On August 24, 2025, You Magazine examines Keeley Hazell’s journey as she transitioned from being a Page 3 girl to becoming an actress and writer for Ted Lasso.
I’ve seen a few generations of actors try to outrun their past, and most of them trip over the history they’re so desperate to forget. It’s usually messy, often dishonest. But sometimes—and this is rare—someone manages to flip the narrative, taking those old headlines and stitching them into something altogether new. Keeley Hazell, for all the tabloid coverage she attracted in the mid-2000s, has done just that.
She’s a fascinating case study in Hollywood’s current obsession with redemption narratives, yet she seems to be authoring her own script. The focus isn’t just on her acting roles, but her emerging identity as a bona fide writer. This is solidified with her new essay collection, Everyone’s Seen My Tits: Stories and Reflections from an Unlikely Feminist, which was published in August 2025. The UK’s You Magazine recently ran a cover story on August 24, 2025, featuring an exclusive book extract, “The night Joe Cole slept in my childhood bed,” which, naturally, puts a punchy personal spin on her climb.
The entire spread feels like a carefully calibrated transition. Hazell is photographed looking comfortable—a shift from the high-gloss, stylized photoshoot aesthetic she was famous for with FHM and Nuts. She appears on the cover holding two puppies, wearing what looks like a sophisticated, deep-cut gray bodysuit with a chunky gold chain necklace, projecting an image of approachable domesticity mixed with low-key glamour. It’s an effective visual: the soft texture of the knitted garment against the simple gold jewelry suggests maturity, while the puppies ground the magazine cover in a kind of gentle, relatable charm.
The most compelling part of this story isn’t the glamour, though; it’s the quiet industry savvy. Hazell’s history as a Page 3 girl—a phrase that carries a specific, loaded cultural weight in the UK—is confronted head-on, both in the title of her book and the structure of the You Magazine profile.
This positioning isn’t accidental. It’s a strategic choice, one that allows her to leverage her past notoriety while framing it through a modern, intellectual lens—the writer who lived through the exploitation and is now providing the definitive insider’s account. This move resonates perfectly with the current Hollywood market, which rewards personal narrative and self-awareness.
What truly secures her new status, however, is the scripted work. Hazell is a staff writer on Apple’s celebrated series, Ted Lasso (which makes sense, given her long-time connection to Jason Sudeikis, who co-created and stars in the show). More importantly, she penned the third season episode titled “We’ll Never Have Paris”. Having a major television writing credit is the industry-insider equivalent of a PhD in cultural credibility. It proves she can operate behind the camera, not just in front of it.
For an actress who once stated she felt like a “commodity” in the early days, this new role as a staff writer is the ultimate form of creative control. She’s transitioned from being the subject of the male gaze to literally controlling the pen and dictating the story. And she does it with an encyclopedic knowledge of cinema, having already spent two decades in the business.
