Louise Roe's Perfect Catch

3 weeks ago 28th Oct 11:02

Louise Roe kicked off her career with an internship at Elle Magazine and in just a handful of years she has become one of the hottest TV presenters.

She is all set to front a new show for E! called Perfect Catch with Carmen Electra. I caught up with her to talk about the new show, how she is finding her new career path and what lies ahead for her. 

- So you are involved in E! Entertainment’s new show Perfect Catch so can you tell me a little bit about it?

It’s a brand new show that E has done and it’s a reality show slash dating slash fashion and style and it’s all set in the Greek islands, so it was a dream come true because I hadn’t even been to Greece. We did seven islands in a month; each episode is set on a different island, so it was incredible scenery and a very hectic schedule as well.

We have got eight contestants from around the world, mainly Aussies, Americans and Brits, all good looking and gorgeous and they have to find their perfect catch on each island, whether it be a good looking person or a funny person of a clever person.

They are bought before myself, Carmen Electra and Marcellas Reynolds, the other hosts, and we judge them and it’s all very dramatic and funny and there are lots of challenges for them to do. It was very funny and lots of laughs.

- How did you get involved with the show and what is your role in the show?

I’m one of the judges and I set their tasks and when they come back with their catch I judge them and tell them what I think, I am brutally honest which is always fun.

I got involved because I came to LA in January to work with E on their fashion programmes and red carpet events; I had done a couple o pilots for them for makeover shows, so they called me up and asked me to be on the show which is great.

- And you are working alongside Carmen Electra so what is she like to work with?

She is lovely, really sweet, really smiley and absolutely gorgeous. She’s a really nice girl yeah.

- Now the show is shot in Greece sounds like not a bad days work.

All my friends were like ‘Are you joking? That’s not a job’ (laughs).  And it was amazing we got to stay in some pretty spectacular mountain side hotels and things.

It was full on and I didn’t go out for dinner once at a Greek restaurant because we were filming a lot so it wasn’t as much larking about as possible, that being said I did get to lie on a few beach lounges and drink a couple of Margaritas so it was pretty fun at the same time.

- You began your career at Elle magazine so what was it that drew you to fashion journalism?

I always wanted to be a journalist and write, my dad is a travel journalist, and I saw the world through he eyes and it can be pretty fun and pretty glamorous, you get the odd trip, and I saw that as a young girl and thought that would be fun. 

So I did English Literature at university, by then I had done enough work experience on fashion magazines to know that I loved the fashion side and the celebrity interviews. So I had an internship lined up at Elle for the week after, I actually started the same day as the current editor Lorraine Candy started, and she was so nice to me there was none of that Devil Wears Prada bitchiness people always assume.