June 28, 2000 - Smash Hits - "Age Is Just A Number"
"Aaargh!" squeals Kian as Smash HIts scruples quiz creeps up on him...
You get chatting to a girl in a club. She's really nice and you move in for a snog at the end of the night. Later she confesses she's 15 and a huge fan. What do you do?
If I liked her, it wouldn't make a difference. It would anooy me she was so young and I'd be angry if she'd lied about her age, but the fan thing wouldn't annoy me. If she's a nice person - her being a fan makes no difference. I'd never rule out going out with a fan and age is just a number, I'd go out with someone 'cos I liked them, not how old they are.
You've been chatting to someone for ages when Nicky comes over. You go to introduce her but you realise you haven't got a clue what her name is. What do you do?
I'd just say "This is Nicky," then talk about something else so they have to introduce themselves. I'd never admit I didn't know her name. t's hard to remember people in this industry. I'm always saying "Pleased to meet you," then people say, "But I've already met you". But people do understand.
You overhear a girl saying you can't sing. An hour later she's standing in front of you asking for your autograph, Wha t do you do?
I'd sign her autograph but I'd say something sarcastic, like, "Why d'you want an autograph from someone who can't sing?". But I'd never refuse an autograph.
On a date you notice a bit of spinach in your date's teeth. How do you get rid of it?
I could always remove it by kissing her! If I thought she was going to get embarrassed about it about it I wouldn't say anything. I'd just let her go to the bathroom and remove it for herself and I'd pretend I'd never noticed. But if she was an open person and she wouldn't get offended, I'd tell her.
You're heading for a seat at a swanky celeb party. As you sit down someone removes the char and you end up on the floor. How do you hide the embarrassment?
Laugh. I don't get embarrassed by stuff like that. I might be in front of loads of celebrities, but if they want to laugh at me they can, I don't really care, I've learnt to let those things go over my head.
Talking to someone at a party, they start slagging off Westlife not realising who you are. What do you do?
I'd say, "I think they're really good" and start putting across all the good points. Everybody's entitled to their own opinions. If I thought they were going overboard, I'd let them keep going for ages and then I'd just say, "By the way, I'm in Westlife" and they'd probably just die of embarrassment!
You're performing Seasons In The Sun on a TV show. As the music starts you realise you've completely forgotten the first line. What do you do?
I'd just hide behind the microphone so people couldn't see what my mouth was doing. If we were singing live I'd just hum the line rather than singing the lyrics. I'd just be like "Da, da, da, da, da, da, dum dum"! We never forget the lyrics anyway. Yesterday we were performing Fool Again abd Shane sang the wrong line at one point, but we just kept going.