Scummy Mummies are a British-Australian comedy double act composed of Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn. The pair host a parenting podcast and live comedy show.Miranda Sawyer, "‘They cheered on Everest when we revealed our catsuits’: the Scummy Mummies on 10 years of podcasting", The Guardian, 30 July 2023Stuart Heritage, "From sperm tales to Scummy Mummies: why is everyone so obsessed with parenting podcasts?" The Guardian, 5 December 2019
Formation
Ellie Gibson, who is the daughter of Jim Barclay, was a video games journalist before starting to perform stand-up comedy in 2013. Around this time, Helen Thorn, an Australian, returned to stand-up after a break of several years.
They hosted a podcast, and did stand-up comedy. References