After that Christine McGuinness and Chelcee Grimes kiss, we ask would you snog your best friend?
CHRISTINE MCGUINNESS and ex-footballer Chelcee Grimes are the latest celebrity women to lock lips – but would you ever give it a go?
Their embrace at London’s Winter Wonderland last week was described by onlookers as a “sweet moment” and “cute”.
The pair are said to have become “inseparable” after meeting on ITV’s The Games in January and they have enjoyed three fun-filled holidays in recent months.
Chelcee, 30, has been supporting Christine, 34, following her split from Top Gear presenter hubby Paddy in July.
A study in the US found that up to 45 per cent of heterosexual women had kissed another female, concluding “women, due to their friendlier nature, are often more openly affectionate with others of the same sex”.
Here, Alley Einstein and Sarah Arnold ask three women to share their views and experiences with The Sun on Sunday.
‘Yes – I like the shock value and feeling naughty’
ADMIN worker Claire Brooks has kissed a girl – and she liked it.
The 43-year-old believes snogging female friends on raucous nights out is simply “girls being girls” and she isn’t bothered by what people think.
The mum of two, from Bramley, West Yorks, said: “I often pucker up and give one of my gal pals a passionate kiss if we are drunk or out dancing.
“When I saw Madonna and Britney famously snogging on stage at an awards ceremony, I realised it’s totally cool.
“There is a huge shock value in doing it.”
Claire, who is happily married to delivery driver Matt, 45, first kissed a friend in December 2017 for a dare during a boozy Christmas bash.
She says Matt and their kids Jay, 14, and Summer, ten, were shocked at first but are now used to her behaviour.
She added: “I liked the shock value and being a bit naughty.
“My husband and kids were initially shocked and told me to grow up.
“Now they are used to it and they roll their eyes.”
Claire reckons that nowadays, with TikTok trends and pop culture, kissing a friend has become more accepted.
She said: “I think it’s good that women can snog each other. It doesn’t make your behaviour inappropriate, it’s just girls being girls and it should be celebrated.
“On a celebrity level, you are almost not considered ‘in’ and accepted if you are a woman and haven’t snogged a girl on a night out.
“I think Christine and Chelcee are having fun, and why not?
“But for me it shows how relaxed and fun I am with my mates.
“I imagine it is just the same for them. For me, girl snogging is a right of passage.
“If it makes people cringe, or shocks them, I don’t care. Who I snog for fun or a dare is my business.
“My husband still doesn’t approve but we like to disagree.”
‘Never again – Regretted drunken dare next morning’
SINGLE Sarah Burton’s first kiss with a female friend was also her last.
The website content writer, from Putney, West London, regrets snogging a pal for a dare while abroad in Lanzarote on a pre-pandemic girls’ getaway in 2019 – and it ruined the rest of the break.
Sarah, 40, said: “We’d been sunbathing all day and by midnight we were all rather drunk and we started playing truth or dare.
“I lost and the dare was to snog one of my best mates.
“I never back down, so I kissed her.”
Tipsy on sangria and too much sun, the five pals laughed about it.
But Claire was already regretting the snog.
She said: “But I do remember, even straight after the kiss, the holiday alcohol haze didn’t stop me going red with blushes.
“The next morning I woke up feeling hungover and full of regret.
“It was so awkward for me and it was hard talking about it and I realised girl snogging wasn’t for me.”
Claire said the experience has made her rethink the way she behaves to avoid further regret.
She said: “I won’t be doing it again. A number of men I have dated claim it’s hot, but when you tell them you have snogged a girl they get very jealous.”
She said it is all about personal choice, adding: “I don’t mind other women doing it but it’s really not for me.
“I don’t judge Christine for kissing her friend.
“I think it’s odd she’s doing it after a break-up and wonder if it’s her trying to make a point.
“I do think a lot of girls will copy her and plaster it on their Instagram.
“They may regret that or genuinely feel awkward about it and worry about being labelled uncool.
“I learnt the hard way and don’t ever want to feel so awkward at a holiday breakfast table ever again.
“I’m saving my kisses for boys.”
‘No – It would feel like I was cheating on my fiance’
MUM Chloe Godland, 29, will never kiss a friend and thinks some people who do it are attention seeking.
Engaged Chloe, from Melton Mowbray, Leics, revealed that seeing the best mates kiss just months after Christine split from husband Paddy “set off alarm bells”.
She said: “It felt like she was trying to get his attention, or declaring that she also fancies women.
“Christine is in the public eye and many women copy everything she does.
“I think she’s deliberately courting controversy and press coverage.”
Chloe, who is engaged to Jack, 38, a fitness coach, and mum to ten-month-old Clemmie, reckons her fiancé would not be pleased if she kissed another woman.
She said: “My man would think I have lost my mind if I started snogging another woman while engaged to him.”
She said social media can lead some to regret drunken kisses with pals.
She added: “I think so many women are influenced by celebrities and so desperate for the label of ‘cool woke’, they will do anything to prove it.
“Snog who you want but don’t do it to prove your street credibility.”
Chloe would also worry about being judged.
She said: “I know if I snogged a female friend I’d feel like I had cheated on my fiancé. I know people would judge me.”
Chloe has seen friendships end due to girl-on-girl kisses.
She explained: “A couple of my friends have snogged each other on drunk nights out and it ruined the relationship.
“I will stick to kissing my fella and won’t be drawn into girl snogging.”