THE JONATHAN ROSS INTERVIEW Someone needs to tell Justin Bieber to f***ing calm down There’s barely a showbiz bum that hasn’t sat on his sofa – but Wossy still gets his hair cut at home, as RHIANNON EVANS discovers… is floppy barnet and instantly home – where he entertains everyone from recognisable soft Rs have graced Kate Moss to Nicole Scherzinger at his infamous TV screens for 27 years, and he Hallowe’en parties – and we’re captivated. even got an OBE for “services to This is the guy you want at your dream celeb broadcasting”, so there can’t be dinner party. Warning: this article contains Hmany people in this country who don’t know extreme (but rather lovely) name-dropping. who Jonathan Ross is. There’s also very few celebs who haven’t been on his many couches – he’s got You’ve got loads of celebrity mates – who drunk with Justin Timberlake, been in trouble would be your ideal Rally co-driver? for saying he’d “f*** Gwyneth Paltrow” and even It’d have to be someone you get on well with, joke played himself in that seminal movie Spice World. with and not get annoyed with. So, either David When we first meet Jonathan, 53, on London’s Walliams – I love spending time with him – or Jimmy Regent Street, he’s just completed a 406-mile drive Carr, who I get on very well with. Although, I think from Edinburgh as part of the Gumball Rally (a 3,000- his laugh would drive me mad after about a day. mile supercar trip from Miami to Ibiza) and a PR Who would you drive 3,000 miles to interview? confides to us that, despite his fame and ridiculously I’ve often flown 3,000 miles, but that’s a 40-hour star-studded phone book – he counts Russell Brand, drive. What’s happened in this scenario? Have all David Walliams and Ricky Gervais as mates – he’s an the planes gone down? “old school” gent compared to some of the younger Um, yeah… stars they regale us with horror stories about. Sylvester Stallone is always great, Barbra Streisand Two days later, we’re still on the rally – jetlagged I’m a huge fan of. Some of the younger stars who and overtired in Barcelona – while Jonathan is at I haven’t interviewed yet, like Scarlett Johansson… ■ No animals home, having returned for the birthday of his wife David Beckham’s always a great guest for me, so were harmed in Jane [Goldman, who he married in 1988]. He’s on the are Will Ferrell and Tom Hanks. And there’s lots of the production phone talking to us in the garden of his Hampstead UK stars I love, like Helen Mirren and Miranda Hart. of this photo 48 WWW.HEATWORLD.COM 28 June – 4 July 2014 WWW.HEATWORLD.COM 49 Have you ever been terrified THE of interviewing someone? The first time in my career that I interviewed Steve Martin – who INTERVIEW was like a God to me – was so nerve-wracking. I can’t even look back on that interview now because, even though he’s brilliantly funny in it, I just come across as a tongue-tied idiot. Has anyone ever farted on your sofa? Probably, but I’m not aware of it. I mean, I would have thought that, with the law of DOUBLE UP averages, someone has. I farted SPOOKY BASH ■ Taking part once before introducing Dannii ■ With Kate Moss and in a charity Minogue on the show. When you Nicole Scherzinger at tennis match with his Hallowe’en party last year Andy Murray fart in polite company, you can kind of ignore it and hope they think it’s someone else. But BECKS APPEAL when it’s just you and another ■ David’s always a brilliant person and they know they guest, smells good and is a didn’t do it… There was a look cool dad, according to JR in her eye. I hope she didn’t think I smell like that all the time. Queen came and said hello, Which celeb smells the best? I looked behind her and Ronnie Beckham smells great, but I think “SPENCER MATTHEWS Barker was making a gesture Dermot O’Leary might trump as if he was sucking a c**k. him. I tell you who had a really WAS A BIT OF A D**K” Your hair is almost as nice smell about them – Jade famous as you. Where HAIR WASH BASKET CASE Goody. She’d run a marathon do you get it cut? NICE WHEELS ■ the day before and she was I interviewed David Walliams, I was talking about his wife At home, by a very lovely young Well, that’s one way ■ Biebs shows ■ At this year’s to get Davina to sit on Jonathan his rushing around. She came for example, I wanted to make Lara [Stone], I did an accent woman called Lisa Hauck. She Gumball Rally your lap, Richard ball skills in and I remember giving her sure a) I covered the bases he and he was saying, “You know colours my wife’s hair and does a hug and she smelled great. wanted covered and b) it felt that’s not even how she speaks.” the kids’, too, and we found Is it ever awkward a bit fresh, so I went over to see So that was quite funny. it was slightly cheaper to get her we speak, I have two pugs sitting a remarkable phenomenon, but studio times. Sometimes, Alan interviewing your mates? him two days beforehand, and If you could dine out on just to come over to our house and on my lap and my French bulldog “I’VE DONE it is still quite hard to work out will get a brilliant guest because It’s interesting, but it’s never I spent the afternoon in his office. one of your gazillion celeb do us all in one go. We all have is nearby looking for squirrels. what they actually do. I would they’re only available Tuesday awkward. It can feel a little Has a friend ever told you stories, which would it be? it done around the kitchen table. We’ve got five cats, because we probably bear in mind that I don’t in the afternoon. Graham gets odd when you’re aware that off afterwards? I was doing a Royal Variety show There’s lots of going up and had two, then we got a boy cat JUST do as many shows per year as great guests – there are some the audience might know you No, I don’t think so. Normally, and, when you meet the Queen down the stairs and tin foil being and we let him get the other two I used to, so unless it was a very people that go on his show and know them, and you don’t want there’s sometimes a mock afterwards, they put everyone in put on people’s heads. The pregnant and they had a litter ABOUT quiet week, I might not want to don’t go on mine. Whether it’s it to seem like some sort of complaint. Like, when I a horseshoe shape. It was a really next morning, there’s always between them of 11 kittens – at go with the Kardashians. I’d because they don’t like me or chummy club. Last time interviewed Walliams and weird event, because the Two just piles of hair on the floor. one point, we had 14 cats. We’ve EVERYONE’’ maybe still go with Kanye. I do what, I’m not sure. Jude Law Ronnies had got together for You’ve managed to keep got a skunk – which is my son’s – find them very funny – I mean I’ve never had, also Judi Dench. it and I was a huge fan. As the your three children largely that I got from a friend of David Bound 2 was f***ing hilarious. But then we get loads of people, out of the public eye. Attenborough’s. We’ve also got was a very sweet person and It’s difficult to work out whether like whenever Robert Downey Jr CELEBRIBOUFFS Do you feel sorry for the two snakes, fish in the garden, I was very pleased she enjoyed they’re in on their own joke. is in London, he gives me a call Cos not all celebs have stylists… Beckham kids, who are and two or three feral cats that the success she had. I met some Is it hard picking your guests? and says, “Are you on air?” I’ve instantly recognisable? visit. And there’s a fox I put a bit of the Made In Chelsea bunch – Say if there’s a lot of American done just about everyone over No, I don’t, because Victoria and of food out for that I probably one or two I thought were d**ks. movie stars over, we try and the years, so I don’t really com David are cool people and such shouldn’t. Oh, and I also feed The one with the dark hair who avoid filling the show with them. feel jealous. ; WENN. S good parents. I met them out the birds. had just cheated on his girlfriend… If you’ve got some of the younger Finally, you’ve interviewed RE atu years ago with their kids and you What do you make of all Oh, Spencer Matthews? comedy stars on, you’ve got to Justin Bieber – what do E F couldn’t have met a more polite, these reality stars, like Yeah, he was a bit of a d**k, bear in mind that some of our make of what’s going on ; REX sweet-natured bunch of children.