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Chris Moyles on his Comic Relief challenge, being single and his future on Radio 1
by Mark Jefferies, Daily Mirror 16/03/2011
Any woman keen on bagging DJ Chris Moyles as a boyfriend could just call up his show and ask him on a date.
But none of his seven million breakfast listeners have ever tried it – and the Radio 1 star is a little bit surprised.
He says: “I’m obviously a catch. I’m a ‘secret crush’, I believe the phrase is, for a lot of people but I never get anyone ringing up the show and asking me out.
“And none of my mates try and set me up either. Gary Barlow’s wife Dawn said that as long as I don’t end up with one of them from Hollyoaks I’m fine. She’s worried I am going to rock up with a Hollyoaks girl.
“I don’t think I want to go out with anyone from Hollyoaks. In fact I’d like to say on the record that if you are in Hollyoaks and you are interested then it is a no. Don’t even bother trying – it’s a waste of time.”
Moyles has been single again since separating from his TV producer girlfriend last September after eight years together.
And an ideal time for any budding lovers to call will be live on the radio some time later tomorrow.
Because by then, Moyles will be into the final stretch of his non-stop 37-hour-plus radio broadcast for Comic Relief.
Exhausted and delirious after so long behind the microphone, he may say “yes” to anyone (even a girl from Hollyoaks).
In an exclusive interview with the Mirror just hours before he starts his marathon DJ stint at half past six this morning, he is fretting about swearing live on air.
Moyles, who is hoping to smash Simon Mayo’s 37-hour record for the longest-ever show on Radio 1, says: “I think the longest I’ve ever been up for was 24 hours. I’ve never been a raver and done the whole ‘stay up all night in Ibiza’ thing.
“I’m worried about swearing – getting so relaxed at two o’clock in the morning that my guard is down and then I say stuff that I really shouldn’t say on the air.
“It’s really weird because anything in life you can prepare for to a certain extent, but this task you really can’t.
“Everyone’s advice is really rubbish because they say, ‘Well just have a load of coffee’. Well I can’t do that because I’ll crash on the other side of it.
“Or they’ll say, ‘Just take a load of drugs’. Right, because that’s really going to help.
“Hopefully if I get too knackered I’ll go off and have a half-hour kip. And I’m going to have lots of freezing cold showers. But I can’t drink on air and it is going to be St Paddy’s night which is a p***er.
“It was when I saw David Walliams doing the Comic Relief 24-hour game show and he couldn’t even keep his eyes open that I realised it is a proper challenge. I think it is going to be really tough.”
But Moyles, who also helped raise money for Comic Relief in 2009 by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro with Cheryl Cole, Fearne Cotton, Denise Van Outen and a host of other celebs, is in shape for the challenge after becoming addicted to the gym. “Now I’m single I spend my time relaxing out of work by going to the gym way too much,” he says. “I’ve got David Haye’s old trainer who kills me.
“I’ve become obsessed by it all. And I watch what I eat now that I’ve had to learn to cook for myself and that takes up a lot of my time, especially if I’m not drinking, which I have been trying not to do lately.”
He turned 37 last month and his favourite birthday presents were a set of knives and cooking utensils from friends.
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“I had never cooked at all until two and a half years ago, and because now I am living on my own I am having to cook all the time,” he reveals.
“But I am still cooking for four people. I am following the recipes and making a vat of curry, and 14 litres of chilli con carne.
“I have got into an awful routine where I cook on a Monday night, then I freeze it and the next day I have it for lunch.
“Then I cook something else on Tuesday night and I am constantly ringing mates and saying, ‘What are you up to? Are you hungry? Do you want to come round for some food? because I’ve got loads’.”
Critics have said Moyles is past it, and there has been speculation that he could be replaced next year by rising young DJ Greg James.
But Moyles, who famously claimed to be the saviour of Radio 1, is naturally confident he’ll get a new contract this summer. And after more than seven years as the breakfast show host, he wants to continue for as long as possible. “I’m sorry to be big-headed but they have got the best man for the job doing the job, which is me,” he says. “It may sound very arrogant, but it’s f***ing true.
“It would be really nice to get to 10 years. But I would only want to do that if everything was still great. We have got to talk about the contract. “It is year by year which is a bit frustrating. I’ve always said the same thing – if I am happy doing it, the bosses are happy with it and the listeners are happy with it, we’ll just keep going. I don’t think I’ll ever go to Radio 2. I don’t think I’d fit in with the style.
“At the moment I really, really love the show.
“You know it is not going to go on for ever, but fingers crossed we are going to sign and we’ll see what happens after that.
“Dave (Moyles’ sidekick Dave Vitty) isn’t going anywhere, he hasn’t got anything else to do.
“We’ve been together more than most marriages, including his. You never get used to getting up in the morning – it is a f***ing nightmare. But it’s still the greatest job in the world.”
However, there is another which Moyles would love – Simon Cowell’s spot on The X Factor judging panel.
“If they offered me X Factor I would do it,” he says. “What a gig that would be. I would bite Cowell’s arm off to do it.
“Has he asked me yet? No, but he should. I don’t think Simon is doing the next one, so I would quite happily replace him.
“He is my favourite judge – most times on the night he says what I am thinking.
“It’s when you’re sitting there with your mate and you go, ‘Ooh that was a bit ropey, wasn’t it?’ and then they come on and say, ‘That was brilliant’. I’m sorry it wasn’t.
“You’ve got to be honest – you don’t have to be horrible. You can say. ‘That wasn’t great, you know you can do better than that’ and that’s what Simon does.” But if he ever did get the gig, it could lead to regular clashes with Louis Walsh.
Moyles says: “God love Louis, I love him, but he shouts, ‘That was brilliant’ and you have to say, ‘Are you deaf? Were you on the phone? Were you even listening?’
“So if Simon is reading this just put me on. I’ll do it for less money than he does so the show can give him a bit of cash.”
Maybe Cowell can give him a bell towards the end of his marathon broadcast – that would certainly wake him up.
3 BBC Radio 1’s Longest Show Ever... with Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave for Comic Relief begins today, 6.30am. To donate, go to http://www.rednoseday.com"
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Chris Moyles on his Comic Relief challenge, being single and his future on Radio 1
by Mark Jefferies, Daily Mirror 16/03/2011
Any woman keen on bagging DJ Chris Moyles as a boyfriend could just call up his show and ask him on a date.
But none of his seven million breakfast listeners have ever tried it – and the Radio 1 star is a little bit surprised.
He says: “I’m obviously a catch. I’m a ‘secret crush’, I believe the phrase is, for a lot of people but I never get anyone ringing up the show and asking me out.
“And none of my mates try and set me up either. Gary Barlow’s wife Dawn said that as long as I don’t end up with one of them from Hollyoaks I’m fine. She’s worried I am going to rock up with a Hollyoaks girl.
“I don’t think I want to go out with anyone from Hollyoaks. In fact I’d like to say on the record that if you are in Hollyoaks and you are interested then it is a no. Don’t even bother trying – it’s a waste of time.”
Moyles has been single again since separating from his TV producer girlfriend last September after eight years together.
And an ideal time for any budding lovers to call will be live on the radio some time later tomorrow.
Because by then, Moyles will be into the final stretch of his non-stop 37-hour-plus radio broadcast for Comic Relief.
Exhausted and delirious after so long behind the microphone, he may say “yes” to anyone (even a girl from Hollyoaks).
In an exclusive interview with the Mirror just hours before he starts his marathon DJ stint at half past six this morning, he is fretting about swearing live on air.
Moyles, who is hoping to smash Simon Mayo’s 37-hour record for the longest-ever show on Radio 1, says: “I think the longest I’ve ever been up for was 24 hours. I’ve never been a raver and done the whole ‘stay up all night in Ibiza’ thing.
“I’m worried about swearing – getting so relaxed at two o’clock in the morning that my guard is down and then I say stuff that I really shouldn’t say on the air.
“It’s really weird because anything in life you can prepare for to a certain extent, but this task you really can’t.
“Everyone’s advice is really rubbish because they say, ‘Well just have a load of coffee’. Well I can’t do that because I’ll crash on the other side of it.
“Or they’ll say, ‘Just take a load of drugs’. Right, because that’s really going to help.
“Hopefully if I get too knackered I’ll go off and have a half-hour kip. And I’m going to have lots of freezing cold showers. But I can’t drink on air and it is going to be St Paddy’s night which is a p***er.
“It was when I saw David Walliams doing the Comic Relief 24-hour game show and he couldn’t even keep his eyes open that I realised it is a proper challenge. I think it is going to be really tough.”
But Moyles, who also helped raise money for Comic Relief in 2009 by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro with Cheryl Cole, Fearne Cotton, Denise Van Outen and a host of other celebs, is in shape for the challenge after becoming addicted to the gym. “Now I’m single I spend my time relaxing out of work by going to the gym way too much,” he says. “I’ve got David Haye’s old trainer who kills me.
“I’ve become obsessed by it all. And I watch what I eat now that I’ve had to learn to cook for myself and that takes up a lot of my time, especially if I’m not drinking, which I have been trying not to do lately.”
He turned 37 last month and his favourite birthday presents were a set of knives and cooking utensils from friends.
Advertisement - article continues below »
“I had never cooked at all until two and a half years ago, and because now I am living on my own I am having to cook all the time,” he reveals.
“But I am still cooking for four people. I am following the recipes and making a vat of curry, and 14 litres of chilli con carne.
“I have got into an awful routine where I cook on a Monday night, then I freeze it and the next day I have it for lunch.
“Then I cook something else on Tuesday night and I am constantly ringing mates and saying, ‘What are you up to? Are you hungry? Do you want to come round for some food? because I’ve got loads’.”
Critics have said Moyles is past it, and there has been speculation that he could be replaced next year by rising young DJ Greg James.
But Moyles, who famously claimed to be the saviour of Radio 1, is naturally confident he’ll get a new contract this summer. And after more than seven years as the breakfast show host, he wants to continue for as long as possible. “I’m sorry to be big-headed but they have got the best man for the job doing the job, which is me,” he says. “It may sound very arrogant, but it’s f***ing true.
“It would be really nice to get to 10 years. But I would only want to do that if everything was still great. We have got to talk about the contract. “It is year by year which is a bit frustrating. I’ve always said the same thing – if I am happy doing it, the bosses are happy with it and the listeners are happy with it, we’ll just keep going. I don’t think I’ll ever go to Radio 2. I don’t think I’d fit in with the style.
“At the moment I really, really love the show.
“You know it is not going to go on for ever, but fingers crossed we are going to sign and we’ll see what happens after that.
“Dave (Moyles’ sidekick Dave Vitty) isn’t going anywhere, he hasn’t got anything else to do.
“We’ve been together more than most marriages, including his. You never get used to getting up in the morning – it is a f***ing nightmare. But it’s still the greatest job in the world.”
However, there is another which Moyles would love – Simon Cowell’s spot on The X Factor judging panel.
“If they offered me X Factor I would do it,” he says. “What a gig that would be. I would bite Cowell’s arm off to do it.
“Has he asked me yet? No, but he should. I don’t think Simon is doing the next one, so I would quite happily replace him.
“He is my favourite judge – most times on the night he says what I am thinking.
“It’s when you’re sitting there with your mate and you go, ‘Ooh that was a bit ropey, wasn’t it?’ and then they come on and say, ‘That was brilliant’. I’m sorry it wasn’t.
“You’ve got to be honest – you don’t have to be horrible. You can say. ‘That wasn’t great, you know you can do better than that’ and that’s what Simon does.” But if he ever did get the gig, it could lead to regular clashes with Louis Walsh.
Moyles says: “God love Louis, I love him, but he shouts, ‘That was brilliant’ and you have to say, ‘Are you deaf? Were you on the phone? Were you even listening?’
“So if Simon is reading this just put me on. I’ll do it for less money than he does so the show can give him a bit of cash.”
Maybe Cowell can give him a bell towards the end of his marathon broadcast – that would certainly wake him up.
3 BBC Radio 1’s Longest Show Ever... with Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave for Comic Relief begins today, 6.30am. To donate, go to http://www.rednoseday.com"
