- Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:33 am
#181098
Show/Review Clarification - Friday 10th June 2005
Following last Fridays Show Review, I contacted chrismoyles.net with regards to some content within the show and therefore in the review.
The excerpt in question is as follows:
"Back to the Big Brother chat (naturally) and we find out that Vanessa is Aled's new favourite, but Chris hates her [..], but Aled would love her to be his mate, she's just the type of person who could be in his little clan - his irritating friend clan, that is. Like the one Chris 'clashed' with on the Radio 1 roadshow one year (Mr. Irritating Mate got kicked off subsequently, in case you were wondering)."
First of all, its not totally true that Chris and I clashed. When Aled introduced me to Chris, I said "hello" and he turned to Aled and said "Is this your mate? He's a bit of a dog isn't he?"
Given that I am about the same age as Chris, and at the time he was relatively new to the R1 DJ line up, I felt his response was inappropriate and rude. My reaction was basically to turn my nose up and walk off. We didn't really speak again for the rest of the tour - but this is hardly a "clash".
Secondly, I wasn't kicked off any Roadshow. In fact I was on three or four seperate roadshows with Aled, all subsequent to this "clash". I got on well with the rest of the production team, and we have a good laugh when I see them at other R1 events.
Chris and I have been re-introduced at various occasions since, and there is no bad feeling between us, in fact he never remembers who I am until he is reminded that we've met before.
Whilst I appreciate that good radio comes from amusing anecdotes and having fun on-air, I felt that this particular conversation was embarassing for both Aled and myself, and wanted to put the record straight for both of us.