Little Miss Sunshine

STUDIO 10 PRESENTER, ‘CRAP HOUSEWIFE’ AND ALL-ROUND FIGHTER JESSICA ROWE KNOWS GOOD HEALTH IS AN INSIDE JOB.

- Trudie McConnochie

Keeping her mental health in check is the linchpin of Jessica's wellbeing philosophy

Every woman needs Jessica Rowe on speed dial. Relentlessly sunny and unflinchingly honest, the Studio 10 presenter is the girlfriend everyone should call on for solace, wisdom and wine after a soul-destroying day. Admittedly, you’d have to sit amid piles of laundry and scattered toys if you visited her home, and you’d likely have to settle for burnt toast if you were hungry – cooking is not the self-proclaimed Crap Housewife’s strong suit – but you’d leave feeling better about the world than when you arrived. “I’m a very proud Crap Housewife – it’s a badge I wear with pride,” says Jessica, whose regular posts of spag bol and tinned spaghetti on toast make this anti-Martha Stewart the hero we didn’t know we needed.

“If we’re open and honest it gives other people permission to do the same. I’m good at other things, but I’m not a good cook. I have a car you could live in it’s so messy, and I’ve got piles of stuff everywhere. But that’s okay, because more and more I realise I don’t want to spend my spare time sweating that stuff. I want to spend it with the people I love, doing things I enjoy and they enjoy.”