DYE-ABOLICAL
Everyone thought I was dying on national TV when my ‘man hands’ turned BLUE – now Zara owes me one
She had to reassure worried viewers live on air
A SINGER has insisted Zara owes her one after an outfit she bought from the store dyed her hands blue on national television.
Country singer Twinnie was among the guests on Channel 4's Sunday Brunch earlier this month, and looked stunning in a denim ensemble from the high street shop.
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However, she quickly sparked concern when her hands started getting increasingly blue as the programme progressed.
She explained the situation in , as she began: "You can't always afford stylists. They're expensive.
"So I took myself down to Zara picked out this outfit and I was so excited to go on this show.
"I was so excited. I thought I looked nice. I thought I'd done a pretty good job as my own stylist!"
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However, during the advert breaks in the show, host Tim Lovejoy kept coming over to ask Twinnie if she was okay or if she was feeling cold.
"I was like, yeah, I'm a little bit cold, but I'm all right!
"Then in the second break, he comes over to me and he's like 'Twin, are you sure you're okay at this point?"
Twinnie then looked down and realised that her hands were BLUE.
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"Everybody's got their own insecurities," she added.
"My is my hands. Look at these hands. I've got man hands.
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"They're almost the size of my head.
"I do not need any more attention on these hands."
But she also "started panicking" that she might have Raynaud's - a phenomenon where your blood stops flowing properly to your fingers and toes.
"Then the penny drops - oh my God, it's the dye off my outfit!" she raged.
"I bought this outfit. Everybody's gonna know where it's from and the dye is on my hand. So it's like brilliant, perfect!"
On Sunday Brunch, Tim had to point out what had happened when they were inundated with messages from viewers asking if Twinnie was ok.
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"Her hands went blue, and I was looking over at her thinking, 'We've got to stop the show and get a nurse'," Tim said.
To which Twinnie replied: "I'm raging. It's from Zara, it's brand new and my hands are blue!
"It's getting taken back. But I'm ok. I'm not dying, just so you know!"
In her TikTok video, Twinnie came up with a way for Zara to make the error up to her.
"I would like to take two people shopping that can't necessarily afford to shop at your shop," she said.
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"And I want it to be on you!
"That way you make it up to me and I feel good about giving back to somebody else."
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