Articles tagged with ‘Goddess Fitness Dance’
Ex Wild Child Emma Ridley ‘Slapped’ with a Restraining Order!
Posted on July 12th, 2011 at 12:38 pm by Nick Crew
Matters are going from bad to worse for Emma Ridley, in a recent interview the ex-wild child had described her estranged ‘third’ husband David Tyler as a ‘wonderful dad’ and their separation ’amicable’, but now it’s clear a very different picture of the couple’s life is emerging in the latest chapter of her bitter divorce.
Now Ridley, once a fixture from the age of 13 on the Eighties London club scene with pals like Amanda de Cadenet and Tamara Beckwith, has been served a [TRO] temporary restraining order by Tyler, and will appear at the San Fernando Valley Courthouse on Wednesday to fight claims that she ‘slapped’ him in the face during a bust-up where police had to be called.
And if that wasn’t enough, poor Emma is already fighting off Tyler’s claim for half of her Goddess Fitness Dance business.
The Disney child star that dropped out of the Royal Ballet School after going off the rails, now 39, served divorce papers on unemployed builder, Tyler, a little over a year ago, but he is still refusing to sign them, claiming that he had helped create the now thriving dance studios.
They married in 1999 and have two children together, Elim and Isis, and as their troubled marriage unraveled, Emma reinvented herself as a fitness guru. Her business comprises two branches in the suburbs of LA.
For legal reasons Emma cannot discuss the divorce. But a close friend says she finds the latest turn of events ‘degrading’ and ‘cannot believe David could stoop so low.’
The friend tells me: “It’s all-out war between Emma and David. I feel sorry for the children.”
Sarah Tilley, a Facebook ‘fan’ of Emma’s wrote on her wall today showing concern for her situation and said: ‘Oh my god I hope you are OK Emma, your ex-husband sounds like a real b**st**d… I just read this in the Daily Mail this morning. Sending you kisses, from your number 1 fan, Sarah xxx.’
Emma’s mild response was: ‘Not low at all- living standing in truth and not in an unloving marriage.’
Ross King Interviews Fitness Queen Emma Ridley!
Posted on March 23rd, 2011 at 10:39 am by
British Telly host Ross King caught up with Emma Ridley earlier this week when the Ex-wild child invited cameras inside her dance school Goddess Fitness for an exclusive interview for UK morning show Daybreak.
The former Disney child star told recently how she lost over 100lbs with her Goddess makeover, which has seen sales of her Fitness DVD go through the roof.
Ridley told the British Weekly newspaper,” I received a bit of press recently in England after doing a reality show, then suddenly I had tons of emails from woman wanting me to get them in shape the same way I had done it.”
She added, “I am so pleased that people wanted to buy my DVD. It has really helped change people’s lives. I’m over moon!”
The highlight of the morning was when Ridley attempted to persuade King to pole dance with her, but the skeptical Scotsman was having none of it.
The interview, which goes out in few weeks, has Emma lifting the lid on her wild past, telling how she reinvented her image to become one of the more successful expats living in Los Angeles.
It’s nice to see more of us Brits doing well abroad!
Emma Ridley Hollywood Monthly Cover Shoot
Posted on March 10th, 2011 at 11:57 am by
In this issue of Hollywood Monthly British Fitness Guru Emma Ridley take Tinseltown by storm…
The reformed British Wild Child graces April’s cover in a sexy shoot by top photographer Dimitri Halkidis.
Ridley reveals exclusively how she lost over 100lbs in a just over 9 months with her invention, the ‘Goddess Fitness Makeover’; a program she guarantees will improve the health and wellbeing of all those who try it.
All that and so much more in Hollywood Monthly and Hollywood Weekly Online, NOW…
My Crazy Day at Wild Child Emma’s Pink Paradise!
Posted on December 26th, 2009 at 8:53 am by Sean Borg
I was surprised at the overwhelmingly positive response from my army of readers regarding former 80’s Emma Ridley’s comeback. Emma has been filming the reality TV show ‘Spoiled Rotten’ – due to hit screens next year – which charts her her quest to open a pole dancing school in the heart of West Hollywood. Yes I’m serious!
Currently, Emma runs the successful Goddess Fitness Dance in Santa Clarita, California, and in the show we see her risking all to launch her new school as she attempts to take Hollywood by storm. Slightly over-ambitious, perhaps? Well, I decided to find out what all this malarkey was about accepted Emma’s invitation to join on set for the day, and as you can see from the pic I it was rather Christmassy, pink and fun-filled!“I’m little nervous opening up my life for the cameras like this.” Ridley told me, “I had virtually given up on my celebrity life but somehow it always chases me and lures me back.”
Emma, who’s now on her third marriage and a mother of three, was so excited when Drew Lesser (pictured), the Executive Producer of hit reality TV show Bridezilllas, contacted her wanting to do a show based on Goddess Fitness Dance. “I was thrilled that the producer had heard about my plans to open in West Hollywood and wanted to make a show about it,” she says.
Lesser, who has produced shows like the Janice Dickinson Model Agency and Exterminators tells me, “I was looking for a new reality star and Emma Ridley was ticking all the boxes.” He added, “I didn’t know much about her past antics in the 80’s, that wasn’t what sold me, I spent a few days with her at work and at home and thought, wow, I have potential show here, this is a woman who will make great television!”
And after I spent the day with Emma, I think he could be right. Watching her cavorting on a pole, stressing over the business and shopping for presents for the kids all followed by a film crew, completely wore me out, and if that wasn’t enough we still had her Christmas party at her studio ahead of us. Emma’s partying days meant she had much more stamina than me!
Just how viewers will take to Ridley is anyone’s guess, but to fair she’s definitely a colorful character that is sure to raise a few eyebrows here in the States that’s for sure. And as you can see, she can still pull off a neon pink burlesque tutu!
“I never think of myself as controversial or outrageous, I see myself as grounded and earthy, but I guess I am a little wild still so watch out!” she warns.
