13th February 2007

The one about Heat magazine (go and buy it NOW!!!), about people having digs, about myspacers kicking off, losing bets (i lost a bet!) and about how I nearly got arrested!!!!


Oh dear.... The myspacers are kicking off!!! Lol. I sent a bulletin out to my 7,000 plus friends saying "go and get Heat mag" cos there's a massive interview with me in it this week (plus there's a story and pics about Lashes' new tattoo Meat is Murder) but...... here's the but..... the guy who interviewed me says a few nasty little things at the end of the interview. He basically says I'm "cold" and that I come across as a business woman (got that right - what does he think I'm doing this job for? For the love of it....? Er, no - I do it for the money!). Anyway, everyone who has already seen the mag has messaged me ranting about the journalist and demanding to know why all journalists are "c*nts" (their words - not mine!).

The thing is this; we walked down to a café to do the interview (the guy didn't want to do it in the house that we were doing the photo shoot in) and the whole way to the café (a ten minute walk away) I was chatting to him about Lashes, tattoos, men, my blog and even about my mates Fit Bod's baby - who I was seeing later that day! When we got to the café the journalist said "do you mind if we do the interview alone?" - my publicist Jo was with me and also Lashes. I said "no" but found it rather odd as I explained to him there's NOTHING I won't answer and whether there's one person or a hundred people listening I will give the same answer, I've got nothing to hide (clear to anyone who reads my blog) and nothing I'm ashamed of (apart from going out with the Boil) so therefore my interview won't be any different if Lashes or Jo or anyone else is there. By him asking to do the interview alone, I assumed he must have wanted to ask me a few "naughty" questions ie. questions that he shouldn't really be asking - well, that or he was a bit nervous (ie. not confident enough to interrogate me in front of an audience). Anyhow, I agreed to be interviewed alone and I answered everything he asked of me (as you will read for yourselves if you get the magazine). He then puts at the end that I'm cold and unfriendly, non-chatty (what the hell was I doing on the walk to the café then?) and that I think I don't need press anymore.

I DID say that I don't need press anymore and I went on to explain to him why. My reasons are (and I told him all this) that I'm not like all the other arse-licking celebs that would sell their own mum to get in a newspaper (or pretend to have cancer, do set-up "paparazzi" shots, pretend to be on the verge of suicide etc etc). I can fully live without ever being in another newspaper or magazine again! I told him that unless people want to say nice or true things then I just don't want it. I get invited to twenty red carpet events every week and I go to about 1% of them. I can't even remember the last red carpet event I went to. The reason for this is that I have mush more fun doing REAL stuff with my REAL mates. Why would I want to go an event with a bunch of fake people who are desperately trying to get their picture in a paper? I mean; if there's a film I want to see, a chauffeur car provided and free drink all night (and I can take a bunch of friends) then I might be persuaded every now and then to go to a premiere but other than that I'm not interested. As I explained to him - anything I say gets twisted anyway, lies are told, stories are made up and I am slagged off 24/7 - why then would I want to continue being in magazines? Unless they are speaking the truth or they have something nice to say about me then I don't want it. Most of my money comes from doing big TV shows (like the one I have just filmed for Living TV - out on the 1st March) and I can promote anything I'm doing on here (my own website) which gets as many readers as any magazine out there. I'm happy to work with the press if they give me a fair ride but if they don't then I'm not bothered either way. Plus, I will always have a place in TV because anyone I've ever worked with has said, and I quote, "you are the most professional and easy-to-work-with celeb I have ever worked with!" Anyone in TV knows that I give 200% to anything I do and they know I will always make great viewing. Love me or hate me - I pull in the viewers and that fact cannot be disputed!

Anyway - my point is that a journalist like the guy who interviewed me for Heat can't just BE NICE. Oh no..... they absolutely have to get a dig in somewhere and the only thing he can think to say is that I'm cold (it WAS cold - it was the middle of Jan - it was freezing in fact!) and that I'm unfriendly (which is complete b*llocks as I chatted non-stop to him the whole way to the café). Plus, if being a business woman makes me a bad person then Hell - I'm evil! Cos I'm the best damn business woman in England!

Don't worry about it folks (I've had some serious rants from people on myspace about the way he described me!) - I'm not bothered by it so don't let it bother you! It's par for the course that some journalists just can't be nice! They love to have a little dig (God only knows why) but they are the ones that have to live with it - not me. I will go to sleep happy tonight that I have a VERY fit boyfriend and a brilliant rest of the week ahead of me! And aside from that, the interview is very funny. I like it! And the page on Lashes' new tattoo is also very good! Although poor Lashes is hiding under his desk at work today from embarrassment. Of all the poncing, desperate wanna-be-famous boyfriends I've ever had; he is the one who really DOESN'T want to be famous or in any magazines! I don't feel too bad though because even it if raises a tiny bit of awareness for animals then it's all good in my eyes!

Which brings me onto my next story. As you are probably aware - it is Valentine's day tomorrow. Lashes told me last night that he had tried to arrange for me to be arrested for the day (being arrested is one of the things to do on my "list of things to do before I'm 30!). He wanted to have me cuffed and taken to the station and finger-printed etc. Then, when I got in the cell; it was going to be full of red roses and chocolates!!!! I would have LOVED that!!! Silly boy didn't tell then it was for me though and the police said "no" to it. I reckon if he'd have told them it was for me they might have done it! Never mind. Instead he is cooking for me tomorrow night and then on Saturday he is doing something else for me (but won't tell me what) - if it's anything like his original plan then it's going to be fun! I'll let you know what happens. On second thoughts; it's probably for the best that the police said "no" as I would have gone absolutely nuts when they tried to arrest me! I was on the British version of "Punked" a few years ago and two "undercover police" tried to arrest me - I totally kicked off and screamed and shouted at them (before showing them a copy of OK mag as "ID" - ha ha - VERY embarrassing!).

Now, onto my next painful story........ Last night I was washing some fruit in the sink and the running water was ICY cold. I kept wincing in pain as my fingers turned blue and numb. Lashes said "let's have a bet that I can keep my hand under that water for double the amount of time that you can!" So.... Out came the stop-watch and I went first. While he was getting the stop-watch I turned the water to warm and he had no idea. Of course I could have then kept my hand there all night but I made out that it was really painful and I thought to myself "how long should I make him go for?" - remember he said he could do DOUBLE whatever I did. Thinking that the real icy cold water would be torturous, I did 3 minutes (so that he would have to do 6). At the end of it I slyly turned the water back to freezing cold, without him noticing. Bless him, he did the 6 minutes (with lots of shouting and wincing) and I then "lost" the bet. I now have to have tattooed on my body whatever he says! Sh*t. Even though I cheated, I think I will have to go through with it since he did do the 6 minutes and also because he followed through with the Meat is Murder tattoo! I can't wimp out now! He hasn't yet told me what I have to have so watch this space to find out what I get! I'm just praying that he doesn't choose for me to have his own name! We all know what a jinx that is! Maybe he'll let me get away with "Fish have feelings too!" or something..........

So, life is hysterically funny at the moment. I am due to get some absurd tattoo any day now (when Lashes decides what he wants me to have) and this week looks set to be really good. Go and get Heat mag cos even though the journalist is being petty; it's still a good read, a blinding interview and good pictures! I'm off to eat some chocolate and have a cuddle with the dogs.

Lots and lots of love Jodie x x x x

P.S Quote for the day "Keep smiling - it makes people wonder what you've been up to!"

P.P.S a poem written for me and animals by Max (loving these poems people - keep them coming!)

Jodie you're not just a pretty face,
Even though your looks make mens' hearts race!
You stand for so mush that actually matters,
With the world the way it is today in tatters.
You may have looks that are truly desired,
But your charity work should be deeply admired.
So many people don't realise what they eat,
When they set their eyes on pieces of meat.
Alongside PETA, you've made us aware,
That there's some tasty veggie options out there!
I feel educated and healthier too,
I now eat quorn and it's all thanks to you.
The influence you have saves us from harm.
Even lashes has "meat is murder" tattooed on his arm!
Keep up the good work, they should crown you as royal,
lets leave the rotting flesh to that creep David Boil!!

P.P.P.S My Myspace is www.myspace.com/youwishiwasyourbird - look me up!!!!