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And every now and again, if she’s done a really good interview, I’ll text her and tell her
Well I doubt that'll make him run out of credit anytime soon
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| Author: | JimD [ 17 May 06, 20:48 ] |
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Wed, May 17, 2006 Megastar How would you describe Big Brother’s Little Brother? It’s essentially your every day catch-up with what’s going on in the house, with a slightly sideways glance at stuff. It’s a show for Big Brother fans to revel in, and often they seem to know more than we do. It is what it says on the tin, it is Big Brother’s Little Brother, so we love Big Brother, but at the same time, we’re not averse to kicking Big Brother in the shins and running away. Like any little brother, we can be very mischievous. You have had to do some pretty daft things on the show. What was the worst? The most humiliating thing ever was interviewing Marco in a paddling pool. It was the worst moment of my life. It’s quite unflattering, being filmed with no top on. I’m not in bad shape, but I’ve got a little bit of fat. I looked back on it and thought ‘Am I that fat?’ God, I endeavoured to get back in shape afterwards. It was humiliating as well. Because of health and safety, the paddling pool couldn’t be filled right up in case it broke. We didn’t have bath foam, so I ended up getting into a paddling pool with a couple of inches of water, with washing up liquid in it, all going right up my arse. My questions were all stuck together, because washing up liquid is actually quite sticky. It was horrible – the worst moment of my professional career. Rooney may not be going, but we'll be there! How do you keep the show fresh, after so many programmes? Will you change anything this year? I’m not sure. The tricky thing is, you want to try and keep it fresh, of course. Already we’ve got a fair few items in development which should be really good fun. I think the key, for me, is that it’s all about the minutiae of people’s lives and what they do in the house. There’s always stuff there we can play with. So it’s about finding Anthony’s Dance Troupe and getting them down, or finding Maxwell and Saskia’s mates and trying to guess whether they’re compatible or not. So the different characters in the house help us keep things fresh. Do you still enjoy presenting BBLB? What are you talking about? You can’t do a show like that if you don’t enjoy it. I love it. A big attraction of it is the fact that it’s live. Do you ever worry that contestants can come across in a bad light? We’re not responsible for what comes out of their mouths inside the house. And these people who reckon it’s all edited and cut and spliced together – we can’t do that! There are people watching this 24 hours-a-day seven days a week. But you can’t be held responsible for people’s words and actions inside the house. So they’re under no illusions about what they’re getting into? The contestants are told, ‘Look, if you want fame, you’d better go and audition for Pop Idol or something, cos you’re not going to get it here. You’ll make a bit of money, and you’ll come out and people will like you, and in equal measure people will hate you, and then that’s it. We’re not going to promise you anything other than that.’ There’s still a fair amount of intellectual snobbery regarding the show. What do you say to that? You put people in this highly pressured, media-intensive and socially intensive environment, and it’s a fascinating case-study in human behaviour. Desmond Morris gets as much out of it as anyone off the street. I got an email from him saying ‘Look, this is still the best case-study in human behaviour I can imagine. I’m not saying I like it – in many ways I’m appalled by it – by I’m still watching it.’ Everyone dislikes some of the contestants from time to time. Do you? Yeah, sometimes. Does that make it difficult to interview them and be civil to them? Well, it’s interesting, because the people who you think you’re going to dislike sometimes turn out to be okay and vice versa. For example, Science was horrible when he was in the house – he was really nasty to a lot of people, and then he came out and I’ve never met a more polite, well-raised, humble man. He was a pleasure to meet, a genuinely nice chap. And he didn’t change over the week, which some of them do. After they come out, you see a lot of the evictee that week on your show. Do you really see them change over that time? Definitely, some of them. Suddenly everyone knows who they are. So they come in on the Sunday and they’re startled bunnies, properly damaged goods. It’s quite hard to get a decent interview out of them, and you don’t have it in you to be harsh with them. Then on Monday they’re really tired. Everyone’s rubbish on Monday – by then they’ve done all the radio interviews in the morning, and by the time they get to us they’re knackered. Tuesday some of them are quite nice and others have just started to get a little cocky. And by Wednesday, if they’re good, they’re good, if they’re bad they’re horrible. What did you make of the celebrities after Celebrity Big Brother? George Galloway was utterly charming. He was wonderful. I didn’t think I’d like him as much as I did. Unlike Dennis Rodman, who was a real idiot. He doesn’t care, he obviously did the show because he was bored. But he had this opportunity to come across as quite a nice guy. Then he came out and went to Stringfellows straight away. He had an hour’s sleep, and wouldn’t even speak to my researchers with decency. Then we got him on the show and he was so inarticulate and unpleasant, you just think ‘Why are you here? Come on! I’d rather you just weren’t on.’ Do you discuss the events in the house with Davina during Big Brother? We normally see each other on Fridays, and then we’ll sit down in her dressing room or something and chat about it. And every now and again, if she’s done a really good interview, I’ll text her and tell her – that sort of thing. Are there any secrets you can tell us about Big Brother this year? You know I’d tell you if I knew. Which is precisely why I don’t know anything. They can’t trust me. All I know is this: They’ve got to get it right, because it’s so long this year. They’ve got to have something up their sleeve, and I’m sure they will do. I reckon it’ll be something special. We know we’ve got to put on a good show, and we will. |
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| Author: | finchy [ 17 May 06, 23:19 ] |
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Quote: And every now and again, if she’s done a really good interview, I’ll text her and tell her
Well I doubt that'll make him run out of credit anytime soon
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