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Magazine Interview -
November 2006
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Thanx Joanne
for
typing it up
Issue:
546 – Date: 14 November 2006
Once
upon a time, Mark Feehily was the shy, cute one from Westlife, who kept himself
to himself in interviews. But now,
having bagged himself a foxy boyfriend, he seems to be full of life and is only
too happy to speak his mind in a way we have never seen before. "I think its
absolutely ludicrous that people are trying to force that image on to young
people that you’re unacceptable unless you’re skinny", he rages when we touch
briefly on the subject of skinny celebrities. "Its like
walking around handing drugs to people. People get addicted to the way
they look. It's a mental health issue to some people, Its just wrong.
Coming
out seems to have done mark the world of good. So when we join the lads a week
after the glamorous photoshoot at their record company
office in
But
Mark isn’t the only one who’s keeping us amused. Bandmates Shane Filan an Kian Egan
and Nicky Byrne are also on top form, cracking jokes and picking fun at each
other.
But
as soon as we get to the serious subjects like the current trend for rock stars
such as Pete Doherty and Keane’s Tom Chaplins very
public stints in rehab, Mark is once again spurting
off...
SO
guys, what do you think if the current spate of rock stars checking into
rehab?
M:
Its f***ing sad that in today’s society people become
cooler to a certain demographic by spending time in somewhere like the
Priory.
K:
Tellingly, all I seem to know is Pete Doherty for is taking drugs and excessive
alcohol abuse, etc. I don’t know his music at all. The fact that papers keep
writing about him so much worries me as people are seeing him as this really
cool person, but sometimes with a drink and drugs addiction its definitely not
cool.
N:
Pete quite obviously needs help. I think it’s really sad that he is perceived as
this cool person. It’s sick, in fact. The chap is not well. Look at his eyes and
the scabs on his face.
Do
you think it’s to make him look like a tortured hero to his
fans?
M:
Well, what I’d really like to know is if he’s using that whole image to better
his profile, or in fact it’s the papers who are hounding him. He’s no fool. He’s
an intelligent guy. I saw him being interviewed on Friday Night with Jonathan
Ross and he is a very talented young man with a good voice. If I was in a
position like Pete Doherty I think it would seem bit weird to go somewhere like
The Priory as it must be like walking into the offices of OK, because its so
well known.
N:
But
the Priory is a place to help people with a drink or a drugs problem which I’m
assuming is a confidential place to go...
M:
Yes it is, but there are always leaks about who goes therein the
press.
S:
Probably because the people who go there tell the press
themselves.
N:
Well I know that if I had an alcohol problem I would go to a place where no one
would know I was there.
Your
mate Kerry Katona has been talking about her troubled past recently. Were you
surprised by the revelations?
S:
We’ve known her for a very long time and knew she’s had a very hard time going
form one foster family to another. She obviously feels it’s the right time to
talk about it now. She’s a lovely girl and feels now is the time to talk about
it.
M:
When she split form Brian McFadden and went back to
You’ve
worked with Brian’s new girlfriend on your album, were you worried Kerry would
thump you?
N:
In everything we’ve red Kerry has only been complimentary about Delta so we
didn’t worry about asking her to join us on the
record.
M:
Between us, noone wants to take sides. We called Brian
first and told him we wanted to work with delta and he was fine about that. Were
mature adults and that’s how we deal with all our
relationships.
You’ve
all grown up and settled down - but are you still being chased by
groupies?
K:
Our fans don’t throw themselves at us.
Even in the early days we never had girls chucking themselves at us, even
though people think it did happen to us like that. That said, I did once have a saucy
letter handed tome and this girl stood there and said read it now and when I
opened it, it said "Willy you have sex with me"
I
just looked at her and said sorry, love but no!
Shane,
how are you coping being a dad?
When
my daughter Nicole was born she slept like a log for eight hours straight. We
were very lucky but now she’s teething, so she’s waking up in the middle of the
nigh. Gillian and I would love a couple more but in a few years
time…
Kian,
there’s a lot of talk about you and your girlfriend Jodi getting
spliced?
We
will get married when the time is right for both of us. I don’t want to get
married then have to rush of to a tour straight away. So when we do get married,
it’ll be when I get a year off so we can travel he world without work getting in
the way. But were not going to be rushed into something which I want to take
time to make perfect…
Jodi
told us she wants to be a young mum...
K:
I think Jodi sees 30 as young. Children will come after marriage; First of all
when we do get married, we’d like to have some time to ourselves, Shane and
Gillian have a daughter but have been together since they were teenagers Whilst
Jodi and I have only been together for a few years. Children will be a part of
our lives one day but not just now…
Mark,
we hear you’re desperate to get a ring on your boyfriend Kevin’s
finger...
M:
No,
It’s all rubbish, We’re not getting married. Basically
me and Kevin are really happy and enjoying what we have. Of course there’s a bit
of interest form people as it’s a gay marriage. In
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/ Joanne