Lime Magazine, December 1999
thanks very much to Catherine Mammano for this article!!!
Lime: True or False:
You dated and dumped Lene from Aqua because she partied too much?
Bryan McFadden: (Protesting) No! I dated her for about a month and a half but I didn't dump her. It was a mutual agreement to split up. There was just too much on -- we're all over the world and we never get to see each other, so it was pointless, really.
You have the hots for Christina Aguilera and want to ask her out on a date?
(Surprised) Christina? Well, I do think she's gorgeous! I met her before at a club and I think she's really nice. (Shyly) I wouldn't have the guts to ask her out, though!
You're always losing your passport!
(Nodding) Yes! Always! The last time I lost it way when we were passing through Singapore airport on the way to Kuala Lumpur in July!
You once worked as security at Mc. Donald's and a bingo caller!
Yep! I used to work in Mc. Donald's as well as do security! I also called numbers at a bingo hall. No, there's absolutely nothing about those jobs that I miss!
Your favorite actor is Leonardo Di Caprio and your favorite actress is Jennifer Love Hewitt!
Yes,! Leonardo has great presence! I mean, I do like John Travolta as well, but Titanic just sold it for me - Leo was brilliant in that! And I love Jennifer Love Hewitt! I think she's a great actress -- she has a great personality on camera. And she's beautiful, too!
You attended the same drama school as Edel and Keavy B*Witched and Mikey Boyzone!
Yeah! I only finished about two years ago, before I jointed Westlife. I've been in drama school for 13 to 14 years, practically my whole life! I loved it! It wasn't really an acting school, we just got to sing and dance a lot Although, I did act in an Irish TV series when I was 16-the twins and Sinead from B*Witched were on it, too!
Is it true you and Kian are the biggest party animals in the group?
No! Not anymore. It's me and Mark now. Haha! Kian has quitted down quitted down a lot. But then, none of us go out anymore. I haven't Ben out to a proper nightclub for three weeks now, which is a long time for me! Previously, a typical Saturday night would start with a trip to the local pub, where we'll stay a couple of hours, then we'll go on to a nightclub! After that, we drop by a local chipper to get a kebab and chips, then we go bowling at a 24-hour bowling centre, all 20 of us! When we finished with that, we finally got home, at about five or six o'clock in the morning!
Phew! And what's this about Westlife sharing the same stylist as the Spice Girls?
Yes, that's true! His name is Kenny Ha and he's from Hong Kong. I think we are very well-styled but I wouldn't say we're the most stylish boyband around. We just try to dress as well as we can.
Ever feel like chucking out the Delce & Gabbana for some baggy cargoes, a loud Hawaiian shirt and a grugy goatee?
(Horrified) No! We were never really like that!
Okay, How about this: Westlife are all really grumpy in the mornings. Fact or fallacy?
(Brightly) I'm not! Me and Nicky are fine. Kian, Shane, Mark are really grumpy in the mornings. So we just act normal and try to cheer them up!
Is it true David Beckman was banned from Nicky's 21st birthday party in October by his manager?
Yeah! He couldn't go to Nicky's birthday party 'cos he had a game in that weekend and he would have been fines his wages if he had gone!
Shame. We hear it was a huge affair and celebs like five, The Corrs, Robie Williams and Steps were there!
There were almost 1,000 people there! They were all dressed up in '60's and '70s gear so I didn't even know who went! People actually came up to me afterwards, like Mikey from Boyzone, he came up to me and went, 'the Party was great, wasn't it?' And like, I didn't even know he was there! I left early too, 'cos I was really sick! It was great fun! Nicky dressed up as Elvis and the other four of us dressed up as the Beatles- I was Ringo!
Pash Spice's sister, Louise, is dating a Westlife member!
(Good-naturedly) No, that's not true at all! When we heard that we were really surprised! She's a good friend of ours and we get on very well with her but she's not seeing any one of us! We always go out together so people just get the wrong idea! She's a really cool girl! Though!
Westlife have a habit of performing without any underwear on!
(Chatling) Who told you that? Well...sometimes we co commando on stage, just for the fun of it! We did it in Italy, where the weather was really hot! And on our video shoot as well, for 'If I let you go'!
Westlife are all surgically attached to your mobile phone and call home at least once a day!
False! Twice a day! Haha! (Matter-of-factly) My phone bill is £ 10,000 a month! The others are the same. I'm always calling my mom, and dad and all my friends. I'm always homesick!
Nicky has a bad habit of impersonating Ronan Keating!
(Chuckling) Yeah, he does a really good impression of Ronan. Ronan likes to say, 'Everything all right? Everything cool?' and Nicky can so it really well! But he doesn't look that much like Ronan, I don't think.
Kian had long hair and played in a heavy metal band!
Yeah! He used to be a rocker and was into Metallica and Megadeath and all that! He was in a rock band himself and would through his head about! (Demonstrates by flinging head about wildly) It was mad! He showed me pictures and videos of his old band and it was really funny! Haha! I used to be in a rock band as well, like Nirvana, and I had long hair too - I was a huge Kurt Cobain fan!
Mark is terrified of birds!
Hahaha! Yeah! He's a freak! (Unsympathetically) I mean, how can anyone be afraid of birds? And Nick's afraid of lifts. It's silly!
Shanes favorite Spice Girl is Geri!
(Hollers over to Shane) Shane! Is your fave Spice Girl still Geri? (Shane Confirms it's currently baby) It's Emma now, same as me!
There's a dodgy Internet rumor that says the Spice Girls are (giggle) actually Boyzone in disguise -- what do you reckon?
(Tickled) Hurhurhur! I don't think so, we know both groups really well! But if it were true, I think Ronan would be Mel C, Keith would be Mel B, and Mike would be Geri, Stephen will be Emma and ... oh, who'd left? Shane will be Posh! Haha!
Finally, what's the biggest lie you've ever told the press?
(Adamantly) I never lie to the press. It's the press that tells lies about me!