I unlike many others, Ingrid Vik Lysne (31) has not had a big dream of “Farmen celebrity”. She was very surprised when she herself received a request to join.
– I thought that I couldn’t let that chance pass me by when so many around me dream about it, and I knew that it would be an experience anyway. After all, it is one of Norway’s most famous programs, and I thought that it might not be so stupid to pay a little more attention to what I do either.
– Did you prepare before you went to the farm?
Ingrid starts to laugh.
– I quickly realized that many had practiced beforehand. Many had practiced ax throwing and spent time on milk pail holding and the like. But I’m a person who plunges into things, I just get nervous if I have to prepare so much.
Viewers rage against this
Drama
As is tradition, there has been a bit of drama and conflict on the farm. Among other things, Ingrid has chosen to speak out about inappropriate behavior from others.
– We girls were a bit annoyed, as we often felt that we were underestimated. There were a lot of woman/man issues, and there were a lot of little things that built up over time – not everything is shown on TV. But I feel that what has been shown is quite correctly presented, and for me it felt right to speak up, says Ingrid, and adds.
– There were some conflicts in there, which is not strange when you live so close to each other. But I found that we got to talk about it – there wasn’t much backbiting. The drama that is shown on TV makes up perhaps three percent of everything that happened in there. It was mostly harmonious.
Complained in “secret” Facebook group
Ingrid was very prepared to get reactions.
– When you’re a feminist who sticks your nose out and speaks out about things that aren’t bad, you have to be prepared to get shit. I know that “The Farm” engages, so I have stayed far away from Jodel and comment fields. I have received some direct harassment, but I manage to block it out and move on. It doesn’t go that deep, she says.
– You are different
– How is the atmosphere between the participants today?
– The atmosphere is good today. You end up in that bubble, where it’s so important that everyone is friends, and you think that everyone should hang out together when you get out. But it won’t be like that – you find out that you are quite different.
GOOD FRIENDS: Ingrid and Sofie, who at this point are the only women left on the Farmen farm, became good friends. Photo: Anton Soggiu/Strix Television/TV 2
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Ingrid still has good contact with some of the participants.
– Marit and I have called each other a lot in recent days and debriefed what we have seen on TV. And then I’ve seen a lot of Malin, and a bit of Sofie. That is very nice.
Stopped episode after noise: – Deeply shocked
Homesickness
Ingrid says that she mostly managed to keep homesickness at bay, as there was so much to do all the time, but when a free moment came the tears came.
– I especially remember when we were going to duel. These recordings had to be filmed several times, from different angles, and then we walked across the yard several times. I remember pacing back and forth sipping because I missed my boyfriend and my dog so much.
The best memories Ingrid has of the “Farmen kjendis” farm are when the weather was nice, and the gang gathered on the pier and in the bathroom. She says that the small breaks from the hard work were worth their weight in gold.
– It was a real idyll. I also had many nice conversations with Sofie in the farmer’s loft. But I really enjoy working, so I had a lot of fun with that too.
– Mum was very upset
Something that came as a surprise to Ingrid was the boredom with things. The TV viewers get to see a few seconds of what they are working on, but it lasted for hours every day.
– I thought it was cool to carry a little stone, but when you do it for four days straight, the body is completely exhausted. I thought several times that I couldn’t take it anymore and just wanted to go home. But then a new day comes, and you just have to face it.
Extreme amounts of potato
Most of the time, you hear that the “Celebrity Farm” participants are so hungry all the time, but this year there has been little fuss about too little food.
Ingrid says that the celebrity version of “The Farm” is not as hard as the original, as they have unlimited access to potatoes and barley groats, in addition to a kitchen garden that started to sprout over time.
Explains this: – Leit
– We have also been blessed with Trond Moi who cooked for us from day one, which was absolutely fantastic. We peeled potatoes all the time, and were able to meet our daily needs by eating an extremely large amount of potatoes.
A LOT OF POTATOES: Ingrid says that they ate extreme amounts of potatoes inside the farm. Photo: Anton Soggiu/Strix Television/TV 2
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Took a week to adjust
When Ingrid came out of “The Celebrity Farm”, she had problems remembering what she used to eat before “The Celebrity Farm”.
– The first few days I remember boiling potatoes for lunch. Not because it was nostalgic, but because I couldn’t think of anything else. It was like potato and some salad mixed together. It was very strange, she says and laughs, before going on to another episode:
– I was on a trip with a colleague in St. Hanshaugparken, and I had forgotten to pee before I left. I have never done this before or since, but then and there I thought that you pee where you are, so I sat down in a bush in the park there. Then it hit me that it wasn’t quite right.
Life in 1923 stuck with Ingrid for a week before she managed to readjust to 2023 again. But all the hard work had left its mark on the body.
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– I’ve been to the chiropractor a lot in the time since – my back was properly treated. But I was very strong when I got home. My boyfriend was totally amazed at how muscular I had become – especially my back. Decent body of work. I thought about maintaining it, but it hasn’t happened, she says with a laugh.
This case was first published on KK.no
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