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Kian on Mark
Mark is very shy and reserved and quite a private person. He likes his privacy more than
anyone else in the band. As a result,
I've never really seen him down. He doesn't show his feelings to us and he'll go to his room
and ring his mum rather than
talk to us. He just likes to keep a little bit of distance when it comes to personal things.
We spend a lot of time together and, at some point, I've seen all the other guys in tearsbut
never Mark, not even behind closed
doors.
His grandfather died when he was in America and even then he didn't show us much of his
feelings. He just wanted to go and
ring his mum and talk to her and his friends back home. He likes to keep that side of his life
to himself. I don't think that's
a bad thing, it's just his personality and we respect that 100 per cent.
Despite being shy, Mark is actually one of the funniest in the band and he loves to party more
than any of us. He's always
up for a night out, going out to clubs and meeting girls. He doesn't want to be tied down, he
reckons he's too young.
Shane on Mark
Mark will definitely be the last person in the band to settle down and get married. He doesn't
like staying with one girl,
he likes to enjoy himself. He really loves going out on the town to different clubs and
meeting a different girl every night.
He was seeing a model recently but I think that was just for a couple of weeks. He's the
youngest and I don't think he's looking
for a relationship - he likes being free to concentrate on his music.
Mark is the quietest and likes to do his own thing but he's probably the funniest of all of us.
He's the first to finish a
punchline and he's great at taking the mickey or doing impressions of people. Every half an
hour he cracks a serious joke.
Mark is very devoted to his family. His grandfather passed away recently and he was really
upset about that. He also gets
upset when he leaves his mum but I'm like that too. I can't say goodbye to my mum without
crying. She always cries and I can't
stand to see her in tears, so that sets me off.
Mark sleeps more than anyone else in the band. He could sleep on a brick but he always
dribbles out of the side of his mouth
when he's doing it, which doesn't look very nice!
Bryan on Mark
Mark and I share a similar attitude to being in Westlife and I'm probably closest to him out of
all the band. We'll all go
out together on a Saturday night but, during the week, me and Mark go out on our own. The
rest of the lads are much more serious
and Mark likes to relax a bit more. He's more chilled out about work. For example, if I swore
on TV, the rest of the band
would be really upset about it but Mark would be more understanding.
Mark was the first person I told that I was going out with Kerry. He was really pleased for
me, whereas the other guys were
telling me that it wasn't good for my image. They liked her but they thought fans would hate
her because she was going out
with one of Westlife and that they'd hate me for having a girlfriend. They're fine now but
Mark understood from the start.
Everyone thinks he's shy but he's the most likely one of us to chat up a girl in anightclub.
Although he's great fun, Mark is a very sensible and organised person. He's the opposite to
me in that respect. My view is
that you should live life to the full - after all, you could get knocked down by a bus
tomorrow.
I spend every penny I make and, if I end up with nothing when Westlife finish, then so be it.
But Mark likes to save his money.
All the band are pretty tight with their money compared to me but Mark is probably the
worst!
Nicky on Mark
Mark is the deceptive one. When I first met him he wouldn't say boo to a goose and he
wouldn't open his heart out to any of
us, but when you get to know him you discover the boy is really mad!
Sometimes we have to do a day of solid interviews from nine in the morning to nine at night
and he'll just get so fed up answering
the same questions hour after hour that he starts making things up.
He doesn't do it in England or Ireland because he'll get found out, but when he's in a foreign
country it's different. We
all do it a bit but Mark is the worst. The code phrase is: "This one time in Cyprus..." and then
he'll start to tell this
unbelievable story. None of us has ever even been to Cyprus but he tells it like it's really
happened, we're all in stitches
and none of the interviewers can work out why.
Mark also lies about his age when he's chatting up girls. He's only 20 but sometimes in a club
if he's with a girl who's a
bit older, he'll turn to me and say in Irish: "I'm 23 by the way". We always speak in Irish
when we don't want people to know
what we're saying!
Mark Feehily
c/o Official Fan Club
P.O. Box 50
Stanmore, Middlesex HA7 2US England
Bryan on Shane
Shane is a choirboy in public - very shy and reserved - but once you get him behind
closed doors with a few beers in him he's quite a different person.
He's got a unique taste in women. He loves tarty girls with big boobs, long legs, short
skirts and high heels. I don't think we'll ever get him to settle down with a nice, normal
girl like I've done, he really likes his sexy girls.
Shane is a real dreamer and it's very hard to get his attention. He's very even tempered
and rarely gets upset or down. He's the only one in the group that I've never seen cry.
But he can be such a bore and often stays in on his own. It's pure laziness - he'd rather
stay in and have steak and chips - that's all he ever eats - and watch a video than come
out with the four of us.
He's always the last to get up in the morning and he's last to go out at night.
I think Shane is the most likely out of all of us to go on and have a successful solo
career. He's got such a great voice, I think he'll be the next George Michael.
Nicky on Shane
Shane is great and we get on very well, we have a good laugh and he can take a joke.
He's pretty cool and very popular with the girls, but he can be quite vain, particularly
about his hair. He can't pass a mirror without looking into it. He's quite into clothes,
too, but he's got the worst fashion sense out of the whole band. He doesn't have a clue.
We're always warning him the fashion police will be after him, so when he arrives in
the morning in a dodgy outfit we pretend to go over and handcuff him. He'll happily
wear white socks and shoes and jeans and bright coloured trousers that don't match his
shirt.
But the worst ever was when we were in Tenerife to shoot the If I Let You Go video.
We had a day off beforehand and were all down at the pool. He came down in a vest,
really short shorts, flip-flops with socks, a bum bag tied to his waist - and a pair of
shades. He just looked like a typical tourist, but the worst thing was he thought he
looked really cool. It was terrible!
Mark on Shane
With Shane, his character very much depends on his mood. If he's in a good mood he
can be absolutely hilarious, but if he's not he just doesn't want to know.
His biggest fault is that he's downright lazy. I was once at his house in Sligo and he had
a video that was due back.The video store is 50 metres away, but he still got in his car
and drove there.
It's the same with his mobile phone. If his phone is in his bag on the other side of the
room, he'll ask to borrow my phone rather than bother to get up and fetch his bag.
But he's a very generous person and he's very fast to buy a round of drinks. If we go
into a bar for just one drink, Shane will always be the one to pay. He's quite happy to
spend his money. He's not as extravagant as Kian when it comes to shopping, but he
does enjoy it and he gets quite choosy about the clothes he wears.
I'll always ask Shane for advice on anything because there's a mutual respect. He's
helped me out a few times and we've got a lot of time for each other, especially when it
comes to singing. Shane is so talented. I'm convinced music will always be part of his
life.
Full name: Bryan Nicholas McFadden
Date of birth: 12th April 1980
Place of birth: Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Southern Ireland
Star Sign: Arie
Height: 6'1ft / 1.85m
Color of eyes: Blue
Colour Of Hair : Blonde
Fave Body Part: his eyes
Parents: Brendan and Mairead
Sister: Susan
Pets: A Shih Tzu called Chip
Any tattoos: 3 on his back
Any Scars Or Marks: Birthmark On Lower Back
Worst class: Irish
Best class: English
Most Embarrassing Moment: Getting the presenter's name wrong on TV
Hobbies: Singing, Dancing, Music, Football
Likes: Music, females and spending money
Dislikes: School, Reading, Writing, other people's sadness - he likes everybody to be happy
Ideal Woman: Jennifer Love Hewitt
Favourite Movie: Titanic
Favourite Sport: Soccer
Favourite Actor: Leonardo Di Caprio
Favourite Actress: Jennifer Love Hewitt
Favourite Food: A fry up from the Carlton Cafe in Sligo
Favourite soft drink: Cola Light
Favourite Football Team: Manchester United
Favourite song: Something Stupid by Frank Sinatra
favourite colour : Red
favourite book: The General
Favourite Designer: Dolce & Gabbana
Favourite Clothes: Baggy tracksuit
Favourite Place To Be: Dublin
Fave Food: Japanese
Worst Food: Dog Food
What Animal He Would Be?: A Horse
Most Impressive Person He Ever Met: Bryan Adams
Most Like To Meet: Stevie Wonder
Singing Since: 4 years old
Instrument: Guitar And Piano
Bad Habit: Forgetfulness
First Record He Bought: I Should Be So Lucky (Kylie Minogue)
First Concert: Kylie Minogue In Dublin
Previous Jobs: Bingo Caller, Security At McDonalds
Previous Bands: Cartel Showband From Dublin
Hero: Mum & Dad
What Makes Him Laugh: Shane and Nicky messing about
Rule of life: "Live life today and deal with tomorrow when it comes!"
Phrase that you use often: What's the craic!
Described as: Wild with a creative streak
Describes Himself In 3 Words: Fun, Shy, Irish
Bryan in 5 Words: humourous, loving, generous, mad and a shopaholic
Kian on Bryan
Bryan has a 24-hour battery. He's always good-humoured, always singing, always acting.
He's always telling jokes, he's got a great heart.
He has us crying with laughter at times and never gets embarrassed. He'll pull his trousers
down in the middle of anywhere, just for a laugh, knowing it'll amuse us all.
When he was on holiday on the Costa del Sol this summer, he dressed up in his girlfriend
Kerry's clothes. It was a competition in a club and you had to swap clothes with your partner.
I wouldn't do that but he doesn't care.
Bryan's not good at being on his own. He gets lonely and sad if he's in his room too long.
He's not good at being away from home for long periods, either. When he was on tour in
America, in the summer, he got sick and had to go home. He was mentally exhausted. He
misses the normal world if he's away from it for too long.
Bryan is very bubbly and lively but he's also sensitive if you're having problems. Nine
months ago, I broke up with a girl. We were away from home at the time and I was pretty
upset and he wouldn't leave me on my own until I was so tired that I was falling asleep. He
spreads happiness very easily.
One thing we have in common is that we're both really soppy. We cry our eyes out over sad
movies, especially The Champ. We're the worst in the band for that.
Shane on Bryan
Bryan is a funny fella and always up for a laugh but there's another, more sensitive side to
him that people rarely get to see. He was really close to one of his mother's friends, she was a
neighbour and was like a second mum to him and she died tragically of cancer last year.
He was in tears and very sad about it for a couple of weeks. He's actually quite a sensitive
guy underneath all the energy and it hit him hard.
When Bryan has a problem, he can talk to me about it and I always talk to him when I'm
down - he's a person who really listens and really understands.
A few months back, on tour in America, I got really homesick and I wanted to go back and
see my family. I remember I sat down one afternoon with Bryan and said: "I need to go home
and see my mum and have a chat with my dad". He talked me through it and helped me get
over it.
If I'd been on my own, I would probably have just quit and gone home but Bryan really
supported me.
He's definitely the maddest one. He'll buy something and then decide later if he likes it. In
Australia, he spent pounds 500 on an electric scooter and he broke it after three days. And in
Los Angeles he spent pounds 300 on a Pink Panther shirt.
He's also got dreadful taste in undies. He always wears funny boxer shorts. He can be
wearing white trousers and he'll have this pair of bright red silk boxers covered in teddies
underneath that show right through. He looks ridiculous but he'll be as proud as hell.
Nicky on Bryan
Bryan can be so funny. The Against All Odds video we did with Mariah Carey earlier this
year had to be re-made because Bryan was staring at her breasts. It was at the end of the
video and we were all meant to be looking straight ahead at the camera but the finished
version shows Bryan's eyes clearly looking down towards her breasts.
Because it's in slow motion it's really obvious, so they had to alter his eyes on the computer
to hide it. But nobody noticed until it had already been sent to a few places, so there are a few
original versions out there. To be fair, I think we all did it - he's the only one who got caught!
Bryan's worst fault is that's he's very disorganised. We all travel the world with a suitcase
each but Bryan needs three or four, simply because he doesn't fold his clothes to fit them in.
Once we were in Taiwan waiting to leave a hotel and Bryan told us he couldn't close one of
his cases.
We went upstairs and all five of us had to sit on it to shut it. When our tour manager came to
check we'd not left anything behind he found another 25 outfits in a wardrobe that Bryan had
totally forgotten about, so we had to buy another case to fit them in!
Mark on Bryan
Bryan is an extremely outgoing person, he'll walk up to absolutely anybody and start talking.
He'll knock on a star's dressing room door and get their phone number and a night out
organised.
In the early days of the band, we were at a party with the Spice Girls. We weren't that well
known but he walked right over to Emma and started a conversation.
He's very kind and always stands up for the underdog. Once, I was having an argument with
the other three about a dance routine and he sided with me - even though he didn't agree with
me. He didn't like me being outnumbered.
He's the wildest of the band. Last week we were staying in London and his room was so dirty
that the staff refused to clean it.
He travels with eight suitcases and it looked like someone had thrown the contents all around
the room. Every bit of floor space was covered with clothes, they were even on top of the
TV. And there were drink cartons, magazines, newspapers, pizza boxes, sweet and chocolate
wrappers all over.
He was upset about the cleaners but I don't blame them - it was a disgrace.
Full Name: Nicholas "Nicky" Bernard James Adam Byrne
Date of birth: 9th October 1978
Place of birth: Holles Street Hospital, Dublin, Southern Ireland
Star Sign: Libra
Height: 5'11ft and a half / 1.80m
Color of eyes: Blue
Colour Of Hair: Blonde
Fave Body Part: his eyes
Parents: Nikki and Yvonne
Brother: Adam
Sister: Gillian
Pets: None - My dog Ben ran away!
Any tattoos: One on his back
Any Scars Or Marks: Scar on right elbow
Previous Jobs: Goalkeeper At Leeds United
Previous Bands: None
Hero: Bruce Willis
School: Returned to Plunkit College after spending two years with Leeds Football Club
Worst class: I was never any good at maths
Best classes: English was easy and geography wasn't bad
Hobbies: Football and Snooker
Likes: Football (especially Man U and Leeds because he used to be the goalie in the junior
team), eating out, shopping and
traveling home to Ireland to see his family
Dislikes: Smoking and nasty/arrogant people
Most Embarrassing Moment: Falling over at Elland Road, Leed's United Stadium in front of
30,000 people
Ideal Woman: Elegant, smart, humorous, nice eyes
Favourite Place To Be: At Home In Dublin
Favourite Pop Star: Shane, rite...Shane Filan
Favourite Movie: Titanic, Die Hard, Armageddon
Favourite Food: Sunday Dinner
Favourite soft drink: Pepsi
Favourite Football Team: Manchester United
Favourite Group: Boyzone
Favourite song: Flying Without Wings (by Westlife, Against All Odds (Phil Collins)
Favourite Colour: Blue / White
Favourite Book: The Mammy (Bruce O'Carroll)
Favourite Designer: Gucci
Favourite Clothes: Smart clothes
Favourite Actor: Brad Pitt/Bruce Willis
Favourite Actress: Cameron Diaz
Favourite Sport: Soccer
Fave Food: Mum's Cooking / Japanese
Worst Food: Prawns
Hobbies: Flying, travelling
First Record He Bought: I Should Be So Lucky (Kylie Minogue)
First Concert: The Cranberries In Dublin
Most Like To Meet: Phil Collins / Madonna
Most Impressive Person He Ever Met: Barry Manilow
Singing Since: He Was 2 Minutes Old
Instrument: Learning To Play Piano
Bad Habit: Forgetfulness
What Makes Him Cry: when he hears stories 'bout people being bullied or people living in
poverty. If he sees someone's getting
picked on. He'll jump in straight away
What Animal He Would Be? : A Tiger
Rule of Life: "Never think that anyone's better than you, and never think that you are better
than anyone else"
Phrase that you use often: "Le Gra" - it means "with love" in Irish
Described as: Sociable and fun with a passion for performing
Describes Himself In 3 Words: Thoughtful, Reliable, Trustworthy
Nicky In 5 Words: sensibile, smart, mature, dedicated and passionate
Kian on Nicky
Nicky's got lots of phobias. He gets scared in lifts and he doesn't like small spaces. We can't
resist teasing him, we do
it all the time. We'll get in a lift with him and jump up and down to make it move or pretend
it's broken. He really freaks
and if the lift gets crowded, he starts pleading with people to get out. I'm just in tears
laughing at him.
He worries about mobile phones and bought an earpiece in case they give you cancer. He's
frightened of flying and he's got
all these strange superstitions. He insists on ringing every person he knows just before they
get on a plane and again once
they've landed.
Nicky's very committed to the band and feels strongly about things. He's very headstrong. If
he makes a point and then realises
he's wrong, he'll still argue that he's right.
This week, we were discussing whether to do a new dance routine on a TV show next week.
The rest of us thought we should wait
because we didn't know it well enough but he was determined that we go ahead. He kept
saying: "We have to do it, we have to
do it."
I reckon Nicky's most likely to get married first. He's been with his girlfriend for six years.
They really love each other
and he's very lucky in that respect.
Shane on Nicky
Nicky's a top guy and the person I talk to the most. We have a similar personality, the same
taste in cars and girls.
If I meet a girl and I've been out with her a few times, I'll always ask Nicky for his opinion.
He's good at spotting girls
for me, too.
Both of us like very sexy girls with long legs and high heels and when we're out he'll say:
"Shane, you'll like her over there"
and I won't have noticed her. Or he'll be sitting at the bar chatting to a girl and shout: "Come
over here Shane, there's
someone you should meet." He's nearly always right - he's matched me up with a girl a few
times!
Nicky is definitely the most daring when it comes to fashion. He bought a pounds 1,500 pair
of sky blue leather trousers recently.
And he always wears these stupid, lucky Irish green socks. He's got about 10 pairs, all
covered in shamrocks.
But he has a sensitive side, too. His cousin died in a car accident a year ago and he was very
upset about it. We were in
Mexico and he wanted to go home so badly he was freaking out, but he couldn't. That was so
hard for him.
Bryan on Nicky
It's very easy to hurt Nicky's feelings, he's very sensitive and if you are having a real row and
make a personal remark he
gets hurt. If someone says I'm fat, then it doesn't bother me but if someone said something
like that to Nicky, he'd get angry.
He's definitely the vainest in the group. He's always looking in the mirror and he's got the
worst fashion sense! He's a real
Gucci head - he loves his designer labels.
He can be really funny at times. We were on tour in Asia and we were driving past the rice
fields. There were hundreds of
people wearing traditional hats, bending over working and Nicky wound down the window
and shouted: "Keep going guys, you'll
find that tenner soon!" I was in stitches, it was the funniest thing I've ever heard Nicky say.
Nicky is probably the most settled in the band. He's been with his girlfriend Georgina
Aherne, the daughter of Irish Prime
Minister Bertie Aherne, for six years.
Having said that, I still don't think he'll be the first of us to marry. He's pretty sensible,
whereas everything I do in
life is on impulse. I don't usually think about things and I make mistakes all the time. When
this band finishes and we go
off to start new lives, I reckon I'll be first to announce I'm getting married.
Mark on Nicky
Nicky's the most romantic one of us all. He was once away for Valentine's Day and both he
and his girlfriend Georgina were
bitterly disappointed that they weren't going to see each other.
He never said anything to her but he flew back to Ireland and, when she was in the shower,
he sneaked into her house and went
up to her bedroom and filled it with balloons.
So when she came back into the room all upset that she wasn't going to see her boyfriend,
there he was lying on the bed with
a box of chocolates!
It's one of the most romantic things I've ever heard of and I've always wished the story was
about me and that I'd done it
for a girlfriend of mine.
Nicky is quite sensible and mature normally but he's definitely got a wild streak and he
changes the most in drink.
When's he's got a few beers in him, he gets very brave. He'll come up and give you a punch
on the jaw just to be friendly.
He thinks he's being playful but it really hurts.
I think out of all of us Nicky was meant to be famous. He missed out on playing football for
Leeds United because they dropped
him when he was 16. He was destined to be a star.
Bryan on Kian
Kian is the sort of guy who prefers lying on the couch with a girl and cuddling up with a
video to an all-night sex romp. We're very similar when it comes to relationships, both
romantic and sensitive. Neither of us likes playing the field. We prefer a serious relationship
with someone we really like.
The other guys are always talking about whether a girl's got big boobs or long legs but it
matters more to Kian whether she's cute and cuddly.
When Kian and I broke up with our girlfriends, we kind of gelled. Now if I have problems
with my girlfriend - Kerry Katona, from Atomic Kitten - Kian is the person I go to.
Kian is a really nice guy but he's not perfect. He's hot-tempered and grumpy in the morning.
Every day he loses his temper.
And he's not really a funny guy, he doesn't tell jokes like some of the others. He's straight
down the middle, works hard and does things by the book. He likes everything to run
smoothly and is always trying to keep the rest of us in line.
Nicky on Kian
Kian is the most serious in the band and the most passionate about what we do. He always
seems to have a point to make. He's thinking about Westlife all the time but the other side of
it is that he has a fiery temper. He'll lose his head and start swearing but then we all swear.
Spend an hour with us and a swear box and you'd be rich!
I remember one occasion and we'd been at a party all night. We'd literally had 20 minutes
sleep and we got on a plane from East Germany to Amsterdam. Everyone was conked out on
the flight but our tour manager woke up and took Kian's watch from his wrist without him
noticing.
When Kian got off the plane, he realised it had gone and because he'd been drunk he couldn't
remember when he'd last seen it. He'd spent pounds 2,500 on it and it wasn't insured. He was
just about to bawl his eyes out when the tour manager gave it back tohim.
If that was me, I would have been so relieved that I would have given the guy a hug but Kian
was the opposite and was really annoyed. He freaked out and started shouting at him: "Don't
you ever do that to me again". He'll look back on it now and think it was hilarious, but he
wasn't happy at the time!
Shane on Kian
Kian can be quite emotional. I remember him breaking up with a girl when he was 16 and he
got quite upset. They'd been together a year and she broke it off because she thought it wasn't
working, but he wasn't expecting it, so he was in tears. I did my best to help him - I took him
out to discos to take his mind off it.
He's single at the moment - with a girl in every port - but he really fancies Britney Spears. He
fancies a lot of people but Britney is definitely top of the list. He can be pretty romantic -
good at getting the roses and going out for dinner and all that kind of stuff.
Kian knows all our weak spots and when we're giving each other stick. He knows how to
wind us up. It can be real below the belt stuff.
I'm not very good at understanding jokes, so sometimes I laugh to go along with it but he
picks up on it. He'll say: "What about that, Filan, do you get that one?" and, if I say yes, he
makes me explain it to everyone and of course I can't.
Kian is easy to talk to and he works extremely hard. When everyone's tired, he's the one who
gets us up in the morning and gees us all up.
Mark on Kian
Kian's the serious one. He's always on the phone sorting out our business deals.
He's very protective of us all, too. A couple of times we've been out the night before a big TV
show and had a few drinks and it's got back to the management. Kian will really defend us.
He also covers if we're late for appointments.
Kian is the biggest shopper in the band. He'll pay pounds 2,000 for a pair of trousers. I could
never do that.
He went mad in Beverly Hills recently and came back to the hotel with loads of shopping
bags. He bought three or four jackets costing pounds 1,000 each.
I'm sure Kian will be a manager. In a really short period he's learnt an awful lot about the
music world. He can be very businesslike but when we were touring America for two and a
half months, he got stressed out like the rest of us.
We were travelling every single day and it became so repetitive. Even though we were
getting to see America and performing in front of thousands of people, it really got to him.
He was very down and simply couldn't wait to get home, like all of us.