I had my first relationship
with a man.
You were having a
heart to heart with one
of the girls from Girl
Thing and you said,
you didn’t want
people to judge you
because they haven’t
walked in your shoes.
What moment would
you want people to
walk in?
Wow. I wouldn’t want
anyone to go through a
bad time on my part, but
you can have two
instances: One is signing a
£500,000 deal, buying a
house for my parents,
feeling absolutely elated. 6 –
7 years later having to
borrow 50p to put in the
phone box to call the
mortgage company to say
that you’re going to agree to
them to repossess your
house- and you have to tell
your mum and dad that they
can no longer live in the
house and be just absolutely
pot less. I remember
walking around in a circle in
Leicester Square thinking:
I’ve got to tell my Mum and
Dad, who are now in their
60s that they’ve got
nowhere to live. From one
extreme to the other.
How did you deal with
that extreme?
It was the worst time. It
was horrendous. The worst
stress ever. And that was
the trigger for when I went…
You know… Off the rails.
How did you get back on
track?
I think it’s a working
progress. I’m not perfect –
absolutely not, but keeping
going, putting one foot in
front of the other. My
father’s passed away, but
I’m lucky to have his
mindset. It was very
much the glass is half full.
I always had faith it would
turn around. I just kept
knocking on doors. Keep
trying and keep trying…
If you were going to
write an autobiography
what would you call it?
I don’t think I’m famous
enough to write an
autobiography, but I have
started writing a book,
and the working title at
the moment is called:
Smashed Hits:
Misadventures in Pop.
I’m on chapter three at
the minute. It’s more
memoirs. The first
chapter I wrote is called
Donatella Nobody… It
involved me at Donatella
Versaces house in the late
90s in Milan at a party.
She was talking to me and
an incident took place.
She came close to me and
whispered in me ear:
‘Don-ta-Tell-a Nobody…’
*Laughs*
I remember that party very
well, jumping on the bed
with Naomi Campbell and
Kate Moss…
What do you make of
Andi Peter’s
voiceovers?
Slightly annoying… but
you can’t not love Andi
Peter’s. He’s so nostalgic.
He knows exactly what
he’s doing.
Sometimes I think it’s
funny, sometimes I
want to punch him in
the face! ∎
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