Back in the ’80s, they were several no-no-notorious rivalries in the music world. There was Bon Jovi and Mötley Crüe, and Tiffany and Debbie Gibson. Now we know there was another one from the era.
Hey Martin Kemp, is there something I should know? He says that Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet have had one going for on over 30 years. Back then on planet Earth, they were two of the hottest New Wave bands to come out of Britain during the second British invasion. Were they fighting over music videos or chart placements of their songs? No, that is so not being like a rock star. Instead, the bassist said on This Morning today that if those wild boys were at a party together they would see who could drink the most? Which I say Simon Le Bon would win the gold hands down or bottoms up. Another time, they wanted to see who could stay up the latest. Their final battle, back then, happened on Pop Quiz and D2 were the true winners.
That was then, there’s a new moon on Monday because now the two bands, who were part of the New Romantic scene, are both working on musicals with their songs. Who will win West End? Only time will tell. Sorry Kemp, but I will always be a Duranie, so my reflex-flex-flex-flex is to root for them.
Kemp also talked about if Spandau Ballet will ever get back together. He says he is up for it, but only if all five of them say yes at the same time. Hopefully, that will happen! However, getting five people to do that is not easy. See the Spice Girls.
Now, let’s just talk about Kemp. Didn’t he age really well? I think he is sexier now than he was then. Plus, his positive energy is contagious. Maybe I can be persuaded to change my allegiance.
Emma Bunton was on This Morning today to talk about her new album My Happy Place. However, you cannot have Baby Spice on and not talk about the Spice Girls upcoming reunion tour. That is all we really really want to know.
Bunton told the hosts that she recorded a duet with Robbie Williams called Two Becomes One. At that point, John Barrowman wanted to know if it is true that Williams had relations with 4 out of the 5 Spice Girls. Without hesitation, she said that was a lie and told him to stop staying it with a chuckle. Williams told her it was a joke that when too far and he even had to apologize to his wife for saying it. Someone was in the dog house for a while
Talking about jokes that went too far, is it true that Mel B was not at rehearsal with the other 3 remaining Spice Girls yesterday? Bunton confirmed that she was not there. Is it because she claimed that she had a one night stand with Ginger Spice and that is causing tension between them? Nope, sorry to burst that tantalizing bubble. Scary Spice did rehearse with them, she is just doing it in LA and not London. She will be flying across the pond in a few weeks to join her bandmates.
As we know there is one bandmate missing from the reunion, how will they handle being Poshless? Bunton says they are all swapping out her lines. They don’t know who will sing what just yet, they are waiting to find out in rehearsal how it feels naturally.
One last thing, they will be playing the oldie but goodies, so the fans will not be disappointed.
If you have a little kid in your life, then you probably have heard of and heard Peppa Pig, but what does the woman behind the voice look like? Yesterday, she did an interview with This Morning and she is as oinkdorable as the pig she plays.
17-year-old Harley Bird has played the character ever since she was just 5 years old, much to the delight of children, like herself, all over the World. Luckily, her voice has never changed so she has been able to continue playing the part for all of these years.
Here is a fun fact about her. Not only does she play a pig, she and her family actually have 2 pigs on their farm. I wonder if they relate to her more than the other people in her family.
Talking about family, her Mummy Pig, Morwenna Banks, was also there to talk about their kids’ show. The actresses get along just like they are, well, a mother and a daughter.
How many times have you watch a morning news show do a makeover on someone and they looked worse than when they came in. The person tries to pretend that they love the change, but you know that they hate it as much as we do.
Today on This Morning, they gave a 47-year-old woman a new look for her high school reunion on Friday and it was terrible. They put her in tight-fitting velvet pink dress that was not flattering to her figure with white cowboy boots, bleached blonde hair from the golden era of movies and makeup that even a drag queen would say tone it down to.
How did she react? She cried and the hosts tried to reassure that they will let her choose whatever she wants to be done for the redo. Before she could get a makeover to her makeover, she had to do lunch with her husband as a gift from the show.
As they were leaving the stage, she was arguing with her husband. Then they got into the car and when they started to drive away, it crashed.
Holly Willoughby was devastated for this poor woman. Instead of her co-anchor Phillip Schofield comforting her, he told her it was all an April’s Fool Day joke.
Then the stylists were like, do you think we would do that on purpose? Which was insulting them, but then again she could not say to them that she hated what they did on live TV. Thus, she was screwed either way.
Personally, I don’t think they went far enough. I would have used Divine as my role model and gone even bigger than that. If you can?
Arthur might only be 4 years old, but he already knows how to win the way to a woman’s heart. The awwwwwdorable little tyke started off his interview on This Morning today by asking Holly Willoughby, “Do you marry me?” Of course, she said yes. How could you possibly say no to that sweet face? Just don’t tell her husband about it!
Whoever came up with that plan did a smashing job because now this Yank wants to watch Secret Life of a 4-Year-Old. I am sure there are plenty of Brits who also want to check out this show to see little Artur’s secret life.
