Jump to content
Unofficial Mills

Preston 'regrets' show walk out


E*F*4L

Recommended Posts

Former Ordinary Boys frontman Samuel Preston has admitted that he regrets walking off the Never Mind The Buzzcocks set in 2007 during filming.

Preston, 27, stormed off when host Simon Amstell read extracts from his then wife, Big Brother winner Chantelle Houghton's autobiography.

"I'm struggling to think why I would have acted so weird," he said. The musician has vowed to return if asked.

"I would love to go on there and show them that I'm not a tantrum-y person."

Preston, who is currently launching a solo music career, admitted he thought his behaviour had been "terrible" and said he knows returning to the BBC Two show would be hard.

'Uncomfortable situation'

"I would be destroyed and they would probably show lots of clips and stuff," he said.

The singer, whose Ordinary Boys hit Boys Will Be Boys reached number three in 2006, said former presenter Amstell, is "funny, charming and likeable, which made it all the more embarrassing".

After Preston stormed off, team captain Bill Bailey picked a member of the audience to take his place for the remainder of the recording.

"It was just an uncomfortable situation," Preston said.

"I wanted the floor to swallow up and eat me, so I did the next best thing and ran away, which is terrible, because I'm really not the sort of person to walk away from confrontation, I'm normally the sort of person to talk it out."

Preston married Houghton shortly after meeting on the Channel 4 reality show in 2006 but divorced a year later.

Early mistakes

Looking back at the beginning of his career, Preston admitted he has made some mistakes.

"I just regret the fact that I was so young and I handled myself badly, especially in interviews," he said.

With the release of his new single, Dressed To Kill out on 23 August, Preston revealed he is "terrified" at how the public are going to react to him.

"The more I think about it, the more I realise how wrong I got it the first time around."

i remember watching this when it was first shown :giggle:

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHJgFJTEHLI&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHJgFJTEHLI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

what a absolute nob he was, he has only said this now because he has a new single out to drum up some publicity & he even says "The more I think about it, the more I realise how wrong I got it the first time around." some people will never learn :hahaha:

:)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Posts

    • I think they must’ve been slowly killing of their social media presence I know for Radio 2 and 6 they do have dedicated unofficial social media groups so there is an audience. All Request Friday and features like that has a place on social media as can get requests via comment sections but I think Facebook struggles to know what it is these days.
    • I just think it's more about what they're doing. If all you've got is a DJ dancing to Beyonce's latest hit for thirty seconds or Sara Cox reading out the All Request Friday number in a funny way it's not really what Facebook prioritises. I think it's great that studio interaction, but it does lend itself to Instagram and TikTok more. But I honestly believe there is a place for Facebook with the Radio 2 audience. The trouble is Radio 2 have barely used Facebook for the last year so there doesn't seem to have been a strategy there.
    • Agree, all I'd see on x was medical professionals from other health trusts having a very carefully worded pop at each other, mixed in with a clip of jeremy vine with a camera on his helmet, a very strange place indeed! I imagine they have some data to back it up, but is the r2 audience really using tiktok? 
    • I get not putting resources into X which these days is a strange mix of angry political debate and adult content only. But you'd think Facebook was still the most popular social channel amongst Radio 2 audiences.
    • Radio 2 seem to have decided that their strategy is just short video, so it does probably make sense with Instagram and TikTok. But I find it hard to believe there's not longer form content that wouldn't suit Facebook better.
    • These late announcements are so lacklustre. It's not quite like the time they announced Harry Styles last minute!
    • Friday - Nathan Dawe, Wilkinson Saturday - Jax Jones Sunday - London Grammar, Remi Woolf, AJ Tracey
    • Probably got fed up of the usual moaning bastards all over it, asking for Ken Bruce and Jimmy Young back on air. 
    • Think it may have been better to include Radio 1 in this and 1 xtra ultimately focus on boosting a BBC Sounds social media to bring the multi-generational content marketed to a broader audience through one singular channel and having a separate social brand skewed to younger audiences maybe they should consider just having a @BBC @BBCSounds  @BBCSport @BBCNews @BBCFresh (youth brand) social media acounts national. 
    • Although a lot of their target audience do seem to be moving across to Instagram now.
    • I suppose it's because not a lot of people use Twitter (or X) so maybe it's not worth their time, surprised about Facebook though.
    • Surprised to learn Radio 2 and 6 Music are moving away from X and Facebook, I would have thought there's more appeal in Radio 1 doing that instead. Their target audiences still use Facebook, and it's still a key way to reach a good mix of audiences. Agree about X though, don't see any need for it. https://radiotoday.co.uk/2024/05/bbc-radio-2-and-6-music-quit-facebook-and-x-publishing/
    • Just wondering…has any DJ got the answer wrong yet? I’ve not heard one and they are pretty tough questions! 😆
    • On the weekends theme @Bluestraw said this in the chatbox but I was listening live to James cusack's show yesterday and agree it would be a travesty if he doesn't feature in the weekend plans. Both the greg james fb page and users on digital spy are saying similar. Imagine that, being both part of the LGBTQ+ community but able to appreciate good presenters in 2024.
    • Tara Kumar is in for Sian on Tuesday 4th June.
×
×
  • Create New...