Never Meet Your HeroesThey're bound to disappoint - like the time we booked Wayne Hussey for the B3ta Radio Show. Five minutes before we're due to record, Wayne
phones, lost on the M25 with his Brazilian wife screaming in the background. Not so much the King of Goth, as a hen-pecked flake.
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chthonic, Thu 25 May 2006, 14:17)
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A mixed bagI used to work at American Express on the phones, dealing with unsufferably rich cunts and their credit card problems. This involved quite a few celebrities, some of whom I spoke to, some of whom I heard about.
Elton John - apprently a top bloke, a bit weird
The guy who plays Rab C Nesbitt - lovely fella, really down to earth
Lloyd Grosman - he really does speak like that. Had to bite my hand to stop myself from laughing. He's a bit up his own arse, but that may just be the accent
Robert Carlyle - another genuinely nice bloke
The award for the biggest "Don't you know who I am" went to Paul McKenna. Apparently he is the biggest prick in the known universe.
*adds unfunny comment about length*
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