Celebrity Quick Bytes – The ‘Locnville’ Q&A

Hi sunshines,

Gossip Guy here with a little post about twins.

Sexy, singing 19-year-old twins to be precise. Mark our words, my dear 27.33 readers, Locnville is a name to watch! The Locnville twins Andrew and Brian, who hail from Cape Town and are half American, are the hottest electro/hip hop band we’ve heard in ages. And their foot-tappingly catchy first single Sun in my Pocket is proof.

To coin a phrase, they may have the sun in their pocket but they also got the world at their feet…

Here’s Andrew and Brian’s Celebrity Quick Byte ya’ll…

Q: You’re auditioning for Idols. What song would you choose?
A: Andrew – Probably something like YMCA, so I could get out of there as quickly as possible.

Q: If you were competing in an all-celebrity version of Strictly Come Dancing who would you pick as your dance partner?
A: Brian – Lee Ann Liebenberg. I don’t know if she can dance or not, but she has the looks down.

Q: What politician would you date?
A: Andrew – Haha! Not a huge fan of politicians.

Q: What’s your feeling on 2012? Do you think the world will *really* come to an end?
A: Brian – The world’s definitely coming to an end! No, seriously, I just think that the world as we know it will change because there’s no doubt that people are becoming more and more aware of our surroundings. There’s a lot more questions being asked, and that’s a good thing.

Q: Your belly button – is it an innie or an outie?
A: Andrew – Innie. It’s the new thing at the moment! [Aaaaaaw, can we see it? Pwetty pweeeeease!! – Ed.]

Q: Do you like your toes?
A: Brian – I love them. They help keep me on my feet.

Q: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?
A: Andrew – I’ve eaten quite a few weird things, but the most weird would probably be chicken feet. It was just whack looking at the claws.

Q: If a genie gave you three wishes, what would they be?
A: Brian – That’s a tough one. Probably to correct living conditions around the world, end politics and be able to fly.

Q: If you had the power to annihilate all recordings of one song, what would it be?
A: Andrew – Every song has its place, so I wouldn’t really want to do that.

Q: Comedy time: tell us your favourite joke or one-liner…
A: Brian – “Always remember that you’re unique…just like everyone else.”

We can’t wait to hear the rest of the album!

Gossip Guy – drool ‘n all – over and out.

PS: One more pic. Just because I need an excuse to use the phrase ‘daily drool’ in a sentence.

How Days Of Our Lives Will Deal With The Death Of Frances Reid (Alice Horton)

Hi sunshines,

Gossip Guy here.

As you may know Frances Reid, who spent over forty years playing beloved Horton matriarch Alice on Days Of Our Lives, passed away recently. She was 95 and the only remaining original cast member on the show, although she hadn’t appeared in Salem since 2007. Interesting trivia snippet: Alice was a great-great grandmother on the show. Cool neh?

The question now is how to deal both on-screen and off, and with the death of such a beloved and iconic character. When Darlene Conley (Bold and Beautiful’s Sally Spectra) died of cancer in 2007 the show decided not to write the character’s death into scripts and Sally is, last we heard, living it up on some Greek island with a cocktail and a cabana boy [Damn, I want that life! – Ed.].

Now comes word from the show’s executive producer Ken Corday about their plans. And good news for fans is they’re honouring the legend that was Frances Reid. Good for them. Here’s the plan, as told to Soap Opera Digest magazine.

“We’ll most likely have an internal memorial service for her sometime in the next month,” Ken says. “The way we’re going to deal with her death on screen is we’re not going to one day walk downstairs, as it was with Mickey, and say, ‘Oh, Grandma’s dead’ and then have a day or two where everyone comes to the show and we have a funeral and you cut to Marie for one line and Doug and Julie for one line and it really becomes ‘lip service’ to such a great character. So, what we’ve decided to do is we will play her as being ill and the end is coming and one by one, characters who loved her dearly or are related to her, from the past, will come to the show and ‘visit’ with her. You can start to imagine the list. I don’t know what we’re going to do with Bill Horton, because the last person who played him was not Ed Mallory, it was Chris Stone, who is gone, too, so that will be a little tricky. We’re working that out. And unfortunately, because we’re so far ahead into writing the show, it won’t air really until the end of May sweeps. But I believe it’s far better to do it that way then to just have a day or two of she’s gone, here’s the funeral and on we go. It’s too important and there are too many individual relationships that needed to be remembered and have flashbacks as opposed to a flashback show. I think it’s an honest and sensitive way to deal with something like this. It will give the audience time to prepare, even though many of our fans know this has happened. We will put a bumper up at the end of the show on February 18 or 19 with a picture and her dates, but it’s impossible to stop the machine now, write a show or two in the next week and bring everyone in. It was just not the right thing to do.”

Long live Frances Reid.
We’ll always treasure your memory and love you dearly, Alice Horton.

Brangelina Giveb Each Other More Kids As Early Valentine’s Day Gifts

Hi sunshines,

Gossip Guy here with more Broken News, straight from the streets of LA, the dark and dingy corners of sex lairs in downtown Chinatown and Mrs Sheila Esther Blumenthal, who owns a bakery in Venice Beach. Yup, it’s time for more absolutely, completely, totally, definitely, really, 100 % true Hollyweird celebrity news. [As used by professional doctors – Ed.]

Los Angeles, America, The Whole Friggin World Baaaaaaby: Hollywood’s most powerful A-list supercouple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have spent the last seven days putting to bed rumours that they’re splitting. The couple have sent three very strong, very clear messages that they’re still very lovey-dovey, although a friend of a guy who once brought the actors coffee on the set of their hook-up flick Mr & Mrs Smith, says, “Oh please. They’re actors. They could be acting.” [And they’re both Oscarfied, so that must mean they’re good actors, right? – Ed.]
First, the couple announced they’d “sue the pants off” any publication claiming there’s a Brangelina split.
Then they attended some minor, little-league sporting event looking all cutseyfied, holding hands and whispering sweet nothings into each other’s ears.
And now comes word Brad has bought his beloved a rather interesting early Valentine’s Day present – another child. Turns out the Ocean’s Thirteen hunk surprised Angie two days before Cupid’s Day with a gigantic box. “It was really big. Like, you know, bigger than a doll’s house,” says a source close to that one friend of the couple’s who keeps revealing intimate details of their lives together. “She whipped off the bow, Maddox, Pax, Zahara and Shiloh were there jumping up and down, and there was a six-year-old Taiwanese boy inside going ‘Mumma?’. It was so touching. I thought of Oprah.”
Not to be outdone, the source continues, Angie then revealed that she’d got five four-year-old Kenyan refugees holed up in the downstairs bathroom, waiting for Brad to unwrap, one for each year they’ve been together. “It was crazy. Suddenly there were kids everywhere. And in the middle of it all Brad and Angie just laughing at their little jokes. I mean, it’s so funny – they got each other the same present. How like totally weird is that hey!?”

So, my dear 27.3 readers, what would you give Brad and Ange for Valentine’s? And you can’t say “Myself, Oooh, ohh, I pick me” – that’s cheating.

Gossip Guy wishing you peace, love and pink sparkly things this Valentine’s weekend.

PS: No Somalian, Vietnamese or any other type of refugee was harmed in the making of this blog.

Celebrity Quick Bytes – The "Lady Lea" Q&A

Hi sunshines,

Fate can be cruel. You think you’re plodding merrily along and then…Bam! Whack! Kapow! She slaps you across the face with a wet kipper. [Ouch! And Ewwwwwwwwww – Ed.]
Shame. Just ask Lady Lea, the latest victim of Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina who got zapped by her tribe on last night’s episode. No one saw it coming, not even the people who voted for her. How? Well, the tribe had wisely decided to vote out the next most irritating person on the show, Darren Maule [And note, we predicted he would be irksome weeks ago. We just gonna take a moment and pat ourselves on the backs. Pat. Pat. Pat. – Ed.] but Darren pulled a sneaky, playing the Hidden Immunity Idol, forcing the tribe to vote elsewhere. Lea got the chop. Cruel. Just cruel.
Here’s the renowned DJ’s Celebrity Quick Byte Q&A…

Q: You’re auditioning for Idols. What song would you choose?
A: Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice, because I can’t sing but I know all the words to Ice Ice Baby.

Q: If you were competing in an all-celebrity version of Strictly Come Dancing, who would you pick as your dance partner?
A: Probably Ryk Neethling, because he’s tall and sexy, and he looks like he can probably shake his tooshie. All the ladies love him, so we would get all the votes.

Q: What politician would you date?
A: Arnold Schwarzenegger if I really had to choose out of that…umm…very unlikely group.

Q: What’s your feeling on 2012? Do you think the world will *really* come to an end?
A: No. But I think we should all start thinking about the environment and other living beings, by taking them into consideration every time we do something.

Q: Your belly button – is it an innie or an outie?
A: Innie…with a belly ring.

Q: Do you like your toes?
A: Yeah I love them!! They work perfectly! I call them Niknak toes.

Q: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?
A: A clam the size of my head! On Survivor SA: Santa Carolina – we were starving!

Q: If a genie gave you three wishes, what would they be?
A: Well if wishing for unlimited wishes is cheating, then I’d have to say world peace, love and happiness.

Q: If you had the power to annihilate all recordings of one song, what would it be?
A: Parapapapapaapaaa. Aaah!!! My exit track.

Comedy time: tell us your favourite joke or one-liner…
A: Oooh eh eh!

Ok, so she’s no stand-up comedienne but she’s a kick-ass DJ. Gossip Guy’s grooming tip: go back to the crazy hair girlfrenn. We loves you as a pinkhead. Even electric blue would suit you. [Today is rhyming day here at Gossip Guy. Oh yay! – Ed.]

So, my dear 27.7 loyal readers, what did you think of Lea’s shock exit?

Gossip Guy over and out.

Gossip Guy Celebrates His 10th Anniversary Of Turning 21

Hi sunshines,

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy biiiiiiiiirthday deaaaaaaar meeeeeeee, happy birthday dear me. Hip hop hooray!

Yup, today I’m 31. Or Twenty-Eleven if you like. Admittedly doesn’t have the same ring as being Twenty-Ten but whatevs.

In other non-celebrity news I was woken this morning by my two-year-old and five-year-old brothers blasting on vuvuzelas and singing Happy Birthday. Too cute!

But this is a star-studded blog [Haha, you said ‘stud’ – Ed.] so I need to talk schlebrities for a moment…not schlurring ‘cos of the champagne I swear…

So, Gossip Guy’s Birthday Wishlist (aka I Want It All and I Want It Delivered By Shirtless Sexymen!)

• World Peace – if it’s good enough for Sandra Bullock it’s good enough for me.
• A person assistant who doubles up as a sushi chef/driver – it’s the latest must-have accessory for all recessionistas.
• David Beckham – Armani ads-style…
• A lifetime supply of Hello Kitty EVERYTHING – it troubles me there isn’t a Hello Kitty toilet seat in my life. And why is my car red? It should be a babypinkmobile goshdarnit!
• To be the, er, stylist on an underwear shoot with soap star Brandon Beemer (Bold’s Owen/Days’ Shawn). 
• For Charlize Theron to invite me round to her LA mansion for tea and Marie biscuits.
• A raise – that Hello Kitty toilet seat isn’t going to buy itself ya’know!
• To meet the entire cast of The Bold And The Beautiful, Days Of Our Lives and The Young And The Restless when I’m in El-Lay next month.
• A six-pack [Yours or someone else’s??? – Ed.]

Delivered before 12 midnight will be fine…

Gossip Guy out.
Ciao for now!

Celebrity Quick Bytes – The "Nthati Moshesh" Q&A

Hello sunshines,

If Terence Bridget is the male ‘soap slut’ of SA [His words, not mine – Ed.] then Nthati must surely be his female counterpart. This accomplished actress now stars as Scandal!’s Mo but before that she held long-standing roles on Egoli and 7de Laan. 

Q: You’re auditioning for Idols. What song would you choose?
A: It would be The Way We Were by Barbra Streisand. It’s the theme from my all-time favourite romantic movie The Way We Were. [Now that’s telling it like it is…twice! – Ed.]

Q: If you were competing in an all-celebrity version of Strictly Come Dancing who would you pick as your dance partner?
A: It would be South Africa’s renowned swimmer Ryk Neethling. I think he is great.

Q: What politician would you date? 
A: It would be Barack Obama, of course.

Q: What’s your feeling on 2012? Do you think the world will *really* come to an end?
A: No ways. There is still a lot that people need to experience.

Q: Your belly button – is it an innie or an outie?
A: Mine is an innie.

Q: Do you like your toes?
A: Of course I do. They are so beautiful.

Q: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?
A: I had caviar somewhere at a function. I guess it was the only meal left by the time I got there.

Q: If a genie gave you three wishes, what would they be?
A: I would wish to be rich so that I can afford everything I want to have, to have world peace and a better environment where people can be safe.

Q: If you had the power to annihilate all recordings of one song, what would it be?
A: I can’t be specific on this one. I think there are too many awful songs to get rid of out there.

Q: Comedy time: tell us your favourite joke or one-liner…
A: I can’t think of any joke but anything by Trevor Noah does it for me.

So fess up, Nthati – is that an offical crush?
We don’t blame you girl!

Gossip Guy over and out…
PS: It’s my birthday tomorrow. Don’t forget to wish me! And send Hello Kitty goodies…

Celebrity Quick Bytes – The "Grant Nash" Q&A

Hi sunshines,

Gossip Guy here.

Another day, another Zim dollar. Another celeb dares to tackle the dreaded Celebrity Quick Byte. While some have tried and failed dismally, Grant Nash – who describes himself as a guy who talks kak on 5FM weekdays between 12 and 3pm – excels. Eleven-and-two-thirds out of 10 boy-o. Here’s why…

Oh, and for my regular readers [All 26.2 of you. What! I’m just sayin’ is all – Ed.] this is officially the longest Celebrity Quick Byte we’ve had on Gossip Guy. [Yeah, that’s long-winded DJs for ya – Ed.]

Oooh, Ed’s a bit stroppy today…I’ll order him a frappe while you read Grant’s ramblings precise prose.

Q: You’re auditioning for Idols. What song would you choose?
A: Do I really really have to???? Okay ‘cos I can’t sing…really really can’t sing. Uhhhmmmmm okay let’s do ABBA – I Had/Have A Dream. (I don’t even know the name of the song). I’m sure Randall loves the song.

Q: If you were competing in an all-celebrity version of Strictly Come Dancing who would you pick as your dance partner?
A: Definitely J.Lo. We’ll kick ass in the Latin rounds. Having watched one too many episodes I’ve seen how the public love a good Latin routine. Myself and J.Lo would pull in those votes. [Hmmm, that’s two votes Jenny From the Block – Ed. in his best Jeff Probst impersonation]

Q: What politician would you date?
A: I wouldn’t. Honesty is a seriously important part of a relationship. And politicians are old…

Q: What’s your feeling on 2012? Do you think the world will *really* come to an end?
A: Although I do believe we are being extremely destructive towards our beautiful Earth, I don’t think its going to implode and destroy us by 2012. But we have to be more conscientious about the way we treat our planet.

Q: Your belly button – is it an innie or an outie?
Q: Innie – a deep innie. Note to self: see what Google has to say about people with innies (just for a lag)

Q: Do you like your toes?
A: In 26 years I have managed to break my large toe three times – the left one once and the other twice. One story entails me kicking the floor the other two running into walls. You will be surprised at how easy it is to run into a wall. They’re even slightly deformed from the trauma. Let me be the first to advice that breaking a large toe is WELL painful! So I don’t dig my large toes much. The others I’m cool with. We get along pretty well.

Q: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?
A: Ox penis soup and a Chinese preserved egg. Go to your local China Town and ask for this blackened, 12-month-old delicacy. Eggs are generally not my fav , but try the VROT ones…your house will smell amazingly sulphuric for days on end. They were both on-air features. Myself and Anele do stupid things like this on the show. It’s fun and frivolous.

Q: If a genie gave you three wishes, what would they be?
SERIOUS REAL WISHES:
1.) To meet the Dalai Lama
2.) To end the fear that grips most South Africans pretty often – CRIME
3.) To end hunger in our country

NOT SO SERIOUS WISHES:
1.) To tour India with the Proteas
2.) For the Bulls to complete the double again (although I doubt they need a Genie to help with that, we got this again)
3.) For Anele to meet and become chommies with Beyonce

Q: If you had the power to annihilate all recordings of one song, what would it be?
A: Shakira’s She Wolf. It’s the howling, it’s the melody , it’s everything about the song….I don’t dig it one little bit.

Q: Comedy time: tell us your favourite joke or one-liner…
A: What does Kenny G say when he walks into a lift? Great song, wow!

Gossip Guy Does ‘Top Gear Live’…And No We Didn’t Lose A Bet

Hello sunshines,

Gossip Guy here, reporting live from his laptop at his home in the northern suburbs of Joburg about an event that happened to happen earlier today.

Feeling extra super duper macho I decided to cash in my tickets to MPH and watch Jeremy Clarkson and James May from Top Gear, assisted by 5FMer Sasha Martinengo, wow the sold-out crowd with car tricks, witty banter and terribly droll British humour.

Clarkson, you are in my opinion sir, a fracking genius. Anyone who can make me – a collector of Hello Kitty and lover of sparkling things like glitter and mirror balls – interested in cars, is worth the title ‘A-list entertainer’. I sat in awe and rapture as the stunt guys wheelie screeched, tyres burning, around the arena, watched gobsmacked as first one, then two, a third and finally four motorcycles went round and round The Cage of Death like fruit flies at a kiwi platter, and cringed as six cars hit the arena for a game of soccer [Giant inflatable soccer ball sold separately – Ed.]

It was a ‘whoooo hooooo’ day. Frack it, I even found myself shouting loudly – and this after inadvertently clubbing two weekends in a row and having flu all week – at some ridiculously heteronormative virtual racetrack. The idea being the louder you screamed the more decibels were picked up by the craftily located micro-microphones in the stands [Even up in the very very last row ZS were Gossip Guy and I were seated; no complaints though – very decent views from up on high. I can see why it worked for Zeus – Ed.]. And the more decibels picked up by those cunningly placed [Invisible actually – Ed.] microphones the faster the car went. Our side of the stadium won. Sure my voicebox may have lost out in the ensuing tug-of-war but hey I got to air punch and go ‘Yeaaaaaaaaaaaah’ like a raving lunatic. Whoever said “It’s not whether you win or lose but how you play the game’ either went to a Montessori school or never won diddly-squat in their lives. Winning rocks. Remember that kids…

Anyway, besides the cars and whathisface, the masked rider Michael Schumacher The Stig, there were some funny moments. And here, my dear 26.33 readers, they are:

“The thing I like about Joburg is it’s so safe. I mean, who here has been murdered?” – Jeremy asking the obvious.

“I did once criticise South African wines but I’ve now found a good one called Castle.” – Jeremy’s grapes of wrath refer more to a Charles’ glass than a rotten grape.

“Any man riding on public transport over the age of 26 must consider himself to be a failure.” – Ouch, Jeremy, ouch! Anyway, my Fiat and I would never take public transport, so there!

“Red is a cool colour. Like Ferrari’s, blood and President Zuma’s knob.” – Oh God, even the Brits know about that one. [We hang our heads in shame – Ed.]

“You are a man who thinks Bovril is cool.” – er, perhaps when licked off a model’s chest…

“The other problem is don’t you think it’s a bit Brakpan?” – You say ‘trashy car’, we say ‘comes from the East – East Rand that is’.

“I was dead but my initials are JC so I came back to life.” – Jeremy can do virtually anything. Except what The Stig does obvz.

“Some say he has a tattoo of his face…on his face…” – Jeremy introducing The Stigmeister.

Hmmmmmmmm, somehow all the funny lines belong to JC.
Funny bloke!

Until tomorrow,
Your Gossip Guy…

Jared “Jay-Rod” Orlin

PS: Thanks to Craving Novity PR for the tickets. We salute you, man-style. Now to go beat my chest and swing from a vine. Toodles…
PPS: Off to catch a sneak preev of Celebrity Survivor at M-Net tomorrow morning. Can’t wait to see who gets the chop next!

Celebrity Quick Bytes – The "Marisa Drummond" Q&A

Hi sunshines,

Gossip Guy here.

Man, I love Isidingo. The storylines are on fire. Smart move on SABC3’s part [One of very, very few lately neh? – Ed] to hire Ilse van Hemert as head writer. The show had lost footing with the loss of alpha females Lee and Cherel, but thanks to the brilliant reworking/reimagining of Barker’s ex Kimberley, the mother of his only surviving son Jody, The Deep has a villainess again. Kim is bitchy, manipulative and seductive all at once, which is odd cos’ her portrayer Marisa Drummond is super-sweet. I had the pleasure of doing her first Isidingo interview last year for YOU magazine and she was a total darling.
And even though she says she “sucks” at telling jokes, seems she’s got a great sense of humour. Check out Marisa’s Celebrity Quick Byte below to see what I mean…

Q: You’re auditioning for Idols. What song would you choose?
A: I did audition for the first Idols. Sang What’s Going On?’ by Four Non Blondes. Why? Wanted something different. Hey, I got through the first round and then they said they weren’t looking for cabaret stars after I sang One Singular Sensation from the musical Chorus Line. Who knew…

Q: If you were competing in an all-celebrity version of Strictly Come Dancing who would you pick as your dance partner?
A: Please may I have an international celebrity? John Travolta. I think he still has some yummy swing in those hips!

Q: What politician would you date?
A: I could never date a politician. We’ll never stop discussing Parliament Live (my favourite soapie). Jokes aside I really do like politics.

Q: What’s your feeling on 2012? Do you think the world will *really* come to an end?
A: Maybe it was the air-conditioning not working properly and it being overly hot, but I could not stop laughing when they said they were sailing towards Cape Town, South Africa: “It is the Cape of Good Hope after all”. Glad to see that America actually included other countries to come to an end…normally zombies, aliens, world coming to an end only happens in America. Is the world *really* going to come to an end? Absolutely. Is it 2012? Who knows? No one knows. It might be 2010.

Q: Your belly button – is it an innie or an outie?
A: An innie.

Q: Do you like your toes?
A: Sometimes, and other times they just look like tiny cheese sausages to me (and my family)!

Q: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten? Where and why did you eat it?
A: Viennas dipped in peanut butter. It was at home, I was hungry and thought I’d try it. It works! (Needless to say I was a student looking for a quick cheap bite)

Q: If a genie gave you three wishes, what would they be?
A: A smile and a hello when I greet someone first, less abuse for all, and education for those who need rehabilitation from it.

Q: If you had the power to annihilate all recordings of one song, what would it be?
A: Rammstein – Du Hast

Q: Comedy time: tell us your favourite joke or one-liner…
A: I suck at telling jokes!

PS: An update on an earlier post, A Love Letter To SABC, in which Gesh Conco, former communications manager at SABC3, told the press he had a top-secret new job. It’s now been revealed. He’s heading up PR and marketing for Metro FM. Not exactly covert stuff Gesh ol’ buddy ol’ pal. But hey, you say potato, I say ‘Eeeeeeew carbs!’…

Gossip Guy signing off…

Celebrity Quick Bytes – The "Craig Jacobs" Q&A

Hi sunshines,

Gossip Guy here, with more Celeb Quick Bytes. Today is the turn of Craig Jacobs, fashion/celeb journo-turned-designer. He’s the guy behind the Fundudzi label which is based in Braamfontein, Jozi, and judging by what we saw at Audi Joburg Fashion Week this year, is just going from strength to strength.

Last night Craig become the third victim of Celebrity Survivor and he was booted off the Chibudu tribe. Some called him Mr Know-It-All, others said he was bossy, lazy and irritating, but we thought he was entertaining.

Read on, dear readers – all 26.22 of you…read on…

Q: You’re auditioning for Idols. What song would you choose?
A: Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice because, sadly, I know all the lyrics and you don’t really need to sing it – just try to rap it.

Q: If you were competing in an all-celebrity version of Strictly Come Dancing who would you pick as your dance partner?
A: I’d pick J.Lo as my dance partner cos’ she’s go rhythmn and her booty would distract everyone from my two left feet.

Q: What politician would you date?
A: Um, Margaret Thatcher was quite hectic when she was in power. Maybe she’s the only one who would get away with ordering me around considering most of my fellow tribesmates on Survivor found me to be Mr Know-It-All!

Q: What’s your feeling on 2012? Do you think the world will *really* come to an end?
A: I thought the world already ended in Y2K and this is the new Earth. You mean its going to end again? Geez, maybe I should stock up on more cans of baked beans…

Q: Your belly button – is it an innie or an outie?
A: Innie thank goodness – don’t really like outies.

Q: Do you like your toes?
A: To be honest, my toes and my feet in general are not really my favourite features.

Q: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?
A: Eel at Nobu in Cape Town, although it didn’t taste disgusting at all. I’ll try it again in a flash!

Q: If a genie gave you three wishes, what would they be?
1) To see my father again and tell him how much I love him.
2) A cure for cancer.
3) Unlimited supply of Lindt chocolate please…

Q: If you had the power to annihilate all recordings of one song, what would it be?
A: Anything by Celine Dion would do, especially the theme song from Titanic.

Q: Comedy time: tell us your favourite joke or one-liner…
A: I would suggest anything Julius Malema says is funny – he makes me laugh non stop!

Until tomorrow,
Peace, love and Hello Kittyful abundance…

Your Gossip Guy
Jared “Jay-Rod” Orlin

PS: See next week’s YOU magazine for my in-depth interview with Craig on surviving Survivor and coping with the loss of his dad Denzil. I was lucky enough to have the first interview with Craig, hours after a sneak peek at episode 3 (before even he had seen it!). Rivetting stuff!