ACCORDING to Amanda Holden, after centuries of stripping off, seduction and even a spot of S&M, Britain has somehow ended up more prudish than ever.
And it’s only in the last 150 years or so that we’ve become so shockable – as she realised while making new documentary Sex: A Bonkers History.
If proof were needed, Amanda points to the fuss over her revealing Britain’s Got Talent dresses, which even in 2023 still spark hundreds of complaints to broadcasting watchdog Ofcom from outraged viewers.
She said: “There had always been an amazing appreciation for the female form previously. The Victorians, I think, were to blame – in their eyes everything became more sexualised than it was meant.
“It’s crazy that when you think of the hoo-ha around some of my outfits now, we’re still there. It’s still absolutely ridiculous that it’s going on in an era when we really think that we are ahead of the game.