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Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to be able to personally connect with your favourite celebrity? Well memmo has made that impossibility possible!

memmo is an online platform that offers personalised video messages from thousands of well-known talents to their fans and followers.

You can specify what occasion the video is for (a greeting, an internal joke or some fancy words for a big speech), who it’s to and from, and what you would like the chosen celebrity to say in the video, so the whole process is tailored to the person receiving the video message.

Put simply, memmo is here to make people happy, with a vision of being the place for creating personal connections between fans and their idols, and fans are going crazy for it!

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### **Reviews**


**Alan Fletcher 5***

*"Amelia was so happy with her message, thank you for taking the time to return it so quickly. From the relatively little we gave you, you came up with something both personal and amusing, and her face when she watched it was something we'll not forget!"*

**Matt Le Tissier 5***

*"Absolute legend Matt Le Tissier doing this my brother actually cried with joy amazing."*

**Charlotte Crosby 5***

*"Charlotte did a great job with that video! It felt so genuine and Charlotte put in all the personal details provided. My friend and I will cherish that memmo!"*

**Neil 'Razor' Ruddock 5***

*"Absolutely perfect mate. The lads love it. You have defo captured the heart and soul of the club and when we win a cup your coming on the piss with us. Cheers."*

[memmos]

Fans Go Crazy Over this New Celeb Video Messaging Service



### We spoke with former professional darts champion and TV personality Bobby George, better known as the ‘King of Bling’.


### He chatted with our UK Content Manager, Annabelle Leith, about his life in lockdown, his association with Arnold Schwarzenegger, how his famous nickname came to be and of course they discussed memmo too!





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### LIFE

**What was lockdown like in the George household?**

I’ve been really busy actually doing stuff that I haven’t had time to do before. I’ve been trimming trees and chopping them down, sorting the weeds out, cutting the lawn. I’m busy all the time, but I haven’t been out anywhere for six months. I’m not mixing with any people, only trees, all my neighbours are trees.

**Do you like your nickname ‘King of Bling’?**

Actually my nickname is ‘Bobbo’. Eric or Lowey or any of the other ones would call me Bobbo. It was the fans who came up with that nickname, they came to me and said ‘Oh you like all your jewellery, are you the King of Bling?’ and it just snowballed from there. They call me all different things - Bobby Dazzler, King of Darts and all the rest of them.

> ### ***"I felt like Del Boy running down the road as batman." - Bobby George***


**Did you have a signature piece of jewellery that you wore for every game?**

No, not really. I just got the jewellery made and thought I like it so I’ll wear it. The cloak and all the dazzle and that stuff was part theatrical. I did it to make it more interesting and entertaining. I was the first to do it - dress up in glittery shirts that had diamantes on, I had the cloak and the candles as well.

**Yeah - where did the candelabra come from?**

It was two of the officials of the BDO in 1980. They handed me a candelabra from a hotel all lit up with about 20 candles on it just as I was going on stage. I felt like Del Boy running down the road as batman. I’ve got a cloak all covered in glitter and what have you, I’ve got the candles, I felt like a right idiot, but that’s the thing they (the fans) like.

I was the first one to do the music as well and some players thought it was bad for the game but without the music now the game wouldn’t be the same. They all dress up and have their own music which everyone in the audience sings along to. It’s a party atmosphere now, so much better than just walking onto the stage.





> ### ***"I could’ve been training with Arnold Schwarzenegger!" - Bobby George***





**Is there anything your fans don’t know about you that might come as a surprise to them?**

I’ve got quite a few skills. I’ve got a HGV license to drive big lorries. Diggers, plastering, doing drawings, everything to do with building. I built my own house from scratch.

Also I hate it when celebrities don’t sign autographs. I tell people off for it! I used to practice my signature when I first started darts and was so happy when someone asked me for my autograph. I’ll never forget that.

**Your walk-in music was ‘We Are The Champions’ by Queen. What song would be a theme song for your life?**

I like Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks, it’s one of my favourite songs. If someone asks me what to play on the radio I’ll say 'play that one'.

**What advice would you give to someone wanting to become a professional darts player?**

Do your apprenticeship! Practise! Play people who are better than you. Enter opens. The more oches you tread the better you get. Most importantly, learn to count properly. Be committed and if you’re good enough, get a good sponsor!

Another important thing I’d say is to learn people skills. There are some really good darts players who win all these tournaments but then you don’t hear from them cause they’ve got no people skills so nobody remembers them. I call them dried up donuts with no jam in! 

[memmos]


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### MEMMO


**Who would your dream memmo be from?**

I’d want a memmo from Arnold Schwarzenegger saying “Hello Bob, Hasta la vista baby”.

The guy who trained him to be Mr Universe was actually a mate of my dad's and used to buy flowers off him, and since I already had a good shape at the time he wanted to train me to do it as well! But my dad wouldn’t let me do it, he told me to go and work. So that was my ‘Hasta la vista baby’ out the window. I could’ve been training with Arnold Schwarzenegger!




> ### ***"You can’t wrap yourself up in cotton wool and hide." - Bobby George***




**How does it feel to be able to interact with fans in such a personal way?**

It’s a good thing, especially when you can make people happy. I enjoy it, it’s just all the funny names that does me like a kipper! I have to keep starting it (the memmo) again cause I forget how to say the sodden name.

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### FAN QUESTIONS
**What was the highlight of your career?**

Playing for England. It feels great to play for your country. Also when I won the News of the World Championship, that’s what made me.

**Has anyone ever challenged you to a game of darts down the pub?**

Yeah I’ve had all that, and that’s one problem. Not now because of lockdown, but if you go down the pub for a pint people will come and challenge me for a fiver. I just say ‘No you’re alright mate’ and it’s always ‘Oh are you scared or something?’ So I tell them a good player knows when not to play but a bad player will play all the time. I know when not to play.

**I suppose you don’t get that as much when you’re at your local pubs?**

I’ve been here for 26 years, I was in the darts team years ago, so they know me and so they don’t bother you. It’s when you go anywhere else, but that’s just part of the game you’re in and you have to accept that. You can’t wrap yourself up in cotton wool and hide.

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*Bobby George is available on [**memmo**](https://memmo.me/p/bobby-george?c=app) for personalised video messages - perfect for any occasion.*

Bobby George: 'I could’ve been training with Arnold Schwarzenegger!'


### Dean Windass is a Hull City legend and striker who also played for Bradford City, scoring a total of 198 goals in his career.

### The former professional football player spoke with Annabelle Leith about playing in empty stadiums, pre-match rituals, and the importance of recognising mental health in the sport.


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### LIFE


**How would you feel having to play in an empty stadium?**

You just take it for granted that you've got 25,000 fans shouting and screaming at you. I think for me it would be very difficult to get motivated in the sense that you always want your supporters behind you. So I would find it very, very hard.

A lot of players, some players I know, can't handle playing in front of big crowds. It would never have suited me though - yeah you do it and you've got to get on with it but it's better when you've got crowds of people screaming at you. Even the negatives.

> ### ***"I’d probably want Gazza to send me one cause I know how crackers he is" - Dean Windass***

**Did you have a lucky charm or ritual for your matches?**

Yeah - I used to wash my face three times before I went out. I've got a bit of OCD, and I couldn’t do it just twice. I had to do it three times. I don't know how it came around, it just happened.

**Have you got anything new and exciting in the pipeline?**

It's hard at the minute because of Corona. I used to do all the after dinner speaking and of course all of that’s been cancelled because you can't get the numbers in, so that’ll start next year in February or March time. It's just one of those situations where you’ve got to get on with it and just wait for it to come around next year now.

[memmos]

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### MEMMO


**What has been your favourite memmo request so far?**

There was a lady who was about 65 - it was a birthday request. I think it's nice when they're older. So yeah it was a 65 year old lady who I sent a birthday memmo to which I really enjoyed.

**Who would your ‘guilty pleasure’ memmo be from? And what would it say?**

Well Paul Gascoin’s my mate so I’d probably want Gazza to send me one cause I know how crackers he is. He’d probably do it once he’s had a drink so it’d be even funnier. I don’t know what I’d want him to say in it though to be honest with you because you wouldn’t be able to trust him anyway.

> ### ***"If you’re sending a video to someone and cheering them up for the day then you’re doing your job" - Dean Windass***
**Which kind of memmos are the most fun to film?**

Well nearly all of them are birthday requests. But I do find it a bit awkward when they ask ‘Can you say this about him’ or call him a certain name. They’re the tough ones because you don't know if you're getting set up or not. But as long as you take it with a bit of humour then it’s not too bad.

**How does it feel to be able to interact with fans in such a personal way?**

I do already record videos for people for mental health, but I always think that if you can cheer someone up every day then that’s brilliant. There’s a lot of mental health issues in sport and a lot of people taking their own lives during this pandemic. So if you’re sending a video to someone and cheering them up for the day then you’re doing your job.

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*Dean Windass is available on [**memmo**](https://memmo.me/p/dean-windass?c=app) for personalised video messages - perfect for any occasion.*

Dean Windass: 'If you can cheer someone up every day then that’s brilliant'


### Paul Latham, better known as his alter ego 'Grandad', shot to internet fame when he began posting videos of himself with an old man filter on and making jokes with a crude sense of humour. Known for his dirty mind and #notfreytened motto, 'Grandad' has no filter in what he says, and that's why so many love his videos!

### Paul chatted with Annabelle Leith about his plans for 'Grandad's' future, where the inspiration for the character came from, and also what living in lockdown has been like.


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**How did you entertain yourself during the last lockdown?**

Well with three children in the house I had plenty on my hands with the homeschooling and everything. It was a very different experience, the highlight of my day was when it got to 4pm and I’d crack open a beer and watch Tipping Point.

**How was the homeschooling?**

Tough. It was a bit easier with my eldest who’s 12 as she got herself up and signed into the laptop and stuff, she was brilliant. It was the 6-year-old we struggled with, trying to keep her concentration levels up, but to be fair they did really well the pair of them, I can't fault them.

> ### ***"I never expected it to do what it's done, it's been pretty successful online" - Paul Latham***

**Where did the inspiration for ‘Grandad’ come from?**

I've always liked to have a laugh and make other people laugh doing different accents and impressions and voices. Me and my mate Gav would be in the locker rooms at the gym, and it was a hotel gym so there were a few older blokes in there, and we'd listen to some of the stuff they'd say then go away and imitate them. Then it just carried on and we used to do it all the time.

Then one morning, I’d been out the night before, and I woke up and was laid there and just did this video on Snapchat and put it on Facebook and it grabbed the attention of quite a lot of people. So my mate said: ‘Why don't you start your own page and do a weekly video?’ So that was it. I never expected it to do what it's done, it's been pretty successful online. It's been fun and a good laugh - that's all it was ever intended for.

**What song would be a theme song for your life? And which would be a theme song for Grandad’s?**

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen! Probably for both of us because honestly it’s like real life, you've got to look after the kids and stuff like that, but especially in this house me and the kids and even the Mrs sometimes, we all like to be a bit silly and a bit daft, always trying to have a laugh. Never take life too seriously.

> ### ***"He can be a bit rude and crude so I understand he's not gonna be everyone's cup of tea" - Paul Latham***

**What goals do you have for Grandad in the future?**

It's been very ‘peak and troughy’ this thing. I've never been in this game before, but I've been trying to sit down and write an hour's worth of material that I could maybe take to a stage and give it a go with a mask on. But then obviously COVID hit in March and everyone's worlds got turned upside down, so since then I've not got it back out and carried on with it, but I do want to. I also feel like I want someone with a bit of experience in the industry to tell me if what I'm doing is right.

I don't know how long it'll take but I'm only 33. I'm not trying to be a Premier League footballer or anything like that, so it's not like my fitness is going to run out. There's still plenty of time to perfect it and have a go at it. And I've got the confidence to give it a go, so it's just putting it into practice. But this year’s been a bit of a write off, so maybe we'll go again next year. That shouldn't stop me writing though so I should maybe get it back out and going again.

I would like to take it further. He's a bit of a controversial character though if you will. He's not to everybody's taste. He can be a bit rude and crude so I understand he's not gonna be everyone's cup of tea. Initially I’d like to make the page a bit bigger and be more widely known before I walk onto a stage, but at the same time I'm willing to give it a go and see if it gathers momentum in real life, if you will.

[memmos]

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### **memmo**


**What has been your favourite memmo request so far?**

It’s funny, I was actually talking to my wife about this last night. There was a lad who got in touch who wanted a video for his Grandad which surprised me because I never really expected that generation to really enjoy it. But he sent me a video afterwards on Twitter of his Grandad watching this memmo and he was so cheered up by it, and at the end of the video he said: ‘I needed a bit of energy today and that gave it to me’. That is by far hands down one of my most favourite things I've ever been sent.

> ### ***"I’m just happy to be putting smiles on faces as that is all I'm doing" - Paul Latham***

**Who would your ‘guilty pleasure’ memmo be from? And what would it say?**

Probably Peter Kay. He was my favourite growing up. Maybe just him saying: ‘There’s still plenty of time left’ and a bit of advice and inspiration from him would be really nice.

**How does it feel to be able to interact with fans in such a personal way?**

I still can’t believe that people pay money for these from me, cause I’m sitting here in a mid-terrace cottage with my three kids and my Mrs. I’ve got my day job and this is just a hobby. So when people are like: ‘Oh my God it’s him’, I don’t get it. I don’t understand it. It is nice and I’m just happy to be putting smiles on faces as that is all I'm doing. Even on Snapchat when people send me stuff, I generally send one back. Just as I'm a stickler for ignorance online, massively, and I try to respond to every single message I get.

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*Grandad is available on [**memmo**](https://memmo.me/gb/en/profile/paul-latham) for personalised video messages - perfect for any occasion.*

Grandad: 'Never take life too seriously'

### Award-winning actress, bestselling author and stand-up comedian, Crissy Rock, chatted with Annabelle Leith at memmo. Bursting with personality and positive vibes, Crissy fills the conversation with hilarious stories, her love for filming memmos, and how she has never seen herself as a celebrity.

Straight off the bat, Crissy lights up the conversation with laughter as she dives into explaining her time spent on a ghost hunt the day before. Her friends were doing a ouija board, and since she didn’t want to fully partake herself, Crissy took on the role of writing down any messages that came through. “They were asking if I felt anything, so I said ‘I’ve had a bit of movement, but it’s only my bowels!’” she giggles.

As luck would have it, she received two memmo requests whilst on her spooky adventure, and so deemed it necessary to provide a rapid response and record her personalised videos amid the chaos.

> ### ***"What you see is what you get” - Crissy Rock***

“I filmed them straight away and said ‘Hiya, it’s Crissy Rock here, I’m in the middle of a ghost hunt but just want to say happy birthday.’ They must’ve thought I was pissed!” Crissy laughs.

“Sometimes when I record my memmos I look like I’ve just been attacked with a hammer,” she continues, “I’ve got no makeup on and my hair’s like a bag of s*** and I’ll just go ‘Hi, this is the lived in look. What you see is what you get’.”

Divulging further into her time with memmo, Crissy says she’s ‘had a laugh’ recording them and has ‘had some lovely replies back’. She gets ‘quite touched’ when people send messages thanking her and saying how much the person loved it, ‘it makes it worth it’.

[memmos]

We asked Crissy which one person and item of food she would want if she were to be stuck on a boat, to which she surprisingly responded with: “Well that actually happened to me recently. We paid to go on a cruise to the Far East in January and ended up being marooned at sea!”

She explains how the ship went ‘round and round and round’ and ended up in Australia 22 days later. “We couldn’t get off the ship. It was terrible. It was like a floating nursing home,” she recalls.

> ### ***“I just thought I’d end up working in a factory" - Crissy Rock***

However, she decided that should she be stuck on a boat again, she would have to be accompanied by a film she wants to watch in the cinema and ‘loads of cans of coke and hot dogs’.

As the conversation diverges into a bit of Crissy’s life history, she says she ‘never in a million years’ could have ever imagined being where she is today, and that making people laugh is something that ‘just comes naturally to her. “I don’t even know I’m being funny, it just happens,” she says.

She never aspired to have a career in her line of work. She says: “I didn’t want anything. I just used to go play out and cut things out of my mum’s catalogue and stick them on a piece of paper.

“What made it worse is that I couldn’t read or write until I was nearly 27. We used to go to the cinema and watch a film, but never did I think that I’d end up being the one on the screen.

“I just thought I’d end up working in a factory.”

> ### ***“You’re a normal person just with a different job. It’s nothing special” - Crissy Rock***

Crissy humbly states that she does not see herself as a celebrity, just a person who ‘has an unusual job’. “All my friends aren’t celebs and we go to the bingo and everything,” she says.

“It doesn’t matter what I look like or where I am, if anyone ever stops me I always stop and talk to them,” she continues, “Also because of where I was brought up everyone was friendly and I don’t look at myself as a celeb, I’m just one of them.”

It took Crissy’s husband ‘quite a while’ to get used to people stopping them in the streets, even whilst they were away on holiday. But Crissy continues to live her life ‘normally’, including still nipping to the shop in her slippers to get some milk.

She says people who think they have to look a certain way just to pop out ‘need to get a grip’. “You’re a normal person just with a different job. It’s nothing special,” she says.

“You admire people who are pilots and doctors and surgeons. They’re proper jobs, we just get paid for doing things we love doing,” she states.


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### memmo


**What has been your favourite memmo request so far?**

I couldn't particularly pick one out. There was one that said ‘Say something funny and be as rude as you want’, and she was turning 50. So I said ‘Welcome to the four Fs in life; fat, fed up and f***ing fifty! It's all downhill now love.’

**Who would your ‘guilty pleasure’ memmo be from? And what would it say?**

That’s hard - but I think it’d be from Whoopi Goldberg because she's my favourite actress. “Keep going, keep at it and enjoy the ride”.

I’ve never done this for fortune or fame. I’ve done it because I've been so privileged to have been given the chance to do a job that I never thought I'd do. I used to feel guilty as well, because a lot of the actors have been to RADA or trained somewhere, and I'd be going: ‘Oh my God, I’m working with Billie Whitelaw! Oh my God I’m in a lift with Samuel L. Jackson!’ But I have to keep myself back to not go ’Oh my God!’ Because I’m in awe of them!

> ### ***"I'm looking forward to Christmas and all those memmos!" - Crissy Rock***

I remember asking someone dead famous for an autograph and they went ‘I don’t do autographs.’ So I said ‘It’s alright, I don’t have a pen anyway.’ And I won an award in Berlin which was the Silver Bear, and the person who was presenting me with the award was that fella I’d asked for an autograph. He went ‘Oh my God, I didn’t know who you were.’ So I said ‘That's alright, what did you say your name was again?’ He laughed and said ‘Do you still want an autograph?’ So I replied ‘No, I still haven’t got a pen’.

**When do you find the time to film all your memmo requests?**

I just see that I've got 2 requests so quickly wet my hair back and film them. I like to do them! I got a review saying ‘Oh I didn’t realise the response was gonna be so quick.’ But i really enjoy them. I'm not a vain person, I'm just the same as the average Joe Bloggs, I'm nobody special. 

**How does it feel to be able to interact with fans in such a personal way?**

I think it's lovely. I really, really think it's lovely. And I feel quite privileged that there are people out there wanting a message off me. And I'm looking forward to Christmas and all those memmos! 

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#### As the conversation draws to a close, Crissy has one more thing to add: “I’d just like to say thank you to everybody who’s considered asking me to send them a message, and have a safe and happy Christmas. And to all of those people who are stuck in lockdown - stay safe and there’s always somebody there for you at the end of the line.”


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*Crissy Rock is available on [**memmo**](https://memmo.me/gb/en/profile/crissy-rock) for personalised video messages - perfect for any occasion.*

Crissy Rock: 'What you see is what you get'


### Last week marked a memmo.me milestone as we celebrated our first birthday!


A lot has happened in memmo.me’s first year, including launching in 5+ markets, bringing on thousands of talents, and connecting those celebrities with their biggest fans to deliver over 50,000 moments of joy.

memmo.me continues to break records and pass landmarks, one highlight being that the week before last’s sales exceeded those of our first five months combined.

Gustav Lundberg Toresson, CEO and co-founder of memmo.me, says: 
> “I’m amazed by how a team effort in learning and adapting product-market fit can pay off.”


To find a new inflection point, Gustav highlights the five things we did:


1. Hyper focus on analyzing 8,000 unique customer insights
2. Invested in modular product foundation
3. Overhauled profile acquisition process
4. Implemented planned market adaptations
5. Quantified how to find the inflection point in a market


To visualize the impact of applying these learnings and the exponential increase we have seen in revenue, see the chart below that shows memmo.me’s last three months of data:

![](https://media-exp1.licdn.com/dms/image/C4E22AQGvKFF_h5ooMg/feedshare-shrink_2048_1536-alternative/0/1607945417233?e=1611187200&v=beta&t=A5r8VP1LhS1xGweSStv2O4qq6Vg2K52O55eSn5sYm5o)

memmo.me will continue to learn, grow, apply and adapt as a business, and looks forward to another year filled with even more milestones. Most importantly, we are excited to create many more moments of joy for both our talents and their fans.


How memmo.me has increased growth exponentially


### ‘Big Joe’ Egan, former professional boxer and champion, sparring partner to the great Mike Tyson, and now an actor working alongside Academy Award winners, talks to Annabelle Leith. Full of fun anecdotes and opinions, Joe discusses revisiting old passions, looking after mother nature, and the power of making memmos.

Gushing about how ‘absolutely fantastic’ memmo is, Joe recalls the reaction of 16-year-old Levi when he received a video arranged by Joe last year with almost 40 celebrities wishing him a happy birthday. “He was like the hero of the town,” Joe says, explaining how Levi is from a small village in Scotland, and after sharing the video on Facebook it spread around like wildfire.

“He was so thankful,” he says, “So it does mean so much to people when they get a personal message from somebody they really like. I’ve had a few over the years from different people just wishing you well and stuff and it's a lovely start to the day. It's a great thing that you are doing at memmo.”


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### **Life in lockdown**



Taking it as a blessing to be able to reconnect with nature and the beauty of the area surrounding his home, Joe spent a lot of his lockdown time walking. “I’ve been living where I am for 12 years now and I’ve never really appreciated the area because I’ve been here, there and everywhere, all over the world,” he says.

He ‘made the most of it’, being able to take a walk in the fresh air and nature, ‘there’s nothing like it’. Whilst Joe was boxing he would regularly go for a run, or he would take his dogs for a walk, but for the past 15 years this hobby became all too vacant, that is until lockdown began and Joe found himself ‘with nothing else to do but walk’.

“When I started walking again I realised what I’d been missing. You’re taking in the beauty of nature which a lot of people just take for granted. I disconnected myself from nature, travelling to cities all over the world in trains, planes and automobiles. Since that’s stopped you now realise how beautiful this planet actually is,” Joe says.

> ### ***"Music soothes the savage beast" - Joe Egan***

Although it’s taken ‘something like this’, Joe believes that people will start appreciating what they’ve got around them. He says: “This is a beautiful planet we live on and we need to take care of it.”

“Now when I look up into the sky and there's less airplanes, the sky's a different colour, it's glowing again. We have given the world a breather. Of course people are dying from covid because they can’t breathe, and that is so very sad and tragic, but the world hasn’t been able to breathe for years.”

Not only that, but he continues that this global pandemic has ‘made people appreciate one another so much more’, realising just how important it is to make time for your loved ones. Things once taken for granted he now sees the gravity of - a hug, a handshake, an embrace.

[memmos]

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### **All about Joe**



Labelling himself as an ‘open book’, Joe divulges into his hobbies; chess, movies and opera music. “Music soothes the savage beast,” he laughs, reminiscing on going to see a few operas live. His favourite hobby though is ‘switching off’ to a good film, something he tries to do every single day: “I love watching films and now I’m actually acting in films, which is wonderful.”

“It’s like an escapism,” he continues, “My mobile phone is switched off, I have two hours to sit and watch a movie in a world of my own. It doesn’t matter what you do in life, you always need to have some form of escapism to break up your days.”

> ### ***"If you’re gonna get battered you might as well get battered by one of the greats" - Joe Egan***

Now working alongside Academy Award winnings actors, Joe is ‘simply amazed’ being on set and having dialogue with people he’s watched for years and ‘admires so much’.

Joe fondly recalls his first meeting with Stephen Fry, who after shaking Joe’s hand said: “You’re not just meeting me Joe, you’re working alongside me.” He remembers it being a ‘lovely feel-good moment’, realising how he has entered ‘a whole new chapter’ of his life.

“When I was boxing in Ireland years ago I did a few adverts on television, and I was a big fish in a small pond, but never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be working alongside Academy Award winners and having dialogue with them.”

To play the ‘tough guy’ on screen is something that comes naturally to Joe, being as he has lived that role throughout his own life as a professional boxer and bodyguard. Of course, Mike Tyson labelled him the ‘toughest white man on the planet’ for good reason. Knowing the dangers of that career choice, Joe says his mum ‘never wanted’ him to box, and that he’s ‘been battered quite a few times over the years’.

“But if you’re gonna get battered you might as well get battered by one of the greats,” he laughs. “I boxed to make my dad proud, but now acting in these movies is what makes my mum proud. She loves all the films, even bits when I get beaten up because she knows it’s not real.”

Not only has ‘Big Joe’ broken into the film industry, but he’s also starred in several Bollywood movies alongside some of India’s biggest names. “I absolutely loved being in India, the people there are the loveliest in the world,” he says.


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### **Making memmos**


Speaking of the memmo requests Joe’s received so far, he struggles to choose a favourite as he’s ‘enjoyed them all’. He says: “Just to think that what I say means something to somebody is lovely. It’s a very humbling feeling. It’s nice to be able to bring a smile to someone’s face. When people ask for my autograph I always sign it with ‘Happiness, Joe Egan’ because I truly wish everybody happiness.”

> ### ***"Hard times make for hard people" - Joe Egan***

“You can have all the money, success and wealth in the world, but if you're not happy, what good is it? Being happy is what life’s all about. I’ve seen people with very little smiling and having a laugh, and I’ve seen people with an awful lot, not able to smile and laugh for whatever reason.”

Joe recalls a time with Mike Tyson when somebody said: “Joe, I remember when you had nothing,” to which Joe responded “You don’t remember it as well as I remember it.” Mike Tyson labelled his response ‘cold’, but Joe argued his truth: “I've been there and had hard times, but hard times make for hard people. Most boxers come from humble beginnings, and I've had very humble beginnings which has led me to appreciate everything that i have now.”

Every day Joe thinks ‘life can’t get any better’, then ‘even more wonderful things’ continue to happen. “Like with memmo now,” he says, “this is a whole new experience. It’s wonderful. Thank you to you, I wish memmo all the success in the world.”

As the conversation draws to a close, Joe reveals who his ‘dream memmo’ would be: Sir Anthony Hopkins. “I love him and think he’s amazing. I don’t think he gets enough recognition and praise for being one of the world’s greatest actors,” he exclaims.

“I’d just want him to say ‘Hello Joe, I hope one day I’ll get to work alongside you.’ That would be unreal.”

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*Joe Egan is available on [**memmo**](https://memmo.me/p/joe-egan?c=app) for personalised video messages - perfect for any occasion.*

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### The Professional Footballers’ Association is announcing a formal partnership with memmo, the Swedish platform connecting fans and businesses with public figures, celebrities, and influencers via personalised video greetings, to encourage its network of members to digitally connect with their fans.


memmo, which launched in the U.K. in November 2020, is a platform designed to revolutionise fan experiences by allowing customers to purchase personalised videos from celebrities and public figures. Messages for friends, colleagues, family members, and loved ones include birthday greetings, wedding speeches, well‐wishes, Christmas cards or shoutouts.

The memmo platform currently hosts iconic players such as **Neil ‘Razor’ Ruddock, Bruce Grobbelaar, Paul Merson, Matt Le Tissier, Roy Evans, Emile Heskey**, and **Sven-Göran Eriksson**, with some of the talent receiving almost 100 orders per week. Since launching in the U.K., memmo has received more than 2,500 orders of videos from current and former athletes.

This surge in demand has been partly in response to 2020’s global restrictions, which have limited human interaction and in-person activities like sporting events and live entertainment. Other major categories on the memmo platform that have seen a spike in demand include actors, influencers, musicians, comedians, reality television stars and much more.

**Bobby Barnes, PFA Deputy Chief Executive**, says: “We are happy to be working with memmo, a platform that can provide fans with the opportunity to get their footballing hero to send a message to a family member or friend."

**Rob Petts, memmo’s UK MD**, comments: “Over the last few months, we have seen huge demand for video messages from footballers. Fans of the game often feel like they know their players, given they watch them toil every single week. Now with our technology, members of the public can hear from their heroes directly. This partnership with the PFA connects fans to players in a way that’s never been done before, and is a big step in the direction of making impossible fan experiences possible to anyone, anywhere."

[memmos]

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To book a personalised video message from one of your football heroes, go to [www.memmo.me](https://memmo.me/gb/en/profiles/uk-football-list).

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