Kian Is The Love Of My Westlife (Jodi Interview) - October 2006

 

EXCLUSIVE Hollyoaks Jodi tells why she WON'T wear sexy basque for her superstar fella ..And he's not even jealous when I dress like THIS for work

 

By Jon Wise

 

GORGEOUS Jodi Albert is every fella's fantasy in saucy basque and suspenders - but her Westlife lover Kian Egan doesn't even get to see her in the sexy gear.

 

The former Hollyoaks beauty sends temperatures soaring with her provocative undies as hooker Hayley in TV sitcom Respectable.

 

But she declares: "I certainly wouldn't wear them outside as they are too revealing. I spend so long wearing them for filming that I wouldn't want to keep them - they remind me too much of work."

 

Amazingly, superstar singer

 

Kian doesn't mind. And it's a tribute to the strength of the couple's love that he isn't the least bit jealous at millions of male viewers ogling his scantilyclad girlfriend surrounded by sex toys.

 

Jodi, 23, giggles: "Whenever I speak to him on my mobile at lunchtime, he wants to know what I'm wearing, whether it's stockings, short skirts or high heels.

 

"Some of the basques are absolutely beautiful, more Agent Provocateur than Ann Summers.

 

"I eat lunch in them between takes and sit there in my French knickers. But nobody bats an eyelid because they're so used to seeing me waft around in them on the set."

 

Jodi, who has been dating hunky Kian for six years, adds: "He knows that wearing revealing gear in this series is part of the deal.

 

"But he's not jealous. He feels flattered that other men might fancy me. Our relationship is too strong for him to feel insecure about me.

 

"He came to a screening of the show and thought it was fantastic. He told me I looked great."

 

In her Five show, Jodi's character comforts bumbling, married Michael - played by Justin Edwards, 34 - who is infatuated but too polite to ask her for sex at the Debonnaire, a "respectable" suburban brothel.

 

Cheating is all part of the plot but the real-life relationship between brunette Jodi and X-Factor mentor Kian, 26, is rock solid. They share a £1.4million love-nest in south west London.

 

"You have to have trust when you're with someone in this industry," says Jodi - voted sexiest female at the British Soap Awards last year. "If there were the slightest doubt about each other's loyalty we wouldn't be together.

 

"We spend long periods apart through our work but Kian and I aren't the types to be unfaithful. It's not in either of us to do that.”

 

But in her most revealing interview to date, Jodi tells The People that she has no plans to wed.

"People have been saying we're getting married," says the actress. "But we're not ready for that yet. Both of us have been too busy to even think about weddings.

 

"We don't want children yet, either. Our Maltese puppy Prince is our surrogate child. He's so gorgeous that we love him as if he really were a baby."

 

Jodi was 15 when she was introduced to Kian in 1999 by music mogul Simon Cowell - who promptly warned off the Westlife star. At the time Jodi was with Cowell's band Girl Thing on the same record label as Kian. She recalls: "Simon introduced us at Party In The Park. The other boys in Westlife lined up to shake hands first but it was Kian I was waiting for. I'd seen pictures and thought he was cute.

 

"When he shook my hand, we held each other's gaze for several seconds. But suddenly I felt really shy, took my hand away and turned on my heels.

 

"Kian asked Simon, 'Wow, who was that?' To which Simon replied, 'No darling, not that one. You can't have her'. Simon was very protective because I was too young to get involved with anyone.

 

"Kian and I kept in touch but I was really jealous when I was introduced to his girlfriends.

 

"I hated them because I knew I was too young to be with him and they were with the guy I wanted to be with.

 

But Kian was right not to go near me. He was a gentleman and I respect him so much for that."

 

Four years later in May 2003, Kian finally made his feelings known.

 

"He was doing a concert in Manchester and asked me to come to see him," says Jodi. "I told him my sister was with me and he said, 'Cool, bring her with you'.

 

"After the concert, he told me, 'I really want to be with you. It feels right now'. I'd been going out with my girlfriends and was having fun being single but he just blew me away. I always knew we'd end up together."

 

Two months later, the couple jetted to Barbados for a romantic holiday. "That's when he told me he loved me," says Jodi. "I told him I felt the same. It was so perfect, a beautiful moment. I'd never felt anything like it - I just loved the way he loved me.

 

"No one had ever cuddled me or pampered me the way he did. He's so grounded and earthy and I couldn't be with anyone arrogant.

 

"I've always been fussy with men. Before Kian I'd only had one serious boyfriend. I tend not to givemy heart away, but when I do it's completely.

 

"No matter where I went or who I met, Kian was always in the back of my mind.

 

"Now we miss each other totally when we're apart. He recently went on a surfing holiday with one of his closest friends f rom Ire - land. He'd only been away for a week when he told me he couldn't wait to get back home - not because he wasn't having a good time but because he missed me so much.

 

"He's very romantic. He'll bring me bunches of roses because he knows I love them."

 

Jodi shot to fame as Hollyoaks honey Debbie Dean and went on to guest star in Casualty before landing the role of Hayley.

 

She says: "There's nothing dirty or tacky about this series, just comic scenarios. They certainly made Kian laugh, anyway."

 

Jodi is now filming Brit flick Popcorn with ex-EastEnder Jack Ryder and model Sophie Anderton. Whatever the role, Jodi knows she can always count on Kian's support.

 

"He's very proud of me," she says with a smile of contentment.

 

Respectable concludes on Five this Wednesday at 10.30pm.

 

jon.wise@people.co.uk

 

Credit/Source: www.people.co.uk