{"id":411189,"date":"2025-09-09T19:16:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T19:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/411189\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T19:16:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T19:16:19","slug":"liverpool-gogglebox-star-looks-unrecognisable-10-years-on-with-new-life-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/411189\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Gogglebox star looks unrecognisable 10 years on with new life abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Woerdenweber family were one of the original Gogglebox families<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1_Gogglebox_logo.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of the Gogglebox logo as former star star Viv Woerdenweber graduates at University of Liverpool \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Liverpool Gogglebox star looks unrecognisable 10 years on with new life abroad<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A former Gogglebox star appears completely transformed a decade after departing the programme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Since the cherished Channel 4 series launched back in 2013, it has brought us numerous memorable households across the nation: from Giles Wood and Mary Killen in Wiltshire to the Siddiqui family in Derby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Liverpool-based Woerdenweber household was amongst the original Gogglebox families, featuring mum Viv, dad Ralf, daughter Eve and her partner Jay. It&#8217;s safe to say the household swiftly became a favourite with viewers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">As for Jay, he gained the moniker &#8216;Silent Jay&#8217; owing to barely uttering a word whilst on camera, reports <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/tv\/gogglebox-star-unrecognisable-living-new-32443792\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">the Manchester Evening News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0_IMG_3040-1.jpg\" alt=\"Gogglebox\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>The Woerdenweber family joined at the start<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">However, in 2015, Jay departed the programme following his break up with Eve. But now, a decade following his Gogglebox departure, Jay appears quite different and he&#8217;s even relocated to an entirely new country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">On his X profile, Jay&#8217;s bio states: &#8220;32 [peace sign emoji] [location emoji] Rotterdam [Netherlands flag]. Make every second divine [music notes emoji]. #Gogglebox series 2-5.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0_IMG_3041-1.jpg\" alt=\"Gogglebox\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Jay left in 2015<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Jay, who now lives in Rotterdam, also sports a fresh new appearance, with Jay opting to ditch his lengthier hair for a cropped style. Meanwhile, last year, Jay&#8217;s former Gogglebox star Viv graduated from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/university-of-liverpool\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Liverpool<\/a> with an MA in Archaeology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Viv first arrived at the University to participate in the Go Higher Programme when she was 56, as pursuing education had been a lifelong dream.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She revealed it was daughter Eve who provided her with the confidence to take the leap.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0_IMG_3037jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Gogglebox\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>He now lives abroad<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Viv found her studies so rewarding that she chose to advance through various educational stages and plans to continue with a Masters in Archaeology on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Speaking about her transition from Gogglebox to academia, Viv told the Liverpool Echo: &#8220;It&#8217;s been hard, much harder than I thought it would be but I&#8217;ve made a lot of great friends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The teaching here is absolutely phenomenal all the academics are great. They go above and beyond and archaeology is a passion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Gogglebox series 26 airs on Friday at 9pm on Channel 4.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Woerdenweber family were one of the original Gogglebox familiesLiverpool Gogglebox star looks unrecognisable 10 years on with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,70257,4884,179,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-411189","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-gogglebox","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-liverpool","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}