{"id":2419392,"date":"2026-05-16T11:13:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T11:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2419392"},"modified":"2026-05-16T11:13:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T11:13:28","slug":"james-haskell-stunned-as-he-realises-hes-on-a-date-with-rarely-seen-supernanny-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/james-haskell-stunned-as-he-realises-hes-on-a-date-with-rarely-seen-supernanny-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"James Haskell stunned as he realises he’s on a date with rarely seen Supernanny legend"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nearly 21 years later, a legend of reality TV has made a surprising return to the screen for a date with James Haskell.<\/p>\n

The former England rugby<\/a> star was stunned when he found out who he\u2019d been set up with on Celebs Go Dating last night (15 May).<\/p>\n

And to be honest, so were us viewers. I mean, who had it on their bingo card for 2026 that we\u2019d finally see Supernanny legend Meghann Cooke back on telly<\/a> and in this context?<\/p>\n

Yep, I\u2019m talking about the once nine-year-old known for lashing out at Jo Frost<\/a>, screaming at her parents and of course (in a clip that still goes viral<\/a> today) explaining how to articulate \u2018unacceptable\u2019.<\/p>\n

During her date with James, Meghann admitted she\u2019d experienced a difficult childhood before casually making the grand reveal that she\u2019d appeared on Supernanny.<\/p>\n

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It’s not exactly a crossover we were expecting. (Channel 4)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Cooke family appeared on the reality series back in 2005, as the girl would hit her younger sisters and use mum Denise as a punching bag.<\/p>\n

Her family have previously spoken out on how the show made Meghann look extremely naughty. And she told James on the date that it\u2019s quite a \u2018well-known episode\u2019 as he asked: \u201cHow bad were you?\u201d<\/p>\n

While he might not have recognised Meghann, viewers quickly did as she\u2019s certainly right about that \u2013 it\u2019s perhaps one of the most famous Supernanny episodes of all time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI bit her [Frost], I called her a b**ch,\u201d she told her date.<\/p>\n

Somewhat stunned, James digged in: \u201cSo you were an ill disciplined little nightmare?\u201d<\/p>\n

And Meghann responded: \u201cNo. Well, I think I was just challenging.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It’s been 21 years since the ‘unacceptable’ diva hit our screens. (Channel 4)<\/p><\/div>\n

The pair laughed as the rugby legend repeated \u2018challenging\u2019 as he told the cameras: \u201cI mean, I\u2019m a bit surprised about Meghann\u2019s Supernanny revelation.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut let\u2019s be honest with you, you can\u2019t judge people on what happened in the past. Because if you did, I wouldn\u2019t be allowed to leave the house.\u201d<\/p>\n

James asked Meghann if she\u2019s a \u2018good girl now\u2019 as she said she\u2019s \u2018mellowed out\u2019.<\/p>\n

After all that, the date seemed to go pretty well, as they shared a kiss at the end of the episode.<\/p>\n

And Meghann said: \u201cHe is really genuinely lovely and it was really easy to have a conversation.”<\/p>\n

Fans on social media were amazed by the crossover, with the likes of Katherine Ryan calling it \u201910\/10 casting\u2019 as others couldn\u2019t help but share their favourite quotes from the Supernanny star.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s my show I\u2019ll do what I like,\u201d as another reminisced: \u201c’I didn’t pinch her. I HIT HER.\u2019 I literally quote this on the daily.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Jo Frost even commented to say Meghann was a \u2018a beautiful child who could be challenging in her own right to her parents, as she was very smart\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is lovely to see Meghann a grown woman,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.ladbible.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nearly 21 years later, a legend of reality TV has made a surprising return to the screen for a date with James Haskell. The former England rugby star was stunned when he found out who he\u2019d been set up with on Celebs Go Dating last night (15 May). And to be honest, so were us […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2419393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[22367,304629,383891,28442],"class_list":["post-2419392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-celebrity","tag-channel-4","tag-rugby","tag-tv-and-film"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/James-Haskell-stunned-as-he-realises-hes-on-a-date.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2419392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2419394,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419392\/revisions\/2419394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2419393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2419392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2419392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2419392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}