FULL NAME: Kevin McDaid
DATE OF BIRTH: 7th March 1984
KEVIN IS FROM: North Tyneside
HE NOW LIVES IN: London with Mark
HOMETOWN: Newcastle, Stannington Road, North Shield
PLACES HE GREW UP: He spent his first 10 years shuttling between
Newcastle & Nigeria, he settled in the UK, then he moved to Carlisle to
live on a farm & then he moved back in Tyneside
SCHOOL: He was in a Scottish boarding school for two years,
had A-levels at Whitley Bay’s Monkseaton High & he also went at performing
arts school.
STAR SIGN: Pisces
COLOUR OF EYES: Blue
COLOUR OF HAIR: Light brown
HEIGHT: 5ft 11
PIERCING: One earring on his left ear!
JOB: Kevin is very talented photographer and has his own website
about his photography (www.kevinmcdaidphotography.com), he also used to be a
model at Oxygen’s modelling website.
PAST ACTIVITIES: He was in a team called Chariots Of Fire(They
had horses jumping through a ring of fire)
He was in the Beavers, Bak2Bak & then in a British boyband called V. They
split up in 2005 because their record company dropped them due to poor album
sales. They had a few hits in the British charts including “Blood, Sweat
And Tears”, “Hip to Hip”, “Can You Feel It?” and
“You Stood Up”
PETS: A pug called Saffy and a french bulldog called Nullah
LOVELIFE: Kevin is now in a long-term relationship with Mark.
MARK & KEVIN FIRST MET: In Dublin’s celebrity club
Lillie’s Bordello, following the Childline charity concert in The Point
were both Westlife and V were performing. Since then, they got together.
MARK & KEVIN ARE TOGETHER SINCE: 30 January 2005
MARK QUOTES ON HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH KEVIN:
“I’m a very private person and I don’t think I owe it to anyone
to go into details about my relationship. But I would like to say that I’m
happy, and that I’ve found someone who is a real companion. It does get
lonely being on the road with the band sometimes and I’m very happy now
that I’m in a relationship with someone who makes me laugh”
“All the lads in Westlife have settled down and are in relationships so why can’t I be?”
“All I’ll say is that I’m very happy that I’m in a relationship with a good person. Kevin is great fun and great company. My happiness is complete now. ”
FIRST RECORD BOUGHT: “Freedom” – QFX
ON THE FIRST DATE: “I don't have a limit to be honest.
As far as I felt going, all the way if I wanted to.”
LIKES: Christina Aguilera, the countryside, friends
DISLIKES: Ignorant people, cauliflower, the winter
FAVOURITE FILM: A Time To Kill
FAVOURITE TV PROGRAMME: The Osbournes
FAVOURITE BOOK: “The Twits” by Roald Dahl
FAVOURITE BREAKFAST: Bacon sandwiches with white bread
FAVOURITE ROMAN NUMERAL: V
FAVOURITE JOKE: "Say 'Knock knock'." (Knock knock)
"Who's there?" (Er...) "(Long pause) It's an Irish joke."
(Hm...)
FAVOURITE PLACE TO LIVE: Miami
FAVOURITE SHOP: Abercrombie & Fitch
FAVOURITE BREED OF DOG: Staffordshire bull terrier
FAVOURITE QUOTE: “Love like you’ve never been hurt”
MOST IMPORTANT THING: Probably friends
WORST CHAT-UP LINE: "Apparently I once said something
about someone's sheepskin coat. I must have been drunk at the time!"
OTHER PEOPLE SAY: "That I'm reliable and caring. I think.
And that I can be an idiot!"
QUALIFICATIONS: "11 GCSEs - all C and above. Plus some
swimming badges. And a bronze Duke Of Edinburgh award!"
WHAT MAKES HIM CRY: "I don't cry very often - but sometimes
pressure gets to me and I have to let it out, and it only takes the slightest
thing to trigger me off."
WHAT MAKES HIM JEALOUS: "People who live in the sun."
IF HE RULED THE WORLD: "I'd make sure everyone had what
they needed rather than what they wanted. If people had what they wanted, all
the houses would be made of marshmallows."
HE WOULD LIKE: dolls action men & condoms as V merchandise
WHEN HE WAS YOUNG HE WANTED TO BECOME: Vet or an architect
HIGHLIGHT OF 2004: “I still think the whole campaign
for the 1st single just because it was the 1st - the 1st video in Miami, the
1st time we'd done CD:UK and everything”