X-Rated with Jo, Hannah, Tina and Rachel - January 2002
Universal
Do you have nicknames for the other girls in the band?
Rachel: Hannah's Span, Tina is Barrett because of her surname, Jo is just Jo and I'm Rat because I used to carry mints around all the time and I rattled when I walked!
Jo: Yeah, Rachel's called Rat 'cause she rattled wherever she was. Hannah used to get called Spanner Bandana as well, because she used to wear a bandana all the time. And Tina, well I've always called her Beryl - Berly Bird
What's your faveourite S Club song?
Rachel: Never Had A Dream Come True and Gonna Change The World.
Hannah: It's got to be Don't Stop Movin' 'cause its got a really good funky vibe to it.
Jo: Reach 'cause it such a happy song an I get a really good feeling whenever we perform it. I thought it was very funny when a lot of the people auditioning for Popstars sang it as well!
Tina: I think I'd say Gonna Change The World, is my fave, just because it's a good song.
Parental Guidance
Have any of you ever been in a cat fight?
Rachel: No, but I've been hit before! When I was a lot younger I was in a club and some girl campe up to me an just pushed me. I turned round and pushed her back and she just punched me on the side of the head! I worked out she was mad at me 'cause I was going out with a guy she fancied. I was gob-smaked though!
Jo:Yeah, I have, but it was years ago. Probably over a boy!
Tina: Mine was years ago, too. It was when I was ay school and I seem to remember that there was lots of hair pulling involved! But I couldn't tell you what it was about!
Hannah: I haven't really had a catfight. I'm not really a hair-pulling kind of girl myself.
What's it like having the press following you?
Rachel: Well, I haven't really had it that bad. but saying that, the other day I went to the shops and they started taking pictures of me through the window! It was weird because I wasn't even doing anything interesting!
Jo: We've been quite lucky, but you do know they're there and that you have to be careful about what you're doing when you're out in public. It's all part of the job though!
Tina: I never actually see them because they kinda hide away! I just think it's weird because there are so many more interesting things going on in the world.
Hannah: They don't do it to me!
Over 12
Who's the best kisser in S Club 7?
Rachel: Me, without a doubt! I don't know how I know, I just do! I think Jon would be a really good kisser, too - not that I've actually kissed him! I just think it would be him 'cause he's got really nice lips!
Hannah: Well, I have kissed everybody in the band, so in my expert opinion, I think it's got to be Rachel!
What's the biggest lie you've told during an interview?
Hannah: That Rachel's the best kisser!
Rachel: I don't really see the need to lie about anything
Jo: No, I don't lie that much in interviews to be honest. I mean sometimes I do, like when I'm asked, 'What was you worst Christmas Present?' If I can't think of anything, I'll just blag it. But it's never nasty lies, 'cause we would get found out.
Tina: I'm not much of a liar either
Over 15!
Have you ever caught any of the S Club boys naked?
Rachel: Oh yeah - they just get it out! They're not shy. Especially Paul, he'll just be standing there and it's all hanging out!
Jo: No, but I have seen all their bums!
Tina: Yes. We get changed in the same room, so we can't really not look!
Hannah: Us girls have walked in on them getting changed before, yeah. But seeing as we spend that much time together, it's bound to happen.
When is Jo going to stop hogging the mic and let some of you other girls sing lead vocals?
Rachel: Ooh! Well, I've done a couple and Brad does lead on Don't Stop Movin', but I don't really know about the girls. On the tour everyone's going to get their own song to perform anyway.
Jo: That's nasty! Rachel did Natural didn't she?! It's not like that, it's just that the songs that have been released have suited my voice - that's all it is.
Tina: Yeah, we have already on the new album.
Over 18!!
Getting your clothes off for mens' magazines doesn't set a good example for your younger fans!
Rachel: I don't agree because we do have different fans. When we do mags like FHM, they're not tageting our young audience. And we haven't done anything too, like, 'naked'.
Jo: They shouldn't be reading those mags for a start! And anyway, the boys want to see it!
Tina: I think getting your clothes off and being in a bikini are too different things. I think the pics we done are very tasteful. If they weren't, we wouldn't have done them.
Hannah: Yeah, just because you appeal to kids, doesn't mean you can't appeal to other people.
You don't always get on do you? It's all an act...
Jo: That's it - actually we fight all the time!
Hannah: Yep, it's all a big act. There's scratching, beatings - everything!
Rachel: No, thats not true. We have little arguments when we're really tired or if someone's really annoying. It's better to just walk away rather than start anything tho'.
Tina: You've just got to spend the day with us to realise what we're like with each other. We do really get on, it's not an act. We might pretend we don't sometimes for the camera tho'. L&K