Now Kian, Shane, Bryan, Nicky and Mark are humungous pop stars have they turned all la-de-da on us?
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SLOBBED AROUND IN BAGGY TRACKY BOTTOMS AND AN OLD T-SHIRT?
BRYAN: I love chilling out in baggy clothes but I haven't been able to do it for about a year! I feel a bit stiff wearing fancy clothes all the time.
SHANE: I love slobbing out when I go home, although I don't mind who sees me when I'm in hotels and I've just got me scruffs on.
NICKY: Last week we were in Glasgow and me and Kian went into town and we thought, 'Ahhh nobody'll recognise us if we wear tracky bottoms, old tops and baseball caps,' but we were kidding ourselves.
KIAN: Yeah, everyone recognised us! Every shop we went into they were playing our records-what's it gonna be like when we go back to Dublin?! Anyway, we still managed to do some shopping, I bought a new pair of trainers and Nicky bought a pair of shoes.
DO YOU DRINK OUT OF A MUG OR TEA CUP AND SAUCER AT HOME?
BRYAN: A mug 'cause it's harder and more macho. Tea cups are for wusses!
SHANE: I'd definitely drink a cup of tea out of a mug-thats the way I always do it. No matter where I am!
KIAN: A mug deffo.
HOW MUCH MONEY DID YOU LAST SPEND WHEN YOU LAST WENT SHOPPING?
BRYAN: I think it was £100 for four pairs of Calvin Klein boxer shorts. Phew, that's a bit of a rip off really, isn't it?
HAVE YOU EVER SHOPPED IN HARRODS?
SHANE:I've never shopped in Harrods-in fact I've hardly been to any shops in London. Our stylist Kenny tends to do a lot of our clothes shopping for us. He's got a good idea of what we like and what suits us.
BRYAN:I've been to both Harvey Nichols and Selfridges!
NICKY: No I've never been. I'd like to go one day but I never have the time.I probably wouldn't be dressed appropriately if I went!
KIAN: It'd be great if Westlife opened the sale. Hey maybe we could in a few years!
MARK: Erm, which one's Harrods? Is it the one with all the lights at the front? I can never remember which one's which.
DO YOU GO IN FOR CAVIAR-TYPE POSH FOOD OR WOULD YOU PREFER A NICE GREASY FRY-UP?
SHANE: I'm not into eating extravagant food. I've never tried lobster or caviar. If I tried caviar I think it'd put me off my food and I'd be very upset. Once I tried sushi (raw fish Japanese style) and I hated it.
NICKY: Yeah, I'm probably the bravest when it comes to trying stuff. I love Japanese, Italian and Thai food. But the other guys are like, 'Nah, just give me burger and chips please!' There's a lot of stuff I don't like though, I tried snails in France and they were horrid! I'm a bit wary of seafood-a lot of it can react with you and kill you in seconds!
BRYAN: My food tastes are still the same. I'm still a McDonalds man! Ha ha. Caviar, lobster-eurgh! Rotten grub...horrible!
KIAN:I'll try anything once, but I still like me burger and chips-and you can't beat coming home to a good bit of home cooking.
MARK: I still love a good old Irish stew more than anything! I've broadened my food tastes a little bit, but I hate fishy stuff so I wouldn't be eating caviar.
WHO'S THE POSHEST 'LIFER?
BRYAN: Nicky tries to be the male version of Posh Spice! I don't know whether he'll agree with that but he likes posh clothes-he's a Gucci freak! We go to mad parties whereas he likes going out for posh meals!
KIAN: It's deffo Nicky.
NICKY: It's me. I like me designer gear, and my girlfriend, Georgina, is from a really upper-crust part of Dublin. With her dad being the Irish Prime Minister, there's always top people round her house. So I try to speak nicely when I meet them, but I'm always correcting myself. I'm not born into a posh family, but I can adapt to the situation.
DO YOU HAVE A CHAUFFEUR?
KIAN: When we're in London a guy called Marvin drives us around in a big blacked-out car, in Ireland the record company will book us cabs if we need to get around. In London it's good to have someone to drive us 'cause we don't know where we're going. I'd never ride in a limo in Dublin - people wouldn't like that. If I had to take the tube I would do.
WOULD YOU LET SOMEONE CARRY YOUR BAGS FOR YOU?
SHANE: I try to carry my own bags if I can. We're living this life, but I try to look after myself as much as I can and not lose touch with who I am.
BRYAN: Oh no. We'll always carry our own bags. Why should someone else have to carry our stuff?
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA TREAT YOUR PARENTS TO WHEN THE MONEY COMES ROLLING IN?
SHANE: I've got plans to build a house for my 'rents. I plan to start building it around April this year. They were very, very happy when I told them about it. We own a lot of land and all the stables and stuff are ready so we're just waiting on the house.
BRYAN: I'm gonna buy my parents a house - I haven't got time to build one! They said no but they'll have to accept it! My mum nearly fainted when I told her!
NICKY: I wanna buy my folks a massive house and a lovely car. They've supported me through so much, I'd love it if my dad could retire. Oh and I'd send them on a swanky holiday too!
MARK: There's nothing I could but them that would repay all the love and support they've given me, but I'd want to buy them houses, holidays, cars - the lot.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO DEVELOP AN EXPENSIVE HOBBY?
BRYAN: I'd like to go car racing or clay pigeon shooting! I've got a really good eye for it. I was really good at sports when I was younger.
NICKY: I'd love to start car racing, I'm not a bad driver and I reckon I could be pretty good at it. I went stock car rally racing recently and I loved it. I want to test drive a formula one car. All the lads are into golfing, I used to think how can golf be a good sport when you just hit a ball and follow it. But when you actually start it's quite good. It's like having a cup of tea with someone, it's great.
AS YOU'RE ALL KEEN GOLFERS DO YOU RECKON YOU COULD BEAT RONAN?
NICKY: I don't know how good Ro is but I doubt I could beat him!
BRYAN: We've been supposed to have a game of golf with Ronan for the last year but we still haven't had a chance to go. We've been too busy! I could see us all in a snazzy pair of golf shoes though!
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