Dermot O'Leary stopped by heat Towers this morning for a chat on heat radio with Lucie Cave about all things Dermot ahead of the release of his biography Soundtrack To My Life. And dishes the dirt on when he interviewed Madonna and she insisted they go for Mojitos. Y'know, as you do...
It was during that brilliant Channel 4 special and, halfway through, her Madgesty expressed interest in checking out the range of cocktails. 'Halfway through the interview, she said 'What kind of cocktails do they do here?' and immediately you’re like 'THINK OF A THING! AAAAH I DONT KNOW!' and then someone saidthey had mojitos so she was like 'OK after this we're going to have mojitos',' he remembers. ' You think, well, we’re not really going to are we. After the interview, your PR is going to whisk you away and I’m never going to see you again, but its a nice thing to say. We wrapped the interview, and she said 'OK come on lets go!' so fifteen minutes later, myself and my producer (who was beside himself) and two quite bemused cameramen were at a cocktail bar.'
But what did they talk about?! 'Oh, smalltalk. That's the lovely thing about our job, with big stars you always find commonality, people are either 'people people' or they’re not and obviously Madonna is her own woman, and really strong, but i found her really personable!'
You heard it hear first: Madonna is personable. Oh, and if you ever wondered how Simon Cowell embraces people - Dermot also revealed he doesn't really hug that much. 'He does hug, he’s got a good strong handshake. Not bone-crushingly strong and he hugs only on occasion but, yeah, he’s a nice hugger. He’s a tender hugger,' the presenter said.
Check out his new book, which he wrote himself ('I wrote the biog and it was important to do it myself') in all good bookstores NOW!