I’ve had quite a few meeting with the famous folk of our time.
I used to go to MTV’s Total Request Live at least twice a week in Leicester Square and I got quite pally with the presenters especially Emma Good and Dave Berry. I did meet Alex Zane at the final episode and I got to stand with all four presenters at the end of this show to watch Mint Royale perform their singing in the rain remix.
It was great to have Emma and Dave remember me and to come up and chat to me during the breaks, much to the envy of pretty much everyone else!

I’ve also seen Alex present T4 at the O2 festival 2 years ago and got really close to Calvin Harris but didn’t talk to him.

I am a hard dance promoter so I do a lot of work with some of the industry’s top DJ’s and most of the time my job is to make sure that the DJs have all their equipment set up and that they are happy. Its great to be at places like the Brixton Academy backstage seeing 2,000 people dancing like mad.

I had been working at a club in Vauxhall which the company I was employed by owned so I was hovering backstage generally causing havoc and chatting to people. My only flaw in what would be a perfect job is that I was still new to the scene and I didn’t know who any one was! So I was chatting away to a guy when my friend started pulling on my arm and asking me why I was talking to one of the top dj’s called Greg Brookman about total crap!
I didn’t have a clue who it was but we got on really well and when the club shut I was about to head home (to my boyfriend and my bed) when the DJ came up and asked me if I wanted to go to his house!

I said ok and that I would leave a message for my fella as he wouldn’t be up yet (it was 6am) and Greg asked if He could leave it for Him, I said ok, not realising that Greg was very drunk and has a silly sense of humour.

The message went like this: “Hi mate, you wanna watch ya missus, She was throwing stones at me and then sat on my chest! Anyway She’s coming to my house so don’t worry and we’ll see you later!”

Then He hung up! I couldn’t believe what He had said and that He hadn’t left His name. So you can imagine the phone call I got a few hours later…


“Hi Soaps, are you ok? Where are you? Whats this message all about?”

I replied: “It was Greg Brookman, He was messing about! I’m at His house now watching a film, are you coming over?”

Now boyfriend is a bit fan of Greg’s so you can imagine that He didn’t believe me at first so I asked Greg to talk to Him.

So I pass the phone to Greg and He says “Hi mate, yeah it’s Greg, are you coming over to watch a film?”

Boyfriend splutters reply and makes way over. He was totally humbled at how cool He was and at how He had managed to abduct me!

Alas Boyfriend and myself are no longer together but I still see Greg sometimes and I have accidentally managed to call Him on new years eve to wish Him happy new year only to find out that He was playing at the time!

I’ve seen Les Dennis in Liverpool, He let me and my new fella through some road works and I said thank you even though new fella had totally missed Him!
I’ve have Jennifer Ellison bump in to me which was a pleasant experience! (they were both in Liverpool to do Cinderella)

I’ve also seen Nick Knowles (from DIY SOS fame) on the Kings road in London but I didn’t bother Him. And the sparky Billy from the same show is from the same home town as me, I went to school with His daughters and I saw Him on the train going home the last time I visited home.

I guess that I’m the kind of fan that will see some one famous but not like to bother them, more than likely because of my job. Most of the time I just see these celebrities as normal people, just ones that are more talented than others.

Length? 3 1/2 years in the music industry and counting!
(Soaps Roller derbying your way since, Fri 17 Apr 2009, 14:09, 2 replies)

I love the way
you've capitalised 'He' and 'Him' when referring to these people - a convention generally only applied when referring to God.

Nick Knowles from DIY SOS doesn't reeeeeally fit into that category, now does he?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 17 Apr 2009, 14:21, closed)

...Nick Knowles ... but I didn’t bother Him
Awesome capitalization!
(Mousy Tongue ...Generally bemused by life..., Sun 19 Apr 2009, 5:31, closed)