As Gladiators is being rebooted, I am reminded of the time that I worked with "RIO" from the 1990s version of the series.
Her real name is Jane Omorogbe and was known as Janie. Her desk was directly opposite mine for almost 6 months.
I felt so lucky -she was gorgeous! And to be honest, I was mostly tongue tied when chatting with her.
She was a real gem; kind and friendly. She left to become an ambulance technician in the time before Paramedics.
I recall that she spent most of her wages on expensive hair extensions from London.
Other people met, but only for a few minutes: Michaela Strachan, she spent time to chat to our group whilst doing a charity treasure hunt in London asking what we were doing, Bod Holderness, Sir Richard Branson - only fleetingly - hand shook and Chris Akabusi who was invited to give us a motivational speech and rather than rushing off afterwards, spent time after the event to spend time chatting to anyone who wanted to.
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