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Gogglebox's Mary Killen has admitted no one thought the show would last in the beginning but now even Boris Johnson is said to be a fan.
The fan favourite appears on the show alongside her husband Giles and admitted she was hesitant to join the Channel 4 series at first.
Speaking to The Sun, she said: 'In the beginning, nobody thought it could possibly work. It would just be absurd. I didn't want the invasion of privacy but Giles wanted to be on, so I agreed.
Honest: Gogglebox's Mary Killen has admitted no one thought the show would last in the beginning but now even Boris Johnson is said to be a fan
'But it's a very simple, brilliant idea. You get snippets of the good programmes and you can tell, rather like speed dating, whether you'd want to see the whole show as a result.
'But then Gogglebox became a barometer of what the public is thinking. For that reason I know that quite a lot of the Government watch it, and Boris Johnson will even be told what's going on.'
Mary, who lives in Wiltshire and is originally from Northern Ireland, added the show gives viewers a 'snapshot' of the country, making it a uniquely British programme.
Gogglebox first aired in 2013 and its 18th series is premiering on Friday, with viewing figures surging during the coronavirus lockdown.
