2:04 pm, January 15, 2026
Noughties pop stars The Cheeky Girls are now working as sales staff at franchised Audi dealerships.
Car Dealer reported back in 2021 that the twin sisters were working at Minstergate Hyundai in York but the pair now appear to have moved on.
The duo – comprising Romanian sisters Gabriela and Monica Irimia – recently told Closer Magazine that they are now ‘toiling away’ in the sales departments of unnamed Audi sites.
In an exclusive interview with the magazine, the pair admitted to ‘temporarily hanging up their hotpants’ with much of their time now taken up by the motor trade.
‘Having two so radically different jobs is amazing,’ they said in reference to trying balance music and selling cars. ‘It’s like having two identities and we love that.’
The pair, whose hits include Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum), Have a Cheeky Christmas and Hooray Hooray (It’s a Cheeky Holiday) began working in the automotive industry during Covid and have previously expressed an interest in opening their own dealership.
Speaking back in 2021, Monica, who now goes by her married name of Monica Taylor, said: ‘Me and Gaby need a solid business for our future and cars will always be good business.
‘Being an entertainer is fantastic, but like it was with Covid, if you don’t have a solid job or business how do you survive?
‘Gigs all disappeared for two years during Covid but we didn’t stop making money.
‘Sometimes we only sleep two-three hours to do the gigs and get to work, but it’s worth it.’
Gabriela, who was briefly engaged to Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Öpik previously stated that she wanted to ‘learn the ropes’ of car sales before running her own business.
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