Nicki Minaj brings 100 wigs and Madonna gossip
Dan from Swindon introduced the show after nearly being run over by a golf buggy driven by Bruce Forsyth. Bruce had sounded the horn as he approached at Wentworth, but Dan had nowhere to move and thought the television veteran looked annoyed as he passed. Scott and Chris agreed that if they had to be killed by a light-entertainment celebrity, Bruce would at least provide a memorable story.
Scott replayed an interview with Nicki Minaj after she was announced for Radio 1’s Hackney Weekend. Nicki arrived with an oversized lollipop-shaped sponge and estimated that she had brought around 100 wigs to London, despite wearing the same one for four days. She denied reports that she had fainted at the airport, explaining that the crush of photographers had made her feel unable to breathe.
Nicki remembered kissing Madonna for about 1.8 seconds and decided the singer smelt of money. She discussed creating her first fragrance, said dating one of her “Ken Barbs” was not impossible and dismissed reports that deleting Twitter had been evidence of a meltdown. She and Scott added deliberately false rumours involving a $40 million cat, a time machine and a marriage to Kevin Federline.
Chris claimed he had fallen asleep while standing on a train and travelled eight stops beyond his destination. Scott refused to believe him until listeners reported similar experiences in trains and clubs, although falling asleep while walking remained a step too far. The discussion followed Chris arriving late, while Scott had spent the morning jumping at the back of Usher’s Live Lounge performance in an unsuccessful attempt to see over the crowd.
The show returned to Chris’s nudie-pen project and enjoyed dramatically excited football commentators from elsewhere in Europe. In Oh, What’s Occurring?, a listener and Chris guessed how many times Martin Clunes said “lemurs” during a documentary while consistently pronouncing the word as “leamers”. The final total was 39, defeating guesses of 25 and 18 and leaving the mispronunciation lodged firmly in everybody’s head.
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