-SCOTT TALKS SEX-
...Girls , his wayward willy and exclusively reveals how
Five were only a plane ride away from splitting up....
'I had a bit of a bad day yesterday,' says Scott as he
slurps from a bottle of coke. Here we go again. Brace
yourselves for yet another story about how Five are
majorly overworked and therefore The Stroppiest Band In
Pop.
'Yeah , I had a 'sem on' all day , for no reason at
all,' He casually continues. Eh? It takes a second to
sink in that the spiky hair 18-year old is actually
talking about his willy.'But its okay cause although we
were recording Fully Booked, I had a long top on, so
nobody could see the bulge,' Oh , thats alright then,
(cough).
So what was promting his trouser stirrings? Is it the
shows Gail Porter?
Apparently not. 'Lads get them anytime,' he confides.
'When you least expecting it. Your like, "Oh dear i'm
standing to attention," and its for no reason at all.'
Standing to attention? Where's this conversation
going?
'I think about sex a lot. Any boy who says he
doesn't is a liar. I reckon i have dirty thoughts around
every three minutes.'
Nice image. So how do you make the trouser-tent vanish?
'I think horrible thoughts,' he laughs. 'Well, not
horrible, but about something that won't turn me on.
Like, "Mum, mum, mum." But sometimes, if it hasn't
properly gone,it'll pop up again and i'm like, "Oh no.
NO!"
-TANTRUMS and TROWELS-
Moving on, Lets go back to Fives amazing rise to success
over the past year.They cracked the States, something
that took the Backstreet Boys years. But their gruelling
schedule and the pressure, combined with a severe lack
of rest took their toll.
'If you'd interviewed me a month ago, I wouldn't have
been very nice,' Scott admits, 'We're not horrible
people, we were just having a hard time. We were all
over-tired and needed a break.'
In fact Bliss's last photo shoot with Five (see
September '98), Scott broke down and sobbed on Rich's
shoulder when the boys were asked to pose for yet
another photo. The shoot was swiftly terminated.It seems
the band worked so hard that even their personal dreams
of celeb-dom were shattered. 'You find out how much
ake-up everyone wears, 'cause their so tired- its like
that with us. We had loads under our eyes, so we looked
fresh.'
While the make-up was trowelled on, critics
speclulated on how long a fed-up Five could last. Now,
Scott says, Five Five were starting to wonder that too.
-BETWEEN THE SHEETS WITH SCOTT-
Would you sleep with someone on a first date?
'I'm not going to definately say no,'cause it could
happen. But i haven't yet, so i don't think i would.'
How would you rate yourself in bed?
'I'll leave that to the girls to decide. But its easy to
tell if she enjoyed it. And i've always satisfied my
girlfriends, so i've never had to be worried.'
How important is sex in a relationship?
'I think the most important thing is trust. I love to
have a kiss and a cuddle and to lie with someone rather
than having sex.'
Do you get a lot of sex?
'No, i'm not shagging all the time. In fact, i'ts very
rare. Too rare for my liking.'
-NEAR SPLIT-
'The start of August was my lowest point,' He sighs.
'We went from promoting in America, to Austrailia, then
straight back to London to film the video for Everybody
Get Up. We had one day off, to sleep, then we left for
Austrailia for a week then onto Japan for another week,
working all the time.After that we were supposed to go
to Taiwan, but we really couldn't face it.'
After months of of being told what to do every
minute of the day, there was a rebellion in the Five
ranks the boys couldnt stand their hectic schedule
anymore...
The boys couldn't stand their hectic schedule anymore.
Scott continues: 'We actually turned round to our
management and record company and said, "We're not
asking you if we can cancel, we're telling you, We're
not going to Taiwan." That was it, we'd really had
enough.'
-GREAT MATES-
Talking to Scott now - backstage at the first ever SMTV
show - you wouldn't believe he could ever look rough.
After ten days in the sun he's looking the best we've
ever seen him. Tanned, Smiling and ready for action.
'I'ts weird that people rate me as being a
good-looking lad,' he smiles. 'I don't get it, cause
i'm just normal. I dont class myself as a popstar. And if
you asked, people would tell you i haven't droppd any of
my mates. I know their my real friends and they'll come
up to me and give me a cuddle, even the lads,'
For every good friend, though, there's a heap of
pretenders regularly arriving on Scotts folks' doorstep
in Pitsea, Essex, where he's lived all his life.
'I get lads knocking on my door with their
girlfriends to take pictures,and i think "Your not my
mate - your just boasting about me, like, 'Scotts one
of my best friends." Then i get the lad that hasn't
phoned me in a year but acts like he's my mate. i've got
no time for people like that It's sad. Then you get that
ex-girlfriend thing:"Oh, I'm sorry I dumped you," and I
just say,"Oh I bet your really sorry now."'
-GO GIRLFRIEND-
Two Hours later we're lounging around in a plush photo
studio, post SMTV and post pizza prob (we had to re-order
when Scott explained he wouldn't eat anything other then
a cheese and tomato puree one. He hates real tomatos).
And Scotts moved on from Ex Girlfriends to current ones.
Or lack of them.
'I wish i was seeing someone,' he says getting up to
rifle through the selection of posh togs he's got to
choose from today, 'But i'm not - although a lot of
people think i am. I'll walk down the street with my
sister and they'll think she's my girlfriend. Or i'll
be walking along with one of my best girl mates and i
can hear people calling her a slag cause they think i'm
going out with her, I hate that.'
Hmm so scott wouldn't be telling any popstar
porky-pies then, and have a love-goddess secretly
stashed away at home? 'No way,' he says laughing. 'I
might be a popstar, but i'm allowed to have a girlfriend
so i wouldnt need to lie. its not down to our management,
like it was with Take That. Mark Owen had a girlfriend
the whole time he was in the band, and wasn't allowed to
tell anyone.'
There's a pause as he checks out some seriously cool
jeans for the shoot,and he adds a cheeky afterthought.
'So, at the moment i haven't got one. But even if i did
have, i wouldn't tell you anyway,' Oh cheers.
-SAUCY STUFF-
Even if there isn't a future Mrs Robinson in tow at the
moment, surely Scott isn't a complete girl exclusion
zone?
'Are you mad?' He splutters, flashing the pearly whites
he's been keen to keep hidden just 'cause one of his
front teeth is a little bit crooked.'Of course i'm not.
If i hadn't even touched a girl during the last year,
people would start worrying about me, wouldn't they?
But its a very personal thing and i really don't like
talking about things like that. Obviously a few things
have come my way in the last year, but i'm not going to
give anything away.'
What, not even a hint at how many fair maidens he's
snogged since joining Five?
'Absolutly not, no!' Scott denies any liasons with fans.
'Sorry, that just doesn't appeal to me. Can you imagine
if i kissed agirl and ended up in her bedroom and my
face was plastered all over her wall? And what if my
poster wasn't on the wall and thought, "Wicked she's
not a fan" and then i laid down on her bed and she asked
if she could put some music on and she turned the light
off just as When The Lights Go Out started on her stereo?
I'd be like, "Go away get out of here!"
I point out the fact that as he says these words,
across the nation,thousonds of fans are breaking down in
tears at the thought of never nabbing their number one
Five. As if assesing the tragic consequences and the
unamused response from his record company, he adds
'But girls out their don't need to worry. If someone
sees me for me and not being a member of Five, I'll
recognise that. If they genuinly like me, they've gotta
chance. Just gimme a smile.'
This article was typed by Jane.
