THEGAYUK APRIL/MAY ISSUE 3
2014
INTERVIEW
How does it feel to be
back?
It’s very surreal, I’m
absolutely enjoying it this
time round, it’s crazy, it’s
very very surreal. Obviously
I’ve had a bit of a rollercoaster journey on the show,
but I’m just blown over,
surprisingly by the public
support that I’ve had.
Especially as things are
edited in a certain way, and
you can be put up in a certain
light.
It’s a TV show, that’s what
you sign up for. It’s kind of a
bit of a soap opera. I did
what I did – they can’t put in
what didn’t happen. So it’s
been crazy watching it back.
What’s it like watching
yourself on TV after all
this time?
Sometimes it fine, sometimes
I’m hiding behind the sofa.
Sometimes I don’t watch it
because I know what’s
coming up.
Did you know that the
producers of the show,
would heavily feature on
the drinking episode,
ensuing drama and
aftermath?
You know what, I knew
exactly what I was getting
myself into and I think part
of me, I would say, did it on
purpose; but the selfsabotage comes out. I think
at the back of my mind I
think I knew it was going to
happen, so I thought ‘lets get
it over and done with’. It’s
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been harsh to watch. But I
think a part of me did it on
purpose. Part of me made
myself do that. It’s one thing
to do it in front of friends
and family, but it’s another
to do it on national TV – you
get a much more harsh
reality check.
So what happened when
Adam Rickitt tried to
reach out to you – and
you had your fabulous,
“They’re fucking lucky
to have me” dramz?
Well I was just coming
back from the pub at 10
o’clock to find a camera
crew and Adam Rickitt
outside my hotel room
waiting for my arrival. I
was pissed off. I was like:
‘Come in, come in… What
do you want?’
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...you can’t not
love Andi Peters.
He’s so nostalgic.
It know exactly
what he’s doing.
Did you know at the
time where it was
going ? Did it feel like
being a lamb led to the
slaughter…
Yes, that’s why I just
thought lets rack it up.
Let’s give ‘em a good
ending here. Toys out of
pram, magazine thrown to
the floor… Cut.
We love that you’ve
managed to make it
the Kavana show!
*Laughs*
Is drinking a problem for
you?
What they didn’t show on
that particular day is that I
had received some pretty bad
news, my mum is poorly with
Sometimes I
think it’s funny,
sometimes I
want to punch
him in the face!
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