Wild
West - November 2006
By
Kim Dawson
THEY’VE
gained a reputation as squeaky-clean types, but those Westlife boys know how to
live life dangerously.
Mark
Feehily proves the point by chatting on his mobile while driving to
“If
I cut off I’m sorry, but I’m on the look-out for the police, as I’m driving.” He
tells me. Naughty, naughty!
Tired
To
make matters worse, Mark, 26, and his bandmates –
Nicky Byrne, 28, Shane Filan, 26 and Kian Egan, 26 – are actually playing
truant.
Tired
of promoting new release The Love Album, they have told their manager, X
Factor’s Louis Walsh, 54, they will be off home for a few days. Mark explains:
“It’s been hectic, so we all said we wanted to go back to
Despite
taking a break, the boys look set to beat Oasis to the No.1 album spot on
Sunday. And as proper “Oirishmen”, Westlife would
challenge the Gallaghers in the bars as well as the
charts.
Mark
is a veteran of boozy all-night sessions. He admits that a recent bender left
him with such a vicious hung-over, he ignored the buzz
of his phone.
Mark
recalls: “I didn’t want to speak to anyone as I’d been drinking so much the
night before.”
It
took 10 tries before Nicky could get him to answer – and break the news that
he’s expecting a baby with wife,
Mark
came out last year and is dating Kevin McDaid, 22, of defunct boyband V. But he’s fed up with people asking if that means
he’ll be coping Madonna, 48, and adopting a
child.
Mark
sighs: “I can’t see it happening in the distant future. Madonna looks like she’s
taken a kid into a safe, solid family environment. With her as young mother, you
wouldn’t be having arguments about going out!”
Once
the album fight with Oasis comes to a halt this Sunday, Mark is hoping for more
time off. More boozing?
“I
want to see Casino Royal. I used to watch James Bond films after my bath every
Saturday night as a kid. They seem to have got the casting on the ball with
Daniel Graig. I couldn’t say I fancy him, though, as
I’ve never met him. Kevin’s more my type.”
And
with that, Mark’s foot is on the pedal and it’s back to
the showbiz loife.
Credit/Source:
Daily
Star
/ Thanx
Amanda
for
the scan