McBusted: Matt and Dougie on boobs and drugs

Matt Willis has confessed he still thinks about alcohol and drugs ‘every single day’ but said he is glad to leave his addictions in the past.

The 31-year-old, who has gone into rehab three times, told Guilty Pleasures he would have been an addict even if he hadn’t found fame.

‘Sometimes you have a romanticism about the past and stuff but you know that was the past and it’s the past for a very good reason,’ the McBusted star said. ‘And I am constantly reminded of that every time I wake up.’

The singer – married to TV beauty Emma Willis, 38 – also put his substance abuse problems down to his personality and not his success in mid-noughties punk band Busted.

‘I would’ve ended up the same way if I was an accountant or if I worked in Tesco. It’s the way I am,’ he said.

‘Maybe because I had a bit of money that allowed me to progress quickly. But I don’t think me being in a pop band or anybody being in a pop band puts you in a position where you have to go off the rails. It’s very much on the person and what that person chooses to do.’

The star will join the other McBusted boys – James Bourne, Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Harry Judd and Dougie Poynter on stage for the Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time in Hyde Park on Sunday – but it won’t be the last of the supergroup.

Poynter, 26, explained they are already working on new material – which means McFly’s planned sixth studio album is on hold.

‘We had an album ready to go but we spent too much time mixing it and then thought “Sod it. Let’s do the McBusted thing!” But we might use songs from that and Matt and I have been writing about boobs!’ the cheeky lad laughed.

Confirming the saucy new tune, Willis added: ‘We wrote a little song about boobs, which is fantastic. It is an appreciation song, more than anything.’

[Originally published Metro, Guilty Pleasures, Thursday 3 July 2014]

Emma Willis in tears on The Voice

Emma Willis has confessed she forgot to pack her tissues when presenting blind auditions of The Voice – as she was moved to tears during the early stage of the singing show.

The 37-year-old host – who has taken over presenting duties from Holly Willoughby – said she was overcome by the level of talent on the show.

‘There was one day where I just cried for a long time. One act after the other after the other. And Marv would be like “Are you ok, babe?” and I would wail “No!” It was so emotional,’ she recalled, adding: ‘I think that you don’t expect to get that involved, but you do… and you get swept along with them.’

Meanwhile, co-presenter and former JLS singer Marvin Humes, 28, explained his own experience as a contestant on The X Factor helped him navigate the auditions without crumbling.

‘Obviously I’ve been through a similar experience and I can lend that experience to the artist that is auditioning,’ he said of the show, which is preparing to launch its third series.

[Originally published Metro, Guilty Pleasures, Tuesday 3 January 2014]