HEAR'SAY:
OUR HELL
GANGS
of marauding yobs, bitter ex-lovers and vicious critics are
making life hell for Hear’Say.
Britain’s
newest chart-toppers say their first few months of fame have been
blighted by vandals hellbent on terrorising them at the Popstars
house.
Yesterday
it emerged the band are being protected round the clock by SAS-trained
minders after a series of frightening attacks on their London
home.
Some
members of the hugely successful band have also come under attack
from jealous former partners who have kissed and told all about
their sex lives.
And
the girls in the group — Myleene Klass, Suzanne Shaw and
Kym Marsh — have suffered cruel jibes about their weight.
Which
is why they agreed to pose topless for a series of sensational
shots including this fabulous photo.
A
band insider said: “The girls wanted to show that you
didn’t have to be a size 8 or 10 to be on the cover of a
glossy magazine. And they look fabulous.
“It shows that all the gossip about them needing to lose
weight is rubbish.”
Hear’Say
are also refusing to give in to yobs who have been making their
life a misery ever since the secret location of their house, right,
was leaked in a newspaper.
The
downstairs floor of the £1 million house was flooded when
vandals pushed a hosepipe through the letterbox.
All
the power to the property was cut after a suspicious car was seen
outside.
And
police were called twice after foul-mouthed yobs hurled abuse
at the stars and hammered on their door in the early hours.
When
Hear’Say performed live at the Rugby League final at Twickenham,
they were accompanied by their new bodyguards.
A
band spokesman told the News of the World: “Hear’Say’s
management did hire ex-SAS members to protect them. There is now
a 24-hour security operation for all five band members.”
But
the band are determined not to become prisoners of their own success
and will now move out of the house.
The
boys, Danny Foster and Noel Sullivan, plan to share a flat, Myleene
and Kym will move in together and Suzanne will set up home with
a pal.
Going
topless was the girls’ way of silencing their critics.
Myleene,
23, Suzanne, 19, and Kym, 24, were all nervous before posing for
the sensational shots in just their jeans.
Modest
Suzanne, a stunning 34DD, said: “I look better with my
clothes on.”
While
mum-of-two Kym joked: “My breasts were as big as hers
before I had kids. Not that I’d ever have a boob job, but
I do put chicken fillets down me bra sometimes!”
The
girls told Marie Claire magazine they are happy about the way
they were portrayed on Popstars.
But
Kym wishes her showdown with ‘Nasty Nigel’ Lythgoe over
her size had been screened in full. She said: “What viewers
didn’t see was me giving him what-for. “I
told him that it wasn’t just a TV show — that it was
my life he was playing with. Then I told him ‘I’m a
singer not a bloody model’.”
The
band have had to learn very quickly who their real friends are.
Myleene
was particularly hurt by stories that her model boyfriend, David
Sebastian, 32, was cheating on her with DJ Jo Jo Lewis. She said:
“What’s sad is that people, who I’d have sworn
would never have sold their stories, have. My list of friends
is now the smallest ever — but at least it saves money on
Christmas cards.”
Suzanne,
who has been dating 35-year-old Andrew Warner for a year, said:
“We’ve become surprisingly hardened to it. The latest
kiss-and-tell made me laugh. My ex was talking about our sex life
and, God, did he make himself sound like a stud. The funny thing
is I didn’t enjoy sex with him.”
Despite
the betrayals, the insults and the vandals, Hear’Say wouldn’t
swap their new-found fame for anything — and that’s
even BEFORE they’ve been paid.
Their
first song, Pure And Simple, was the fastest-selling debut single
ever and, when their album also hit the top spot, it was predicted
each member would make a million by Christmas.
But
at the moment they’re living on about £500 a week each.
Noel,
20, explained: “It takes up to 18 months for royalty cheques
to come through. But we’re still happy together and still
eating McDonald’s and other takeaways.”
Speaking
in Switzerland, where Popstars is in the running for a top award
at the Golden Rose of Montreaux TV Festival, Danny, 21, added:
“Hear’Say are determined to keep on having hits to
make sure they stay famous. “We’re
like five Lottery winners and we don’t want to hand back
our winning ticket.”
THE
full interview with the Hear’Say girls appears in the June
2001 issue of Marie Claire on sale May 4. © Kate Thornton/Marie
Claire/IPC.
