Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware - S16 Ep 7: Girls Aloud

Episode Date: November 29, 2023

Don’t say we never spoil you listeners, because this is a biggie: Cheryl, Kimberley, Nadine & Nicola - Girls Aloud! They’re back & they’ve come round to New Cross to join me and mum for lunch. This episode is loud, exciting, chaotic, but mostly it’s just brilliant!We hear all about the exciting news of their new tour, what it was like living together when they first formed as a band (and forgetting to pay the utility bills), lovely stories about their beautiful bandmate, the late Sarah Harding, and to top it off quite an unbelievable story about microwaving bacon! We had so, so much fun with you girls, good luck with the tour, we’ll be there in the front row cheering you on. Girls Aloud have announced the ‘The Girls Aloud Show’ arena tour in May/June 2024, Tickets on sale Fri 1 Dec... all info at girlsaloud.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to Table Manners. This is a very special episode. It's a chilly, sunny afternoon. It's an exclusive. Oh, sorry, I was just setting the scene down. Okay. But it's going to be an explosive, joyous podcast. We promise. Yeah. We've got Girls Aloud on the podcast.

I just can't wait to meet them. I know. The only worry is that... Don't make too many promises, darling. Oh, God. Da-da-da-da. Da-da-da-da. I am just worried about there being four different cars

that need to get here. How long that's going to take. Also, four microphones. Now, thank God, they've all got very different accents. We've got Nadine from Derry. We've got Nicola from Liverpool. We've got Cheryl from Newcastle. And we've got Kimberly from Bradford.

I don't think we've ever done... My dad wrote a porno and there were three of them. Haim, three of them. But we haven't had four people on the podcast before. So poor old producer Alice is about, and also not you. No, you'll be fine. You've got Girls Aloud on the podcast. There's a lot of microphones and conversations to be had around this dinner table today.

It will be fine. They've just announced that they are doing an arena tour. Pre-saleales on now when they made that announcement every person posted it it feels like everyone is very ready for the girls allowed tour we've got them coming to my house it's a saturday i'm going off to australia on monday but we can of course we fit in a podcast special with Girls Aloud. I'm on cooking duty. You've definitely shared the load. I'm making the wonderful Alison Roman's buttered chicken,

tomato, oregano, slow roasted. I've done it, I think, for Rosematter Fair. I know it's a bit unoriginal, but when you're cooking for loads of people and the kids are in the house, it's easier. And then I'm just just gonna do it with roast new potatoes and a herb salad and you you've got this salad that looks very beautiful a bit like hummus though if you say the h word again i'm gonna hit you it's chicory with tahini and parmesan dressing with parsley and baked maple walnuts. Yum.

It's not a Lenghi recipe. It's in more extra... Test kitchen. Extra. Extra helping. Now, we do have a vegetarian in our midst. Nicola is a vegetarian, she says. So you have made something that you made for Thomasina Myers.

It's the courgette and ciabatta frittata. Ciabatta frittata. That's what we've got. And then for pudding we have mum making a quince and white chocolate trifle. I don't know what they're going to drink. I've got some bubbly that's not cold enough.

I've got red wine. I've got diet cokes. I don't know what they're going to want to drink. I think it will all be fine. I'm very excited. Girls Aloud coming up on... Table Mamas. Now that's not our tune, is it? No, that's The Promise.

That's our tune. A poor version of The Promise. Yeah. Girls Aloud in New Cross. Can you believe it? Thank you so much for being here. I apologise on behalf of, well, the Mayor of London and Amazon and HMV, it's Black Friday. Kimberly, how long has it taken you?

Just over three hours. Oh my God, and where were you coming from? I was coming from North London. That's mad. I could have gone back to Bradford where I'm from. But it's totally worth it. Well, you're enjoying mum's hummus chicory dip. You stop saying it.

It's tahini and parmesan. Okay, we'll just dig in, girls. We're going to eat. We have Cheryl, Nadine, Nicola and Kimberly. Girls Aloud are in my kitchen. We're going to be feeding you. We're going to be talking about food. We're going to be talking about Girls Aloud and the new tour.

Okay, let's just talk about this. Rylan has got you. As we talk about this, this is coming out next week, Rylan's got you to number one with his favourite song. For a minute. The power of Rylan. That's what I was saying. I messaged him back today and I was like,

and he sent me a picture of him with a wine on the sofa in his robe. And I was like, you're doing all this. Masterminding this. He first took that picture of him. Your robe. Yeah, your robe on the sofa in his robe and I was like, you're doing all this. Mastermind in this. He first took that picture of him. Your robe, yeah, your robe on your sofa, like, we all need to be scared of the power of violent, realistic life. He's in the robe, you're for evil. We're going down.

I wish the listeners could actually smell the sense in here. It smells insane. That's really kind of you. As a vegetarian, that's roast chicken that you can smell. It might be my photography. Garlic though, there's a lot of garlic in here. We've got a vegetarian dish for you. Thank you. Nicola. Is that just roasties and veg? No, it isn't. Oh, because

you know. No, it's not. Mum made it and mum is a famous vegetarian, well, sceptic, and she's made you something delicious. It's also Atalangi. It's courgette and ciabatta frittata. Are you a vegetarian or a flexitarian? I'm a vegetarian. How long have you been a vegetarian for, Nicola? Since, like, 2016. I'm not buying it, are you?

She sways a bit now. So, hold on, when you two... When you guys... I have seen her eat meat since she said she was a vegetarian. You have? Yeah. Nadine, who was it yesterday? I was horrified someone said there was a new flavour in the KFC chips. Me.

You. Horrified? It's amazing! No, I said it was amazing. Why? What's the flavour? You've got to get the flavour. Which one? Add the Christmas burger.

Have you tried the Christmas burger? Oh my god! Oh my god, you've got to get the combo. Christmas burger! It's got, it's got, it's got cranberry sauce on it and then a patty of stuffing. Do you think you should be eating fast food like this? Yeah, all the time. As often as I can.

We have kids. We have to. You've got to try this out. And then this happened before. KFC does this all the time. And this is how they suck me in. Hold on, are you a big KFC fan? Well, this is how they suck me in, right?

This is what they're advertising. They'll advertise these new things. Remember it was like the gravy Dippenberger? And then it'll say, not available in Northern Ireland. So I'm like, if I'm going to go back home for Christmas, it's not going to be available. So I need to get it now, or else I'll never be able to get it. Nadine, you're the only person reading the small print for KFC.

I swear to God. I'm a small print kind of gal. Do you know, if you look at it, if he's around at the small print for KFC I swear to God have a small print get a gal do you know if you look at it if he's around at the small print now I am will often say

not available in Northern Ireland so it just jumps off the page so that's why I had to go get it I had to do it and what would be

your out of ten mark for the KFC Christmas burger okay so there's I mean it was fine, it was good. The stuffing was good, it was a nice addition. But what really impressed me was the seasoning on the chips thing. No, have you ever had

have you ever had the gravy from B&M? What's B&M? Oh, you're taking us to Hollywood. These are too posh. What's B&M? Is it B&M I thought'm getting out of here. Is it, is it, is it?

Taxi? What is it? B&M I thought was the home place. That's it. B&M. It's fabulous. Is that like having, oh, okay. Next you're going to say that.

Having meatballs in Ikea. Yeah, next you're going to say you have the Ikea hot dogs and I'm going to leave. I'm really food conscious. Like, I'm the one on Instagram that's like looking at all of the label stuff. Like, you can't, you shouldn't be drinking Coke because it does this to your body and you shouldn't be doing this. just like I'm the one on Instagram that's like looking at all of the the label stuff like you can't you shouldn't be drinking coke because it does this to your body and you shouldn't be doing this like I'm really into it well look you've got an apple waste sourdough there from the new in Somerset that you're good with that yeah you're good with the sourdough the chicory you're going

to be all right with the ciabatta frittata is going to be absolutely fine the roast new potatoes no problemo yeah but I want to know, Cheryl, you did say something. You said, I've seen Nicola eating meat. I have. Since 2016. I definitely have. I have definitely had bits of meat in the past. What do you go to?

Like roast beef. If I'm feeling like, okay, I might need a bit of something, I'll have roast beef on my roast dinner. But you try and avoid it normally. Fair enough. Are you doing it on ethical grounds? I'm doing it on multiple grounds. Like ethically, like my love of animals,

the mass consumption of meat, and then what it does to the planet, and then how it affects the body. Like for me, it just works in my mind for me on all of those levels. But if your body tells you you need it, you're like, because you're sort of sacrificing a lot of the time.

That's fair enough. I'm loving seeing the dynamic of you lot. It is literally like we're back in the early, well, what the early, the, when did you form? 2002. The early noughties

but honestly it is like that for us it's like we've gone in a time warp it's actually starting to freak me out but can I say you don't look any different

you all look as gorgeous you're too kind so hold on how old were you when you when you started in 2002 21

19 during the audition process I was 16 you're such a baby so was I but then by the time the band came around, then I was 17. We were both 17.

Is that the Gemini? Hold on, was that? Oh, yeah. Was that? Were you 17? Or were you? I love that one. You're smart, Nadine.

I was a fascist. See, now you go back. No, I don't care. I'm quite happy. I'm 38 and very proud to be 38. Or as a player. I was 38 and very proud to be 38. But you know that time when it started it was we were we were 16. That's crazy. And I had done a show before where I was 16. So I had a year ahead of these girls of a year of fame no fortune but the fame yeah the downside of it downside by the time it came around

to doing this one I definitely had been I was like oh yeah this can really get crazy this can go different ways I wish I'd had that little prelude of I'll never forget

Nicola's River Deep Mountain High yeah that was unbelievable yeah but I replaced somebody so they gave me that song which I was so grateful for because it was a big song

and I knew and I was like thank god it's a massive song and it's not just some like you know little cheap pop ballad or whatever

I mean I just you it's exactly this is such a treat I feel like Not just some little cheap pop ballad or whatever. I mean, I just... This is such a treat. I feel like people are going to be so jealous that we're getting to do this. And it's really special. We're so lucky.

It is really special. And it's quite crazy at the same time. You don't have many people after 21 years that could sit down like this and just chat like there's never been any time past you know and you're going to go and do this tour it's going to be a sell out arena tour we've also been through like a lot

personally and band wise in the last decade which is how long it's been by the way since we performed together over that we've all you know three of us have become mothers which is obviously as you know a massive life alteraltering situation to happen. And the loss of Sarah has been huge.

It must feel weird when she's not... So weird. It's one missing. Very bizarre. It feels like there's more than one missing. Like, it's just such a big presence that you're always like, where is everyone? And you're like, it's actually only her.

It feels a bit wonky at all times. And you guys would be getting a different us today if she was here as well. What would the dynamic be? This dynamic is set here right now, but if she was here, you'd feel a different dynamic. I would just be on having a laugh. We'd be making plans of what we're doing after this.

What would you be doing? We would be going out. We would be would be enjoying these the celebration here we'd have something to eat and then we'd be like oh we're south we're not usually southland what are we going to do when we're here like start like get the you know get the the info on of who we know that loves nearby and what fun stuff we're going to do she loved food actually as well she did she loved she was okay she'd be talking to you a lot about cooking. Do you know what? Her favourite thing to do at the weekends

when we usually maybe had a day off was to go home, put a roast chicken in, do a roast. Like, she loved it. And no one really knew that side of her. Obviously, we all know the party girl, Sarah. Yeah, she did love to party and she was a real fun girl to have on a night out. Sarah was the girl

you'd be out for dinner and she'd be taking the food off your plate before you'd even started eating it yourself Oh Jessie you'd have gone on me and Sarah massive foodie. And everything she made always looked better than what you were it was the way she arranged it she really nailed it. Do you know why she did it? She took time with the arranging

absolutely. Even if it was a jacket potato it was a really good jacket potato with loads of butter in the middle of it. And the wheeze she would... She would never just like... Yeah. She just, she loved it. Actually, she told my mum that her roast dinner was the best she'd ever had.

Oh. Your mum? We've talked about your mum's roast dinner. And that is... And my mum is wearing that like a medallion. Well, we're having a version of roast chicken, and I know you're all starving, so let's get it. Jessie, get some out.

Have you got gravy? Well. Oh, my God, stop. Well, no, because it's a... You're not bloody eating it anyway, Nicholas. I don't know why you're not eating it today. No, but how am I going to make... I'm a true northerner.

I need buckets of gravy. How am I going to make my roasties moist? Well, then, okay, they're sad. I can't dip them in the list. Okay, moist? Well then, okay, they're sad. I can't dip them in hummus. Okay, okay, okay. A disclaimer, they're not roast potatoes. Have you got any vista?

They're new potatoes that I couldn't be bothered. I wasn't going to peel, I mean, I love you girls and I, but I wasn't going to peel a load of bloody potatoes this morning. I've seen a hack. You'd be a buddy for that. What, go on. Apparently if you score it around the middle, and you do like a little one centimetre in, all the way around, then boil it,

when you take them out, the skin just falls off. Oh, what, like a tomato when you do like a little one centimeter in all the way around then boil it when you take them out The skin just falls out what like a tomato when you do I'll try that When does the tour start? That's what I want to know. May. So when are you going to get all your outfits? Is it going to be leotards?

That'll probably be April and it definitely won't be a leotard. Are you sure? She said she thought it might. She can have a leotard. Leotard maybe but not playsuit. Beavis and cot I think. For you. It's like it's possible. I would imagine. Oh you're going to go there.

Guys I'm just going to buy in. I just did my tour and I wore a leotard. Yeah. And I am what 39. I never felt more sexy. Really? I think you should consider it. I think your dance has made you feel sexy darling. Maybe yes.

Schitt's Creek. Do you ever watch it? Yes. Love it. What's her name? I think your dance has made you feel sexy, darling. Maybe, yes. Schitt's Creek. Do you ever watch it? Yes, love it. What's her name? Moira. Moira. She says, take pictures of yourself when you are young and naked. I think you'll look back and be like...

We've done that, though. Do you know how many young naked... Do it again! I agree. How many young naked pictures we have? Jessie, I agree. What are you going to wear? Like a pony neck and a suit?

No, an appropriate... Oh, bore off, Cheryl. Oh, that's terrible. You're gorgeous. Lenny, is that the way you've raised her to talk to me? Like that or what? I don't know. She's so rude.

Isn't that rude? So rude. I just think, you know... It will sparkle and spangle in all of its glory. Yeah, sparkly. Yeah. And like, but it won't be up my arse creed. Cat suit, maybe I can get on board with.

But like like play suit I guess we'll figure it out yeah no not for me anymore I don't think my children would appreciate it no me either

they're quite protective and I think the thing about it is that we're raising them they're not raising us if my child has a problem with my bum being out which she did have

when she saw the last tour she was like why is your bum out she didn't say that she was like why is your bum out she didn't say that she was like why is your bum all over the place and I was like

oh yeah it really really is so maybe we'll have like a little more material but that's for me I'm the adult in that situation yeah

they can just yeah but they've got I'm the adult I don't want my bum out so I'm good with it it's me I don't want to go to school

and having people being like I saw your mum's ass the other day on no he's a boy they're lads yeah well I'll have my ass out It's me, I don't want to go into school and having people being like, I saw your mum's ass the other day. No. He's a boy, they're lads.

Yeah, well, I'll have my ass out. I'll do it. I'll take one for the team. You take one for the team. We never dress like, well, we do actually sometimes dress identical, but we don't have to. No, you don't all dress like Sarah. It's going to be the colour. There'll be a colour and then a theme and then you'll all look different.

Yeah, exactly. Yeah, it's just like your personal style, but all blank. So is it going to be all the hits, or is there going to be new stuff as well? No, just all the hits, and maybe a few little album tracks thrown in there, some of our faves maybe. We're going to do some research, I think,

see what the fans actually really want to hear. Oh, you know our favourite? What's yours? Promise. Oh, yeah. That'll be there. I'm sure that... Don't worry. Is that everybody's favourite? I think it's a? Promise. Oh, yeah. That'll be there. I'm sure that... Don't worry.

Is that everybody's favourite? I think it's a big song for us, for sure, yeah. It's a lot of people's favourite. Yeah. We won the Brother Award with that. I loved it. Yeah. It's a really good one.

I think we used to have it on every single night round the dinner table. Yeah. Oh, that's so cute. Yeah, we always loved that. That's nice. A girl's allowed. So, has your rider changed from what it was when you were younger?

All right. I mean, we used to eat terribly. This one. And by the sounds of it, these girls still do eat terribly. And you don't. I, however, do not anymore. Ironically, she was the worst. You were the worst.

I mean, I grew up on bad food. I'm not going to lie. By the time I got into the band, I pretty much had two heads. No. Four eyes. Nicola. I was grey in colour. I lived with her in the beginning.

And? She would make her with bacon. That's all right. Disgusting. Excuse you. My colour bought, like, really good. Why? No, no.

To cook it. To cook it. From raw. But why would you do that? Because it was quick. So, yeah. Also, in my defense, like, I have an issue with sugar, so I've got hyperglycemia. No, but I still felt those feelings.

I might not have been diagnosed, but I still did feel that way. Where I have to eat, like, quick all the time. Like, there'll be a moment where I'm like, it's gone. I need to eat right now yeah so when in the pop stars arrivals house it was like like girls get in the car now and i still haven't eaten breakfast it was like what what do i have so i i'd literally put microwave in the in the oven in the microwave after ironing my hair on the ironing board cereal bars there was no cereal bars there was no cereal bars in the house yeah i know that's mine i spent so so you you didn't eat particularly well you're

all young but you were young terribly bad students isn't it you eat badly and you're away from home in the car like 80 of of our life. Like today. So I guess it was like what we could get. So what was on your rider then? Oh it would be like crisps, sandwiches. Collectively though

one thing that we all really do love is the Christmas Pret sandwich. Oh me too. Yeah that reminds us of being in the van. Popcorn. Popcorn. Delicious. Popcorn. And what would be on it now?

Now it would be like... Now I ask for them to not put water. Herb teas. The best water. I have manuka honey, 50 plus manuka honey. A manuka honey. On mine, so when it comes in,

I've got racks and racks. Ginger. I'm going to love to open a ginger shop. Nicola, what's the best water? mine so when it comes in like after i've got like racks and racks ginger you can look like open a ginger shop nicola what's the best water it's actually called icelandic water and it has a ph of 8.4 i'm gonna know gallagher bought his own tea bags no i'm like a water fanatic what makes it so good it's the right ph for your body why what do you so you stay hydrated and your body's like an alkaline environment rather than an acidic one.

These guys think I'm crazy. I mean, I'm kind of with you on that one. But if you taste this water... As long as you're not drinking tap water that's got sewage in it. Exactly. I've got filtered water, but I don't know what the pH is. It's not the same. I don't, but I'm sure if you get one, you'd be horrified.

Do you feel that... Genuinely genuinely this is a genuine question do you actually feel the difference and when people come around to our house and we give them a glass of water they're like oh my god what is this water you like a scientist nicola i'm gonna sound like a proper bore but i'm just like really conscious of what i put into my body. Don't go swimming. Wow. All the sewage and everything. I don't know how we're going to do this, but it's going to have to be, you're going to have to help yourself. Great, yeah. It's perfect.

It's juicy. There's more stuff. So it looks a bit sad, and I have to say it's gone a bit dry. It looks amazing. So I'm blaming Black Friday on that. But there's lots of tomato sauce that you can have with it. So it looks a bit sad and I have to say it's gone a bit dry. It looks amazing. So I'm blaming Black Friday on that. But there's lots of tomato sauce that you can have with it. Wow, it looks great.

And please just start helping yourself. Don't be polite, dig in. What's this? Oh this, and then that. I'm going to get you something. You can have that too. That's Nicola's ciabatta frittata. All up for me.

Ciabatta frittata. After the last few days, this is the perfect day just to be fed in gossip. It is. But how do you feel about this? I mean, everyone kind of grew up with you. You grew up with us. And then you become, I mean, you know, Hunsnet, love of Huns, they absolutely love you. Yeah, it is funny.

And it is a high accolade when you're on there, to be honest. How does it feel? Does it feel completely bizarre to be stepping back into a new world as pop stars and kind of having to navigate yourself around tiktok even though you are kind of the queens of it in a way too it's bizarre because back then yeah i think because there was such high press intrusion it was like you protect yourselves and you don't share things whereas these days it's all about excessive sharing yes so it's so alien to us to people are like oh you should post more and you should share this and you should like you know people want to be able to relate to this and

it's so alien because for us we grew up trying to protect ourselves from all of that and it feels strange it's very obvious that none of us are really that comfortable or that good at it because alien because for us we grew up trying to protect ourselves from all of that and it feels strange it's very obvious that none of us are really that comfortable or that good at it because we did we spent so many years doing the absolute opposite of it and like the the younger people that you know grew up with it are so into it and you're like i just don't know how you get there really people in their what 20s early 20s now will never understand if we had have said to someone

in our early 20s I'm just going to take a picture of myself you know pouting looking me best yeah I know

and then post it with a caption saying how awesome I am how hot I look how nice we jump or where it's from you would have been

laughed out of town yeah and rightly so I think I'm too old fashioned I don't think no but you know what where it's from, you would have been laughed out of town. Yeah. And right little. I think I'm too old-fashioned, I don't know. But you know what? Sadly, you'll get really used to it. And it's really weird, and you feel like a dickhead, and then there's one point where you go, oh, right.

If you like a dickhead, that's the expression. Yeah. Who's the dickhead now? I mean... So who's the best chef out of these four? I think we all can We all really like cooking you know

We're quite foodie as a group aren't we? Don't we? We really appreciate good food and we love food I had a restaurant I've had a restaurant for 12 years You had a restaurant? I had a restaurant for 12 years. You had a restaurant? I had a restaurant in LA.

Did you cook once? Once. I would go through all of the things with the chefs and we would organise what type of things we were doing for the menu, what type of things right by the beach. But I wasn't the way I was, I had chefs. But chefs are notoriously temperamental. We had this really nice chef, he came from Chateau Marmont,

he was an Irish guy and he just decided to leave one night on one of our busiest nights which was a Thursday and he storms out and leaves and it was like well we can't not do it. Don't tell me that's the night you cooked. That was the night I cooked. What did you cook? Well I had to cook what was on the menu. What was on the menu? So then what I had to have was the menu, because people were ordering stuff, and then I had to have the menu in front of me, and then what was what they were expecting to get, because I couldn't remember.

At this point, I was still in the band. I was back and forth and back and forth. Sounds like an episode of The Band. Oh, my God. So I had to be... The thing that I couldn't do, I could do everything else. I had to look and see, and the tickets were just coming on and coming on.

Oh, it's very stressful. And one of our waitresses was Russian, so she was looking for, she was like, Raj, Raj! And I thought she was on about Rach, my sister. And I'm like, I was like, Rachel? I was like, Rachel's at the bar, Rachel's right there. And she was like, no, and she was shouting,

and everyone, you could see all the customers were walking by, they were like, Nadine, what are you doing in there? I was like, I have no idea. I don't know. What was the restaurant called? She wanted, it was called Nadine's Irish Must. But what did you actually have to cook that night?

I had to cook everything that everybody ordered. Steak, chips, salmon, salads, steak sandwiches. I had to do a full service. This is outrageous. How is this the first time we're only hearing about this? A full service. I would have peed. But you know what I couldn to do a full service. This is outrageous. How is this the first time we're only hearing about this? A full service. I would have paid. But you know what I couldn't do?

Oh, my God. We should have got Gordon Ramsay down. Please. Everyone was slammed and jammed. Rachel, like, everyone was working. But what I couldn't do, you know, the huge bag of fryers? I didn't have the strength. I didn't have the strength.

Like, I literally was, like, crumbling at the weight. So we had to have Jorge, one of our dashwashers, come in and do the fryer. God bless Jorge. It was wild. And I was frazzled obviously. So when did you stop Nadine's Irish myth? They done it. They surprised me. I was off doing something in London. Then I came back and they surprised me that's what it was and they'd had engraved and glass on the window so I couldn't go back and say why would you call it that It was always called the Irish Moss they just were because my family and all were

over there like my mom dad both sisters nieces nephews. Jessie this is delicious. This is so nice, Jessie. No, it's amazing. Mine's dry. I'm sorry, guys. Mine is insane as well. Do you want some more? I will have some.

So good. What are you feeling about touring? Because I can imagine that you had so much fun when you used to tour. Were you quite naughty on tour? Would you go out after a gig? In the early days, we did, definitely. But it becomes quite, I mean, I'm so boring. I kind of...

But I think you have to be. If you want to get on stage, you want to do the shows. You know your capacity. I had one night where I went out the night before a show. And then, I think it was maybe Belfast. And I knew then it would never happen again. What happened? Oh, my good God.

Trying to do a two-hour show high energy like what we used to do I I just knew it was the worst decision of my life. That's the thing as well isn't it when you're putting out so much energy with the dance routines it's painful. Why do you think you've decided to do this now? Well we were gonna do it for 20 year anniversary which was last year so we were talking about it obviously the year before it would have turned 20 yeah with sarah but then sarah said girls i actually can't i'm really unwell but she was well beyond unwell beyond anything we could have imagined at that time and then when we knew it was terminal the conversation was irrelevant by then

I mean literally there was nothing to talk about there was nothing to talk about her mum, I know that Peter's really close with her mum and I'm sure that her mum is wonderful I'm sure she's really

excited for you to do this she is and of course you're going to you've talked about honouring Sarah you know I think it will be a big old celebration it's not going to be easy for her it's not going to be easy for her to see us do anything it's so odd the visual of it just being four of us

how have you managed her voice not being there we haven't got that far down the line in terms of creative direction and stuff like that but we know which bits are not there's the odd line here and there

where we can cover it and we wouldn't even remember what we sing it's like literally a Elaine or a few words, but there are also big moments that are very apparently Sarah, very iconically her. I just don't think any of us could see them. With her mum's blessing, I think we'd just rather just let her voice play.

But we haven't. This is just how I feel. We're going to have those conversations and make sure everybody's happy but some bits yeah I don't know if anyone could even do it you've had insane sign ups for the pre-sale

it's looking like it's going to sell out very quickly do you think you put on an extra date you never know I think we just take it as it Yeah We're just going with it Whatever comes next, we get a call saying

Listen guys, this is sold, do you want to put in an extra day? We'll see When do the tickets go on sale? So if you're listening to this when it first comes out On the Wednesday, pre-sales are on sale now Yep And then general sales the 1st of December Friday It's here

guys. It's happening. My God. It has been quite overwhelming though actually. The reaction has been really overwhelming. It's been amazing. You don't know what to expect. Yeah I am surprised. Why? I don't know. It's really hard. Like I've been out of that world for like over

10 years and like doing my own things and just like quite in my own little world with my kids and my whatever. And so to suddenly see, like, the power and the reaction, it is a little bit like, oh, wow. Okay, like, even my little sister texted me and she was like, wow, you guys are kind of a big deal. Like, I really can't believe, like believe the reaction I'm getting everywhere I go. And I'm like, me?

To be honest. When you're in it as well, there's always such side of caution. And you never really see it from the outside perspective. You can only take advice from your promoters and your agents and your manager. And they're all going, it's going to be great, guys. It's going to be massive. And you're like, is it really though? Are you sure?

We were really yeah Once you get that first show under your belt maybe the anxiety like it's that what if what's going to happen

you do it it will be like riding a bike won't it? The performance is the thing I'm least worried about The performance

and the show of it all is like the best bit I think once we do rehearsals and we know what it's going to look like, what way we're going to arrive on the stage What you know The setlist, how we're going to work it as a four rather than as a... and if that looks okay Yeah, you know then I think then it'll be there'll be a lot of pressure ticking off

Have you started talking to each other about the set yet? Briefly? Do you fall out about it are you in agreement i don't think we will we're quite we're usually on the same page with stuff like that aren't we but they're gonna come over to mine one night over christmas and we'll just get the the wine and cheese and crackers out and we'll just thrash it out a little bit but it is hard because it's like well you know yourself like you've got all these hits but the order of what you do them is like the journey that you take them on so there's actually quite a lot of pressure and also when you're in a band it's not like an indulgent

experience like you go with what is best for the band and what the fans want to see yeah that's kind of what you sacrifice when you're in a band rather than a solo artist so what do the fans want to see what songs do they want to hear how do they want to see the show like it's it's led by them that's how we put on a show it's led by us but we're not going to be like oh we're going to sacrifice you know one of our big hits for like someone's personal album track but your fans have grown up with you so it's going to be people of your age the same people that started with you yeah a lot of people are our age. We saw some,

as we left the radio station the other morning, and one guy was literally apologising for having grey hair. This is like one of our hardcore fans. He's been at every single thing we've ever done. Ever, ever, ever. He was like, and I know, before you say anything,

I know, I know, I've got grey hair. Well, which ones of you you say anything I know I've got grey hair well which ones of you have got grey hair I've got grey hair yeah yeah who's dyed my hair

well we do anyway don't we that's the thing so you sort of don't notice I'm nowhere near this one I'm probably more your colour

like mine actually well this is not my colour either babe I'm grey I was totally in denial I didn't even know I had any and then our our hairdresser

Lisa who's very much keeps it real, was like, Babes, no, no, no, no, look, look, here. They're all there. I'm like, thanks. Can I ask, you know, you're doing the UK. Is there anywhere that you're really looking forward to eating? Is there any spots that you will, you know, on the destination that you will be like, right, I'm booking in ahead?

Well, Cheryl will have them all up for a chicken parm if they're up there, won't you? Cheryl used to always take me to a Newcastle, Chinese in Newcastle. Oh, yeah? Chinese? Which one? I've heard about that before, I think. Kwok Pao. Kwok Pao?

Will you be going to Kwok Pao? It's unbeatable. Really? I have been to, I can't tell you how many Chinese restaurants down here. They're not the same. I will take everyone for an Indian and leave as well. Because I was brought up in Bradford and the Indian food that you can get there is just on a whole other level than what I've ever tasted since I've lived down here. It's amazing.

I went it was either with you or Sarah took me there. I think it might have been you. Yeah, probably. I like spicy food a lot. Me too You too That's good, you know Do you know? Yeah

I love spicy food Are you a hot sauce person? Yeah, I can do it How did you not know that? I knew that I hate hot sauce Are you two okay? I didn't know she was either Sorry, say that again

I knew what I knew What's the matter? What's happened? I'm saying how could, them two are like all finging over each other. Oh, you like spicy. I like spicy. We haven't been together in years. We lived together for years, but we didn't know that each other really liked spicy food,

which is really weird. I love it. I'm like an... Same. Out of all me and my family, I like a pass at the hot sauce. I've got some good noodles from Cumberland. You know the mukbang, the samyang, the noodles, the mukbang, like the really spicy hot.

So as you can see, 21 years later, we're still learning things about each other. It's actually really fun. I'm enjoying it. So hon, you two lived together? Yeah. Nadine and Kimberly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Who was messing?

None of us. We were great living partners but we both kind of had the same we wanted a nice clean house That was the good part Cheryl and Nicola No, no, no Was yours a suspect?

Ours was, think of university students What was in the fridge? We went to see this flat, this estate agent took us into this flat We've seen so many flats in this complex I i mean you are not the same people by the way sat here now i can't i just can't even imagine oh thank god 21 years later i would really hope not we walked into this flat and it had a red leather sofa it had i an iron dining table and we were like this is it it's a bachelor pad for girls we're in

we're having this this is the one it's got a balcony we're gonna be so cool with this where was it Princess Park Manor 3 or 4 years

it's like that was where new pop stars live why did you live there it's like the record

companies just throw all the new artists in there everyone was there Sugar Babes JLS McFly did you still

have house parties it was amazing so it was like your student halls yes basically like we'd all be out pop star we were out

at the same clubs weren't we like every weekend and then if you wanted to carry on it was just like pick a flat like which one

are we going to go back to who did the best house parties it was actually so fun I think we were pretty good

weren't we at like hosting people we had people over quite a lot I think we were pretty good weren't we at like hosting people we had people over quite a lot we did we were very much like carry on the party girls I remember you teaching me the trick that when you want to take your makeup off in the dead of night you know when everybody's there

and I would just be taking it off and Kimberly's like no you keep your eye makeup on and you take the other stuff off and I was like I didn't even other stuff off and I was like yes that's amazing but you know like we me and Cheryl were so um yeah we were pretty much like students and we used to come back into our hallway every day and there'd be a pack like a big sack a sack of letters and I mean like a huge Christmas sack of letters. And every day we'd walk back and we'd be walking up the stairs.

We'd be walking up the stairs and we'd be like, so weird, why is all that stuff? Nobody's collecting their letters. No one's getting their letters. And when I say a sack, I mean a Christmas sack full of letters. For them! The Inland Revenue! We hadn't opened one.

I didn't know you got post. We were literally teenagers. I didn't know you got letters. The record company in fairness put us in there. So you probably thought they were sorting everything else out. We did think that. Until we got a 30 grand caravan. Excuse me, but where would we have taken?

I thought caravans just came for free. It was like they just show up. Until our lawyer was like, you said 30 grand. And we did you have funds it was like they just show up until our lawyer was like you said 30 grand and we did not have 30 grand to spend on characters

I remember us Addison and Lise were like what do you mean we have to pay for it should we get a joint account to pay all our bills

out of ours was so we had a joint we had a joint account we would buy all our all our food shopping all our bills our liquor and decoration.

Okay, but let me ask this. If she didn't do that, would you have? I wouldn't have done the joint bank account. No, no. Would you have paid all your bills? I mean, she's 60. No, stop making it up. Do you know, I would have been definitely mature.

Like, as a 16, 17-year-old, I was very mature. But I did learn a lot about it. But you were 16, 17 year old, I was very mature. But I did learn a lot about... But you were 21. I was older. I was way younger. But that's that. You're still young too. And you had an older boyfriend.

Yeah. So Kimberly knew a lot about being an adult. I lived at home. Yeah, I didn't live at home. I'd have to say I'd like to live with Kimberly. So would we, to be honest. But who decided to live with Kimberly. So would we, to be honest. We were down the hatch. Who decided to live with who?

It was, we'd shared rooms, because it was right after the competition, so we'd shared rooms. Kimberly and I would share a room. You two shared a room. Sarah was in a different room, so it ended up that we went, you two went, and then Sarah had her own place.

She wanted to be on her own, yeah. Because it just kind of went with the sane bedrooms that we were in that house. Was she older than you? Same age as Kimberly. There's three days between us. Oh, so you were the same, so just a bit older than the teenagers. Yeah, we were quite a bit, yeah, we were a bit older. Well, especially when you're 17 or 21. Yeah, it's a big difference. So you were definitely, you know, and also I was scared. I was like afraid to live alone, like what Yeah, it's a big difference. So you were definitely, you know. And also, I was scared. I was, like, afraid to live alone. Like, what if, you know,

what if a dangerous person comes and knocks on your door? Oh, I was terrified of my own shadow. You know what I mean? It's like you're afraid. I went from my parents writing me notes in school to be like,

Nadine doesn't have her homework or Nadine doesn't do it or Nadine doesn't have whatever it is, sports gear, to having, like, Peter Lorraine and, like, the record label. They don't care if my daddy writes a note. I would literally lie in bed, desperate, like thinking,

like, but if he could just write me a note, this would be great. And I was like, they're not going to care. They're not going to write a note. You can write a novel and they're not going to give a shit. So I don't know how we're going to make the last supper work with you four. I think they have one turn each, darling. Okay. What's the last supper? You're going to go to a desert.

Cheryl's done this before. You've done this. I don't know why you're asking, Cheryl. You've done it before. You'll have to remind us. Okay, you're going to a desert. I think maybe it would death row, but we've changed it. It was your mum's roast. you're asking, Cheryl. You've done it before. You'll have to remind us. Okay, you're going to a desert. I think maybe it would death row while we've changed it.

It was your mum's roast. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And my key lime pie that I made. Oh, yeah, you loved that. But she was just being, maybe she'll make the, say the travel. Yeah, she might.

Okay, so you're going to a desert island. You're about to have none of your comforts, your favourite things. And so your last supper before you go. Nicola, what's your starter going to be it's going to be a burrata oh yeah the londoner actually do the most exquisite burrata it's got like slices of orange drizzled in something it's delicious okay that would be my starter my main would be a roast dinner with plenty of gravy you're looking at me like i didn't give

you the gravy sorry I'm really sorry. It wasn't appropriate. But would you eat meat on that occasion? I probably would not. Even if it's your last supper? So you'd have a nut roast? Nicola, go on. Okay, I might have roast beef with extra fat.

Oh my god! She used to like the fat. How can you not like the fat to not even eat the meat? That's very interesting. But cooked very, very well done. Isn't it? And then my dessert would be...

Extra fat, you know. Those really... It's extremely... Is it juicy? It's literally like one way to the other. Those really cheap profiteroles. You know, the cheap ones. I would just love them from the shops.

The cream inside, not the posh ones that are, like, baked. Yeah, it would be that. Yeah, OK. Thank you. So decisive. Yeah, very decisive. OK, Cheryl. Yes.

Is it still going to be your mum's roast? Yes. OK, what's your starter going to be? Oh, God. Actually, it would be more like Christmas dinner. OK. Yeah. Me mum's Christmas dinner. That is Yeah. Me mam's Christmas dinner.

That is up there. That's a good one. I'm going with that with you. I'm going to go with Christmas dinner. Yeah. How can you beat Christmas dinner with absolutely everything on it? Yeah. Like, you wait all year for that.

Yeah. I would do Korean barbecue. Oh. Because you used to live in LA. I would have Korean barbecue. I would have it all marinated all your meats marinated all like your side dishes marinated and then have your little

like your grill in front of you and I would have just like all of the things grilled all your vegetables and then you put all your dipping sauces that's what I like a nice kimchi

I love kimchi kimchi with everything like if I do like scrambled eggs or toast or then I'll put kimchi with it. So good for you. Is this because you lived in LA and the Korean barbecue is amazing.

I'm presuming that's where you kind of were introduced to it maybe? Do you see, I am just big on the food. So if I watch whenever I was a kid and me and my best friend from home, we used big on the food as well. And then we would see an ingredient that we'd never heard of before, I would make it

my business, we would make it our business and my mommy would give us money to go and buy these new ingredients that we'd never had before so we would go and then we would come on and she would give us the kitchen and then we could cook and then it was fine because she would let us

cook and we could cook for her and her friends and stuff that were having a good time, so me and rashi were on the kitchen from we were no way so any food that i didn't know i'd have to go find it so i needed to know what kimchi was i'd heard too much about it and you would literally try anything anything i would go wait anything just to give it a go i feel like being brought up in ireland and like the food that you eat there like it's quite it's it's quite cool that you were, like, so open to trying everything. Frogs, frogs legs, oysters. Love frog legs.

She would try it. I and Naya love... Do you know San Maritz in Soho? What's the fondue place? Yeah. That they do the frog's legs on there. Oh, I've only been to the parties downstairs. Wow.

You need to try out the frog's legs so I don't really like cheese you are going to Soho for frog's legs not for a less so you gotta do you'll start with the frog's legs and then you'll move on to the fondue but then you'll also get like the meat part

where it's like the where you can cook your meat in like the boiling broth like an entrecote or something? No. Just like dip your... They do like a boiling broth. Like a fondue, a meat fondue. A meat fondue, but with the broth.

And then you do your thing. And then they change it to a chocolate. They put egg on there, so they make your broth like a soup. You're quite fabulous. And then they do a chocolate fondue at the end. Do you think fondue's going to make a comeback? I hope so.

I mean, I think it is fondue. Well, it does, it does. I do as well. I am a fan. Okay, so, I'm just wondering, okay, so we're doing Korean barbecue. Are we having a starter? Are we having a frog foot? Frog legs is the starter? At the Samuritz Club. Samuritz, yeah,

that's really, really nice. And um, frog legs are lovely. They're a really good, a really good starter. And Anaya loves it. We had to take my mom and dad for them because Anaya, my little girl, is really adventurous with food as well,

which is great. We were like the two, like, gal pals, just like taking on the world, trying out all the food. Um, so she loves,

she loves that. But she doesn't like cheese. She doesn't like cheese. No, what, at all? At all. Well,

she likes melted cheese. That's like my son. No, Carl doesn't like cheese. I think he either do or don't. So she'll have pizza. She'll eat the melted cheese on pizza, but if you try to give her a cheese and a ham sandwich, she would like it.

Or a baby bell. No, she wouldn't. She wouldn't hoist a baby bell. But some frog's legs, she'd be down for that. Crikey. Are you going to have any requests on your tour catering? Spaghetti. I'm obsessed with spaghetti.

We shot our commercial right by where my favourite spaghetti is from. What's your favourite spaghetti? It's the Pomodoro from Osterio Basilico in Notting Hill. And I got straight on the delivery. My favourite spaghetti Pomodoro. My own. I had to write on the delivery my favorite spaghetti pomodoro

where to write on the bag do not eat do not bin this bag while I went for my for my takes

Jessie what sort of food do you eat before you go on stage because we've not done it for a while I've actually I've learnt the hard way that

I have to have at least three hours before performance. A thousand percent. You've got to work on that. Otherwise you're burping. And it's horrendous.

It's awful. I don't do dairy. Yeah. I don't do tomatoes, spice. It's so boring. There isn't much. It's so boring. And then you feel like you're basically Marcus Rashford

because you're like an athlete eating chicken and rice and steak. Yeah. It's so boring. You can't have anything and actually the tall catering some they were the tall garlic is a no no because they always had no they do but then you just have to ask specifically so i always had a any form of potato like i'd be like it's so avish of me but it's true but like so if you're not making any we'll have like a little thing of

mash or a baked potato or chips like you knock yourselves out as long as it's a potato of some sort of company and whatever so they would all and i guess i always mash is my particular favorite so they'd always have a wee pot of mash going on the side, like specifically for me. And then you're good. It's mild. You're like, you're plain. It's plain. You get your carbohydrate. Yeah, you're ready to go.

The idea of doing mash before a gig is wild to me. Deliveroo.com because seriously. Or Just Eat. Are the Girls Aloud girls the new Just Eat advert? I don't care. They don't cater for us they cater for the crew

and that's fine yeah that is fine there's so much more there's so many more of them he has a trucker crew dinner an absolute

when I'm about to go do two hour stage in Elliotod I don't we used to get corned beef and beetroot sandwiches corned beef

and beetroot wow delicious don't knock until you've tried. Okay, I won't. I think it will be good. Would you still, for old time's sake,

do you think you'll be having that corned beef and beetroot sandwich? I mean, it wouldn't be what I'd choose now. I'm not claiming that. She's on a match. If it was the same kid, Austin. Me and who, mate? Should we have some pudding? Yeah, let's do it.

Jessie, have you got any glass bowls? I do have four, so the girls can have one. Okay, right. What have you made, Mum? It's quince and white chocolate trifle. So who knows what it's going to be like. I like the addition of white chocolate a lot. Me too.

Yeah, it's white chocolate on the top. Jessie, if you give me your glass bowl. Quince. Quince has orange. It's the stuff you have with cheese, usually you have like a... Yes. Like, you know, the McChile. McChile.

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like a like a like a I prefer that to sweet, to be honest. What do you think? You're not keen? I'm not sure. She's not keen. What are you not keen about? I'm not that much of a dessert person. The only thing, I think the ladies' fingers aren't... Okay, I'm not saying I think that I'm a bad... My chicken was dry.

Never ever let me do something and not have a little bit. I think it tastes really nice. I just think the ladies' fingers aren't soaked enough. I think it tastes amazing. There I just think the ladies' fingers aren't soaked enough. I think it tastes amazing. There was masses of liquid on it. I would not use ladies' fingers again. No. Oh, it's delicious.

That's really yummy. There is a delicious kick to it. It's a toasted nut. I really appreciate the texture. But I like the quince. It was the only way of using the quinces up but I think you're right I'm not keen on the ladies fingers no they feel stale that's not your fault Jess Jessica they're not Cheryl you literally just went not sure about it

and now you're digging me out. Thank you very much, lady. Before we put you back in a cab for three and a half hours, can you all give me a nostalgic taste from, it doesn't have to be from the Girls Aloud era, a nostalgic taste that can take you back somewhere so vividly go on go on Cheryl come on

it's either gonna be Anglo Hubba Bubbas what are Anglo Hubba Bubbas? there is chewing gum yeah I know what Hubba Bubba is what's an Anglo one? an English one?

I don't know that's just what the name of the brand maybe do you know what an Anglo Hubba Bubba is? what's that? what's that?

Anglo Saks and Hubba Bubbas. I get the day really nostalgic. Like... Bubblegum? But it's like a childhood thing, we always had them. Where would you get them from? The corner shop. The corner shop.

The corner sweet shop. That's them. That's exactly them. That's my childhood in a wrapper. I don't know them. I don't know them. Oh, they are called Angler. They're not Hubba Bubbas, babe. They're called Hubbily Bubbly, aren't they? Or what?

Bubbly. Bubbly. Whatever you want. You said Hubba Bubba, babe. And then, remember the really old-fashioned cola cubes? Yeah. But in the centre was chewy. Chewy, yeah.

My dad used to call me that. That's my nickname in my family, Cola Cube. Is that why you're a little Cola? A little Cola, yeah. I always wondered that. My dad would be like, Cola Cube! What, Dad? Did you love them?

Nicola. Because my mum wanted my name to be Nicola, not Nicola. But how do you dictate that? It's the same spelling, right? Yeah. Pronunciation. So that means you'd spend your whole life going, it's not Nicola.

Although when I go to America, they go, Nicola in Starbucks. They're calling me Nicola. It's worked. Kimberly, have you got a nostalgic taste for me? I'm going to go with hot pot. Now, stick with me. I was like one of four.

And you know when you're like trying to feed a lot of kids and money is tight it's hot have you ever had hot pot yeah yeah so with the corned beef and the okay you make it with corn you make it with corned beef but you don't have a lot of corned beef hash but i it's basically like a corned beef hash but in yshire or Bradford where I come from it's called hot pot and I don't know like if I was to taste that now I would literally

be transported back to the first house I ever lived in we should get Diane to make us some I would say she would still make it the same way

to be honest yeah I mean and you get parasites yeah Nicola live a little Nicola

Nicola stop it do all your parents feel like these are their children as well like they're godparents so does your mum Cheryl does your mum know all the girls and think

they're like her so everyone's invested the whole family's invested in everyone like each of our brothers is like kind of a brother-ish. They watched us grow up. Yeah, exactly. We were always in the club with Kimberly's brother or Gary's brother. It was pretty much a group thing.

We didn't go out separately. We'd finish work, but we'd all still go out together. We didn't know anybody else. It took so long to know anybody else. Do you know what I mean? You had your friends over. At home, but in London.

Then if we'd had friends coming over, then it would be like your sister But we'd still all be together. It'd just be a bigger group. So that's melted white chocolate

in the cream. Do you like that? Cheryl, for somebody that said they weren't sure, you're finishing your bowl. I think you'll find whatever that thing is

I've left. You don't like the quince. Oh, is it the quince? It's the quince she doesn't like. No, I'm not keen on it. But actually, I think it would work well with raspberries, that. The cream's delish. Or Swiss roll with the white chocolate on the top.

Or peach. Do you think peach? Like a peach. Yes. Yes. Yeah. Okay. Nadine.

I got a nostalgic flavour.ine A nostalgic flavour I feel like I just pick up new flavours all the time You've got a staple one from your childhood A staple from my childhood She likes kimchi darling I know I'm not sure about her palate There's a stew that you always used to make My mummy stew

I know it's like whatever But you always used to make my mummy stew Irish stew my mummy makes it the same way I know it's like whatever but it was like specific wasn't it with the dumplings with the meatballs

she'll do it with the meatballs but she doesn't like so my mummy will cook her meatballs my mummy's not a fan of cooking everything

in the one pot although she is so if she's making a stew the onions will be done separate to the meatballs the potatoes are

done separate to the meatballs the potatoes are done separate to the carrots where I'm like whack it all in and put it all together she'll like isolate all of her flavours so that's a very clean

no fat transfer no like a very clean so maybe that my mummy's cooking but my mummy is you know my mummy's in the house my mummy will be cooking dinner tonight

so it's less nostalgic and it's more on the present do you know what I mean it's more when I think about nostalgic things I'm like I don't cooking dinner tonight so it's less nostalgic and it's more on the present do you know what I mean it's more when I think about nostalgic things I'm like I don't know all right what's a girl's allowed nostalgic drink from when you were younger Red Bull no it wasn't I drank it once and it was at night time and I had no idea I'd seen the adverts Kimberly and I loved a giller and the tour manager had it in the back of the car and he was like, I'm thirsty. Cracked open a Red Bull

at 10 o'clock at night, you know, like not knowing. And two of them and I'm like trying to brush my teeth like shaking. And I was like,

Kimberly, Kimberly, it's like a bloody day. Something's happened. You shouldn't have tried that Red Bull. I told you, I told you

you shouldn't have had that. I had no idea so yeah maybe bubblegum shots bubblegum shots remember the bubblegum shots oh yeah they used to hand us

the bottle to go like this there was a club called trap propaganda then trap and when it all went a little bit you know

to the next level the guy who ran it would come round with a liter bottle of bubblegum tasting shot. We have no idea to this day what was in that. We have no idea. And we would all partake in this.

And could you imagine if somebody passed it to you right now? Does it taste like Hubba Bubba? Yes, it tasted exactly like bubblegum. And they would go round like Anglo bubbly. And like, Covid-wise, literally passing it round each other. Westlife were there I remember like all sorts of people They were fun

They were actually really fun Who was the best band to go out with That could go as hard as Girls Aloud They were up there Really? Really? At the tape Is that the one with Roman Keating?

No that's Boys Aloud we had the same with Roman Keating. No, that's poison. Okay. So who was the same? We had the same. The blonde one. Yeah, the cute blonde one. Nicola, we haven't got your nostalgic taste.

My nostalgic taste. Make a waved beacon. Stop, Cheryl. No, my nostalgic taste is actually stuffing. So when I was a kid, my nan used to take all the women in the family, used to go to church on a Sunday. And then the whole family would go back to my nan's house after church.

All the guys would be in the lounge. They didn't go to church. They were all watching the football. So in the lounge, they'd be screaming, No! God! God! Such aggression coming from the lounge. and my nan would be in the kitchen cooking the roast and she'd make this amazing stuff in and then when everybody had their bit she used to let me sit and eat out of the the bowl so i used to love peeling the hard

the crispy bits are the best bits and i'd be like nan please can I get the ball again at the end and she'd be like yes love nice to sit with the ball that's very very cute that adds a small way yeah Girls Aloud

it has been a total pleasure having you here it is so wonderful to see four inspiring brilliant

warm honest women that are having hopefully the time of their lives you're about to go on tour you're going to go on tour. You're going to sell it all out.

You are so loved by everybody. And we just wish you... Oh, fuck off. Are you talking about Jim, I thought? That was so nice. Thank you. I was so going to put it on. And we wish you all the best with the tour. You're going to smack it.

We can't wait. And can we come? Absolutely. Front row. Only if you bring Trayful without Ladyfinger. Okay. Or Quince. I will, I promise.

That was the sound of... The Underground. Four Girls Aloud voices, Nadine, Kimberly, Nicola and Cheryl. Girls Aloud have just been in New Cross and had their opinions on the meal and eaten a lot. Jessie, can I just... And been brilliant and generous and funny and just so... Warm and open.

Honestly, national treasures. To me, they look the same. and generous and funny and just so... Warm and open. Honestly, national treasure. But Jessie, to me, they look the same. They don't look like they've aged a minute. I promise you. They're beautiful, wonderful, inspiring women. And I can't wait to see them on tour. Yeah.

The idea of Nadine doing you a steak sandwich. Yeah. And I think if you complained, she'd have thrown it at you. Also the fact that Nadine doing you a steak sandwich. Yeah, and I think if you complained, she'd have thrown it at you. Also the fact that Nadine has variations of potato before she goes on stage. I'm not going to try that one. Cheryl's on Deliveroo. Okay.

Nicola's on the pH levels. And Kimberly, I think, Kimberly just has a Maccy D's, doesn't she? I love them. I love them. They're brilliant. They're all lovely. They're so wonderful. They're so wonderful.

They were so fun. Some of them have been in the car for three hours and they just got right into it. And we had a lovely, lovely afternoon together. Yeah. And thank you so much to Girls Aloud for coming on the podcast. I do feel like I know them a little bit.

Absolutely. I feel I'm invested. Oh, we're fully invested. The pre-sale is on sale now, Wednesday the 29th of November. General sale, 1st of December. I don't know how many of you are going to get to general sale. Snooze you lose. Thank you, Girls Aloud.

Mum, I thought the trifle was really interesting. No. No, I liked it. Listen, you have got a horrible trait of being critical. But I'm not being critical of you. I'm being critical of the recipe. No, but there's always a little something. But mum.

Do I ever do that to you? No, you were very kind about my dry chicken. It wasn't dry. It was fine. Okay, thanks, mum. I think. Right. Whose recipe is it?

Right, for a start, let me tell you something. Your hummus was great. Piss off. It wasn't hummus. It was tahini and par, for a start, let me tell you something. Your hummus was great. Piss off. It wasn't hummus. It was tahini and parmesan dip. Actually, they robbed it. I didn't even get a bloody taste of it. It was so delicious.

I do that as a little canopy. For a start, I had quinces from our darling Judith Ishorevitz, from her treat, and she gives them to me every year. The fact that they've sustained about six weeks. Have we just given girls a lot of food poisoning? No, no, no. They weren't cooked, that they've sustained about six weeks have we just given girls that have food poisoning no no no that they weren't cooked so they've been outside in a bag in a bag oh god hold on a sec only the best for our girls i found i was looking for recipes for quince yeah and i found a recipe for quince and white chocolate trifle yeah and i thought it the

topping i thought was brilliant raspberry Raspberry works with white chocolate. Yeah. Nicola thinks peach. Nicola thinks peach. I think raspberry would be better because I think it naturally goes with white chocolate. But I thought that topping was fantastic. Thank you so much for listening.

Thank you to Girls Aloud and we'll see you next week. Thank you.