WHICH OF YOU HAVE GIRLFRIENDS?
S: I haven't, but I'd like one.
B: Yes, I do - me and Kerry have been going out for a year. The record company
were iffy about it 'cos Rich'n'Billie got so much heat from the fans, but I
hated lying about so I'm glad that I can be honest now.
M: Not at the moment, but I date as much as possible, I just don't have time to
build up a serious relationship. I've seen a few different girls over the
last few months, it's good to test out different types of people while I'm
young!
K: I wish - I'm getting bored! I was seeing a girl about a month and a half ago,
we went out on like three or four dates and that was it. ItJust doesn't work.
I was seeing a girl about two months before christmas last year she was like,
´I don't like this, I've seen you twice in this last month and a half.´ It's
not fair on either of us. I always had a girlfriend growing up, then the band
took off and I haven't had a serious girlfriend since.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD A DATE?
K: About four and a half, five weeks ago.
S: Mine was a couple of months ago. We went for dinner and then met up with
Nicky and Georgina and went to a nightclub. I got a snog!
MARK IS IT TRUE YOU DATED A PAGE 3 STUNNA?
M: Yes, her name was Ebony and she's a gorgeous, lovely girl. I dated for a
month or two and had a really great time, but then all off a sudden we were
off to America for a few months. It would be upsetting to try to a
relationship last in that situation, so we called it a day.
NICKY, HOW LONG HAVE YOU AND GEORGINA BEEN GOING OUT?
N: (Thinks) Five years last month.
HOW DO YOU KEEP 'ER SWEET?
N: We keep in constant contact. We've got a mobile phone deal, so we get calls
free!
K: (Interrupting) He's always on the phone. I mean always. I'd say that he talks
to her on average ten times a day. At least. What is there to talk about?
Mars - The Planet Of War! Raaargh!
WHAT DO YOU ARGUE ABOUT?
K: The stupidest things in the world. ´That's my top.´ ´No, it's mine.´ Every
time we get clothes we end up fighting. It only happens when we're really
tired. We've been doing photoshoots from 9am this morning (it's now 9pm) and
we'll probably have a niggly little spat later on!
HAVE YOU EVER PUNCHED EACH OTHER?
M: Never. I think if that happened, it would be the end of the band. But we do
have big, big roaring matches. Picture Big Brother - that's what it's been
like for the past two and a half years .
N: We don't fight, but Shane and I had a heeuge argument in LA and then didn't
speak to each other for two days!
HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE WALKING OUT OF THE BAND?
M: Yes. A lot of times. You just realise that it's because of the pressure at
the time. Sometimes I'll think, ´I want a normal life again,´ then I'll have
a walk around and chill out, then feel better. Sometimes you just have to
flip. I'm very laid back, but if one of the lads gets on my nerves, I'll let
them know.
EVER BEEN IN A FIGHT?
S: No, I've never thrown a thump at anyone but I hit a guy by mistake once and
broke his nose! He swung around and my hand hit him - I didn't mean to do it!
B: Yes, a guy assaulted Kerry physically and wouldn't let go of her, so I
punched him.
K: God, yeah! I used to get picked on quite a lot when I was younger, but I was
always the type to kick them back so I'd still have my pride the next day.
The Moon - Planet-Type-Thing Of, Er, Getting Your Kit Off...
HAVE YOU ALL SEEN EACH OTHER NAKED?
M: We probably have, but nothing stands out (ooer!). We all get changed infront
of each other, but we don't totally strip off.
K: I don't think anyone's ever seen Mark naked, he's pretty private about stuff
like that. Nicky doesn't care at all - he'll drop his trousers anywhere!
WHO HAS THE BEST BODY IN WESTLIFE?
K: I don't know. I think we're all pretty average. Shane's got a good body and
Nicky's got a good build.
S: Not me! Kian has a good upper body, Bryan has great arms and I'd like to have
Nicky's waistline. Sometimes I wake up and think, ´Look at the state of me´,
other times I feel more comfortable. Do you work out?
K: Yeah. Very irregularly but I do. Maybe once every month.
S: I didn't for the last year, but I started again recently. Our security man
got me into the gym.
B: Nah, this (mimes lifting pint over and over) is me workout.
WHAT'S THE LARGEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN YOU NAKED AT ONCE?
K: (Laughs) Probably about four or five in the gym changing room. There's never
been a lot of nudity at the parties I go to, people don't suddenly decide to
rip all their clothes off. But I wouldn't mind if it happened every now and
then... (giggles).
N: I haven't seen it, but I've heard there's a nude picture of ´me´ on the
internet! Hopefully the model they've ACTUALLY used makes me look good!
B: One person at a time, thank you very much!
HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD IT TAKE FOR YOU TO POSE NUDE?
M: A lot. If it was like a porno thing, I don't know if I'd do it, but if it was
arty it would be easier.
N: A cool million, after tax. And a clause to say that me mam would never see
the pictures. If it's OK with Georgina of course.
B: Half a million, (thinks) but I'd think about it for £100,000.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON A NUDIST BEACH?
N: No, but when we were shooting IF I LET YOU GO video in America, we saw a few
girls topless. We tried to concentrate on that area on our breaks!
DO YOU PULL MOONIES ON THE TOUR BUS?
S: Yes, I have done a few times. Once you get with the lads you can't help it!
K: That's any lads on a bus, regardless of whether it's a tour bus or a football
team, everyone pulls moonies on a bus. If there's a group of guys on a bus
there's going to be moonies pulled and anyone that tells you any different is
lying.
Stars - Twinkle, Twinkle, Er, Mariah Carey?
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN REALLY STARSTRUCK?
N: I met Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, but that was before the
band at the opening of Planet Hollywood in Dublin.
B: Bryan Adams, that was amazing, but we missed Stevie Wonder by five minutes at
the Grammys -we had to catch a plane- and that's the one person I'd love to
have met.
M: Loads of times. The obvious one was Mariah Carey. I never thought I would
ever meet her in my life, so you can imagine how crazy it's been to duet with
her. The first time I met her I was shaking and totally stuck for words!
DID YOU HNAG OUT WITH HER?
N: Yeah, we had dinner with her. She came into the restaurant with about 90
million security guards in a long black dress, looking like a million dollars,
and we went on a boat trip the next day. I was surprised when she called us
egotistical, though. I hope she didn't mean it.
K: She's not this big superstar that everyone makes her out to be, this diva.
She's not like that at all.
WHAT DID YOU TALK TO HER ABOUT?
M: Just normal things-we were taking the mickey out of each others' accents.
WHICH STAR WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO SNOG?
N: Liz Hurley. What a woman. If she's reading this, (cheeky Irish wink) how'r
ye?
K: There are a lot of good-looking girls in the industry, hundreds. Rachel 7 is
nice, Hannah is nice, Billie Piper is nice, Mariah, Whitney Houston is
lovely, Britney, the girls in Steps, Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Aniston, Kylie,
Samantha Mumba. You'd be sick not to snog any of them. Most girls in bands
are good-looking birds that's why they are in bands. (Pause) And they can
sing, obviously...
WHICH STAR THAT YOU'VE MET HAS MOST DISAPPOINTED YOU?
N: Christina Aguilera. The first time, we went to her launch, we thought she was
an amazing singer. She just thinks she's such a star, and she's not. She's a
talented singer, but who is she to treat anybody like that? She's just a
person.
B: She's a real cow. For such a talented girl to be such a cow is sad.
K: I just think she's a real prat. She's just not a nice person. She doesn't
talk to anybody, she doesn't say hello, she doesn't mix-she is genuinely
stuck-up.
HAVE YOU MET THE BACKSTREET BOYS YET?
N: We were both recording in Sweden, and staying in the same hotel. I got in the
elevator and AJ was there saying, ´Yo, man, how's it going?´ And Nick
introduced himself in the restaurant and we had a drink.
K: AJ was really good to get on with, Nick and Howie are both ladies' men, Kevin
is chilled out, and Brian can be very quiet at times-a bit like Mark. They're
nice guys.
WHEN DID YOU REALISE YOU WERE FAMOUS?
N: I still don't. I thought it would happen after the first single. Then I began
to realise fame is just a word. I wake up in the morning, I still go to the
toilet. My poo still smells. Maybe Britney Spears' doesn't, but mine does...
The Sun - Warming Our Lives With Its Ridiculous Rumour Rays
WHAT'S THE SILLIEST WESTLIFE RUMOUR YOU'VE HEARD?
N: That we spend ten grand on watches, stuff like that.
B: That I was engaged to be married to my babysitter! And that I was going out
with Samantha Mumba. (Laughs) She's like my little sister.
K: Someone said that I was going out with Britney Spears, which I thought was
quite funny. Trust me, if it was true it would be more than just a little
rumour, it would be all over the place! And THE SUN said I said Mel C looked
like a dog-which I didn't say at all. We know where most it came from, just
one guy who has nothing to do with the band.
ARE YOU REALLY MILLIONAIRES?
S: (Mysteriously) I might be...
N: I wouldn't say so, though some of the lads would argue that we are. We're
potential millionaires, but everyone is.
B: (Looking up) Nicky, are WE millionaires?
M: I think people get too wound-up in the money side of things. It's not about
whether we are millionaires, it's about whether we are happy.
Uranus - Planet Of...
(Let's not even go there - Ed).