeks this has cooled, as they try to put their differences aside for the sake of their children. Not that this means the ‘selfie queen’ is about to become a wallflower. The former Labour councillor has started a blog — titled ‘Selfie Made Woman’ — in which she offers readers an insight into her deepest thoughts. And while the Mirror reported earlier in the week that she faces bailiffs after ignoring a court order concerning rent, Danczuk has decided to focus on another issue at hand: her worries ahead of her first girls’ night out:

‘I feel like the new Bridget Jones. I’ve had all the awkward conversations, I’ve had the sympathetic looks and recently when I went to take my boy out on a rowing boat, the sales assistants felt so sorry for me they upgraded my boat to an engine one.’

Now she is ready to face the ultimate challenge:

‘My next challenge is that first girls night out. And whilst I type the words my tummy fills with butterflies. When did I lose my confidence? Why does the thought of going out fill me with fear? The old Karen would have been the first to organise this, have way to much to drink and have ridiculous political conversations that only a sleeping dog would put up with listening to!! Now I am thinking about how I will walk, will people look at me, will they recognise me even.’

Although it does sound like she might be toning down her outfits a little:

‘Before my separation I used to find the sexiest dress and be proud of my boobs, now I want to hide them away and blend into the background!!!  

Inspiring words from Danczuk — who encourages other women in similar positions to also go on a girls’ night out — but Mr S suspects that her efforts are unlikely to attract the same interest from Hollywood as Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones’s Diary did.