A "What's on TV" writer called Alicia "a brazen, spiteful, mouthy barmaid". He settles on Alyssa; a mouthy, rebellious 17-year-old classmate with issues of her own. In her autobiography, "Mouthy", McKenna explained that as a child, she was bullied at school. The ringleader was always rubber-faced, mouthy Harry, with Jimmy and Al enthusiastically following his lead. She is not very funny or mouthy or a thief. Twitch, despite being less muscular, is just as mouthy and is pretty much the same. This accompanies her makeup range, Mouthy Cosmetics. Manohla Dargis of "The New York Times" said that Sue is "mouthy" and "friendly". On 26 July 2018, McKenna released her debut autobiographical book, "Mouthy", published by John Blake. In August 2018, she released her debut clothing range, Studio Mouthy.