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He said at the time: "My alarm goes off at ten-to-five each morning and, since the announcement I was leaving, I am like ‘f***ing hell this is well early. He said: "I can’t wait to be able to walk the dogs, being able to not have breakfast stood up, it has been quite stressful. "I was feeling and prodding her face, but it was just sleep. Nick Grimshaw presented the Radio 1 Breakfast Show for six years before stepping down in 2018 - he'll be joined on the Channel 4 Celebrity Gogglebox sofa by his niece. “I don’t indulge in it,” says Grimshaw. "I saw Fiona [producer Fiona Hanlon] who used to work with me and said, ‘have you had Botox? I think with girls there’s so much more to comment on, like: ‘Oh, they look tired,’ or: ‘How dare they have roots.’ There’s so much more interest in gossiping about their sex lives or what they’re posting.”. Does he think he will remain at the BBC when the time comes to move on? We want young people.’ So I had a specific brief. “When I got back to London, I wrote everything down – exactly how I was feeling – so I didn’t forget it. The two went on to work together in 2015 on the 12th series of The X Factor – Grimshaw as a judge and Flack as a host. explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. He talks about the dark side of celebrity and the pure joy of radio, Last modified on Wed 1 Jul 2020 12.43 EDT. “I’m quite lucky in that I’ve not been as severely affected as some people on the trip were,” he continues. Grimshaw is no stranger to the tabloids himself. He remembers checking his phone and seeing messages come in from his friends. DJ Nick Grimshaw and his niece Liv are appearing on Channel 4's Celebrity Gogglebox, Nick took over the Breakfast Show from Chris Moyles in 2012, Adele on BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw, Subscribe to Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror newspapers, Love celebrity gossip? Grimshaw’s body started “vibrating”, as he puts it, and he began to panic. He remembers it vividly: creaky wooden floors, a giant Prodigy poster, incense and the voice of John Peel coming out of the speakers on his hi-fi with a double tape deck (which he still has). And, after a year that began with announcements of job losses and aggressive budget cuts, the BBC has received praise for the way it has adapted to the coronavirus pandemic. “That it could have been avoided,” he says. I don’t think I’d taken in that element of it.”. "And I was thinking, ‘8.20, arrggh the film won’t start until ten-to-nine so it won’t finish before 11’ so home and asleep at midnight and that is if I fall asleep straight away.". Flack’s death put the spotlight on the tabloid press, with many angry at the way her personal life was covered so incessantly by some publications, particularly after her arrest in December. You can unsubscribe at any time. He had been there for nearly five years when Ben Cooper, the station’s then controller, offered him the biggest job in radio: replacing Moyles on the Breakfast Show. The only brief we’ve had is to just be yourself, be honest.”. But something happens where you turn 32, I think, and you’re like: ‘Fuck this.’”. Fans wasted no time in commenting on their similarities, with one writing: "oh my god you're so alike," while another joked: "When Nick Grimshaw's sister looks more like Nick Grimshaw than Nick Grimshaw does. ", When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. In an emotional statement, he said: "It was always my dream to do the breakfast show and I'm very grateful that I got to live my dream every day for what will be nearly six years. “Was that a good idea for me?”, It certainly doesn’t seem to have done his career much harm. He spent much of his degree heavily involved in the student radio station and distracted by parties. “I also remember seeing a picture of David Beckham,” he continues. “But I don’t think I realised until a few months later. Outlander's Sam Heughan slams 'disgusting people' behind fake profile of his mum. We meet in Clissold Park, in north London, not far from Grimshaw’s house, and sit down on a bench to talk. When I look back … that’s a bit of a shitty brief for the Nick Grimshaw brand,” he says, knowing that he was essentially being asked to dramatically reduce the overall listeners to narrow the age bracket. We’re bored at home and we’re really liking this,’” he says. I still don’t listen to anything else: I have Radio 1, 1Xtra and 6 Music, and that’s pretty much it.”, No plans to move back to television, then? "I have committed to this show, especially the last year, and I have put my head down. Nick Grimshaw was born on 14th August 1984 Manchester, England and grew up in the city of Oldham. However, Nick was adamant his future remained with the BBC station and he now fronts the drive time slot between 4pm and 7pm. I remember running out to my dad in the garden being like: ‘Can I put this on my wall?’ And him being like: ‘Yes, but with Blu-Tack – don’t ruin the wall.’”, In 2002, he went to the University of Liverpool, where he studied communication and media studies. Our. “We’re taught about duty of care at Radio 1. BBC RADIO 1 breakfast DJ and X Factor judge Nick Grimshaw was snapped with his sister and oh my do the pair look identical in this Instagram post. She had been forced to step back from presenting Love Island, and had become a tabloid target. Nick Grimshaw hosts the drive-time slot on BBC Radio 1 from 3pm every Monday to Thursday. The current lockdown levels for Scotland's 32 council areas will be reviewed next week. Chris Sutton blasts Government's Rangers response as Celtic legend left 'baffled' by Covid change of mind. “I was burnt out,” he says. Furious mum bins £23 takeaway and calls cops after hearing about delivery driver's holiday. “I definitely still want to do radio,” he says. I just thought there was no …” he pauses. Nicola Sturgeon coronavirus update LIVE as First Minister warns some areas could move to level four. "It does send you a bit mad and sort of becomes your life, because everything you are watching and consuming each day you are trying to produce content for the next morning, because you can’t do it before 5am.". He got his first shot at TV on E4, hosting daily shows, before moving over to Channel 4 to do its breakfast show, Freshly Squeezed, with Alexa Chung and, later, Jameela Jamil. “We’re not saying that [Sport Relief] is going to solve everything, but it’s good that mental health is in the public consciousness more,” he says. Grimshaw says that the challenge, which was set up to raise money for mental health services, is the hardest thing he has ever done. “I’ve had horrible anxiety that won’t go, and have been feeling down, with really horrible panic attacks. Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter. The only two things I like are listening to songs and chatting shit. I remember when Fearne Cotton was at Radio 1; there were paps outside every single day, and every single day she’d be in the paper. But now I can go for dates with people and the new show will help. I had the time of my life. “I know that always happens when someone dies young, and when I’ve had friends who have passed away before they should have. We had plans to hang out, and I’d been messaging her when all the shit had gone down.” Flack was facing trial, for an alleged attack on her boyfriend, Lewis Burton. “I’m gonna be one of those annoying people who does a trek and is like: ‘I was changed in Africa,’” says the 35-year-old Radio 1 DJ. When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. “She was so funny, engaging and open. But the show had always been a dream come true for the presenter. I never listened to anything else. He was doing an internship at MTV nearby, so they would drink there most weeknights.

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